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HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES OF MCKINNEY-BRADY-QUIGLEY
CONTENTS. Page file name
CHAPTER I. OUR ANCESTORS. 5 mck01.txt
CHAPTER II. THE CLAN MACKENZIE. 14 mck01.txt
CHAPTER III. JOSEPH MACKENZIE. 20 mck01.txt
CHAPTER IV. THOMAS McKINNEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 24 mck01.txt
CHAPTER V. ANDREW M'KINNEY. 72 mck02.txt
CHAPTER VI. DAVID McKINNEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 75 mck02.txt
CHAPTER VII. AGNES McKINNEY AND HER DESCENDANTS. 85 mck02.txt
CHAPTER VIII. QUIGLEY-BRADY. 140 mck03.txt
CHAPTER IX. THE BRADY FAMILY. 142 mck03.txt
CHAPTER X. MARY QUIGLEY BRADY AND HER DESCENDANTS. 144 mck03.txt
CHAPTER XI. ROBERT QUIGLEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 228 mck04.txt
ADDENDA. ORATION AT MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 15,
1879. BY HON. JOHN BLAIR LINN. I mck05.txt
INDEX OF HEADS OF FAMILIES TO THE
FOURTH GENERATION. (1) mck05.txt
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CHAPTER V.
ANDREW M'KINNEY.
b. Andrew McKinney, second son of Joseph MacKenzie, was born near Newburg,
Cumberland Co., Hopewell township, Penna. At the period of the Revolution he
was a young man. It took but a spark to kindle the flames of patriotism in
his breast, and he betrothed his life to his country. The first patriots had
fallen at Lexington, the blood stained field of Bunker Hill still bore the
marks of carnage. Volunteers were called and he joined Captain Peebles'
company, afterwards rising to the rank of sergeant in Captain Matthew
Scott's company, State Regiment of Foot. He was mustered in May, and began a
long, tedious journey to the coast. On the last day of that month the camp
at Marcus Hook was reached, and tents were pitched three miles from the
river. Two large tents were provided for the company. Lying on the ground
with a piece of paper on his knapsack, be wrote letters to his favorite
brother, Samuel, which are preserved by the family of David McKinney, of
Peoria, Ill. He enclosed loving messages to his parents, who were well
advanced in years, and gentle hints regarding his sweetheart. The impatient
lover received but one letter from "Miss Ann" and bitterly lamented the
uncertainty of the mails.
In a letter of June 11, 1776, he says "By the privateer Wasp which sailed up
the river on Sunday, we are informed that there are two men of war now
lying in the bay, the one the Liverpool, the other the Kingfisher. If they
do but come up the river they will undoubtedly meet with a warm reception,
as the men on board the van galleys are in high spirits and think they will
be able for them. By
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private letter from Quebec we are told, that our men have recovered a large
number of the prisoners taken from them, and have taken some, of the enemy."
On Aug. 16 he writes: "I expected by this time to have something of
consequence to inform you, but we were disappointed. The English had
determined to land on Long Island the night before, but we were well
informed of their scheme by deserters from them. We had orders to be in
readiness any minute of the night and march against them, but a very severe
rain storm prevented them from coming, and saved them a very good dubbing to
boot. The number of troops that are here are about fifty thousand."
From Brunswick, July 9, 1776. "We arrived safely at this place last night,
with part of the first and second battalions. Captain Irvin is not along.
The detachment of our company is joined by Captain Peebles. Eleven thousand
of the enemy landed on Staten Island without much opposition, but it is
expected that they will not get away in the same manner, as a large number
of our forces have arrived at Amboy ready to oppose them, and our men are
all well and in good spirits to think they are so near the enemy. They had a
small encounter but I cannot learn the particulars concerning it. I had the
offer of a lieutenancy, but I did not think proper to accept it, as there
will be a vacancy in our own battalion soon. My love to all inquiring
friends, I remain, dear Sam, your loving and affectionate brother, Andrew
MacKenzie."
He writes from Marcus Hook: "I would remind you to set the Still agoing, if
you possibly can, and still all, your wheat, for I am persuaded it is the
only way you will get a price for it. Whiskey sells for four shillings and
six pence per gallon, and five shillings for cash in this place." To this
his brother Samuel replies on July 29, 1776: "I have hired a stiller and he
has the still going, but will not still any for ourselves until after
harvest, as the weather is very warm and we have enough to do for the
country. As soon, as the weather gets a little cooler, I will begin and
still all the grain we have, and if the price holds good then till seeding
is over, I will try and go down with a wagon load to sell."
August 6, 1776, Samuel says: "I begin to long to
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hear from you, knowing that you are in such danger and daily exposed to new
accidents which ought to incite you td beseech the God of Heaven to protect
you from all danger, for it is only He who can direct you, therefore look to
Him to guide you in all things, that He may be with you in life and in
death, or whatever may be awaiting you, ought to be your earnest cry unto
Him. I hope you will conduct yourself with courage and resolution."
The brothers evidently did not live near each other. Samuel was at home,
with his parents, but speaks of "Brother William having his children
inoculated for smallpox, but we have not heard how they are. Brother Joseph
is here yet, but is to set off next week again. Brother David is at work at
Patrick McFarlane's. Dear Andy, don't think too hard of me, as to think I
have forgotten you, for when I forget you it will be when I have forgotten
myself. Miss Ann desires you to write to her. Our father and mother send
love to you."
The last letter from Andrew MacKenzie was dated Aug. 16, 1776, and as he is
not mentioned by his father in his will in 1782, it is presumed he was
killed in battle or died from the effects of the exposure of his life in
camp.
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CHAPTER VI.
DAVID McKINNEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
c. David McKinney, third son of Joseph MacKenzie, was born in 1746, near
Newburg, Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Penna., died March 19, 1819;
married about 1785 Jennet Smith, born 1752, died April 11, 1843, aged
ninety years, and is buried beside her husband in Hanna's graveyard. She was
a daughter of Abraham Smith, whose father John Smith came from Ireland at an
early date, settled in Chester Co., Penna., where he died. His son Abraham
Smith married Ann Wilson and came to Cumberland Co., Penna. He had ten
children: Jennet, John, Joseph, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Susan Ann, James,
Samuel, Wilson, eight of whom married. Jennet was married at 33 years of
age, and rode horseback at ninety; in all respects a superior woman. Joseph
MacKenzie owned four hundred acres of land which he divided between his two
sons, Thomas receiving the eastern side of the plantation, David the western
side. They were married before the death of their father and built, houses
on the estate prior to his decease. To each he bequeathed that portion of
the homestead land on which he was then living.
Like his brother, David McKinney was given all the advantages afforded the
early settler, when the Indian question was the darkest problem of the age,
and the county wrung with sorrow and distress, following their cruel
invasions. He was strong and brave, full of vigor that makes sturdy manhood.
In him was fully developed the piety of his Covenanter ancestors, with all
the firm, zealous earnestness of the Scotch-Irish. He was a member of the
Middle Spring Presbyterian church, and one of its most influential
adherents. When the Conodoguinet creek was impassable because
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of high water, he gathered his little family about him on the Sabbath day,
and instructed them, setting before them a worthy example. He was a wise
disciplinarian, and taught his children the elements of courtesy,
hospitality and all that serves to establish a generation of cultured men
and women. He rigidly enforced the laws of his home, yet yielded the
absolute control of his sons and daughters to the discretion of his gentle
wife. The log house he erected was replaced by a stone dwelling for which
his sons hauled the stone, and made it substantial, with all the
conveniences of the home of a hundred years ago, within three miles of
Newburg. His farm was not divided until after the death of his son Joseph,
when the land which had accumulated to the number of upwards of five hundred
acres, was distributed to his heirs. His son Abraham Smith McKinney and
his daughter Ann McKinney received the mansion farm house and surrounding
land. The children of his son Joseph McKinney received 168 acres and another
house on the same farm. Its fertile fields stretch along the northern side
of the valley, almost touching the foot of the mountain, yet the name of
McKinney is extinct in that section of the country. A post office by the
name of "McKinney" has recently been located in the vicinity of the old
homestead, to perpetuate the well known title of the family.
Issue:
II. i. JOSEPH McKINNEY, b. 1787; m. Janet McCammon.
ii. ANN McKINNEY, b. 1789, d. Apr. 21, 1868 at Peoria, Ill., where
she made her home with her nephew David McKinney.
III. iii. ABRAHAM SMITH McKINNEY, b. June 12, 1791; m. Margaret Reynolds.
II. Joseph McKinney3 (David McKinney2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born 1787 near
Newburg, Cumberland Co., Penna.; m., Janet McCammon, b. near Strasburg,
Penna., d., 1885, in Missouri while visiting her son Erastus, daughter of
Samuel McCammon, whose children scattered to different parts of
Pennsylvania and Indiana. Joseph McKinney was six feet in height, with the
slender, erect physique of the men of the MacKenzie clan, kind and gentle of
speech, reserved in manner, given to hospitality, and enjoyed the esteem of
many friends. He and
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his wife were members of the Middle Spring Presbyterian church.
Issue:
i. HADESSAH JANE McKINNEY, b. Oct. 15, 1830, d. Mar. 28, 1889, at Lacon,
Ill.; m. Dec. 23, 1856, Philip Long, b. Oct. 12, 1829, in Franklin Co.,
Penna. After their marriage they lived a few years in Cumberland Co.,
Penna., and removed to Fairfield, Iowa. In a short time they returned to
Pennsylvania. In. 1869 they went west again and settled at Lacon, in 1892
removed to Peoria, Ill., where they have since resided. To Philip Long and
Hadessah Jane McKinney Long were born six children:
i. JOSEPH McKINNEY LONG, b. May 27, 1857, d. Nov. 1899; m. Cappie Orr. He
was engaged in the railroad business at St. Louis, Mo. To Joseph McKinney
Long and Cappie Orr Long was born one child:
i. CHARLES ORR LONG, b. 1883.
ii. DAVID SHOEMAKER LONG, b. Apr. 30 1861; m. May 5, 1887, Olive Wing
Grieves, b. July 11, 1864, at Troy, N. Y. He was engaged in the dry goods
business at Lacon, Ill., until 1890, when he removed to Peoria, Ill., and is
in the manufacturing business.
iii. ABRAHAM SMITH LONG, b. Feb. 1864, d. Aug. 1865.
iv. JENNIE LONG, twin, b. Aug 22, 1866.
v. Infant, twin, b. Aug. 22, 1866, d. young.
vi. PHILIP NELSON LONG, b. June 1, 1871, d. Oct. 20, 1871.
ii. ERASTUS McKINNEY, b. 1832; m. Nov. 26, 1857, Mary Ann Stover, lived
after marriage near Newburg, Penna., until 1877, when they removed to the
state of Missouri, near Springfield. To Erastus McKinney and Mary Ann Stover
McKinney were born four children:
i. HADESSAH McKINNEY, b. 1865.
ii. ABNER SMITH McKINNEY, b. Jan. 1869, d. Aug. 12, 1870.
iii. MARGARET REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b. 1871.
iv. ANNA GRIER McKINNEY, b. 1874.
iii. DAVID McKINNEY, b. 1835, killed during the War of the Rebellion.
iv. SAMUEL D. McKINNEY, b. Oct. 26, 1838; m. Apr. 12, 1860, Harriett Ann
McCullough, b. Oct. 9, 1833, d. Aug. 30, 1891, daughter of David W.
McCullough and Betsy Coyle McCullough. In 1856 he removed with his mother,
from their farm to Roxbury, Penna., remained two years, spent several years
at Huntsdale, Penna., where he was married, later lived near Newville, Penna.,
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and continued his mercantile pursuits at Mercersburg, Penna.,
Greencastle, Penna., and Williamsport, Md. To Samuel D. McKinney and
Harriett Ann McCullough were born three children:
i. DAVID ARTHUR McKINNEY, b. June 18, 1861; m. Dec. 24, 1883,
Alice Jane Reed, b. Apr. 9, 1865, at Guthrie Center, Iowa. To David Arthur
McKinney and Alice Jane Reed McKinney were born three children:
i. HELEN HARRIETT McKINNEY, b. Feb. 25, 1890.
ii. SAMUEL CULBERTSON McKINNEY, b. Oct. 18, 1891.
iii. PHILIP DONALD McKINNEY, b. Mar. 19, 1903.
ii. ANNIE LYDE McKINNEY, b. Mar. 24, 1865; m. Dec. 2, 1881, Simon Cameron
Jordan, b. Feb. 21, 1864, at Walnut Hills, Penna., son of Edward Crouch
Jordan and Annie E. Sanderson Jordan, educated at Mercersburg, Penna., in
politics a Republican, resides at Shippensburg, Penna. To Simon Cameron
Jordan and Annie Lyde McKinney Jordan were born six children:
i. ETHEL D. JORDAN, b. Feb. 8, 1883, d. July 5, 1885.
ii. MARY COYLE JORDAN, b. June 25, 1886.
iii. ANNA SANDERSON JORDAN, b. Apr. 22, 1897.
iv. JANET McKINNEY JORDAN, b. May 19, 1899.
v. EDWARD CROUCH JORDAN, b. May 22.
vi. ELIZABETH CAMERON JORDAN, b. June 20, 1902.
iii. ELIZABETH CRAIG McKINNEY, b. Aug. 9, 1875; In. Aug. 16 1894, William
Cassidy Kreps, b. May 27, 1853, at Greencastle, Penna., d. Feb. 12, 1902, at
Greencastle, son of William Kreps and Sarah Eachus Kreps. He studied law,
was a shrewd politician, was twice elected by the Republican party. To the
Legislature, was interested in the insurance business, and Is buried at
Greencastle. To William Cassidy Kreps and Elizabeth Craig McKinney Kreps
were born four children:
i. WILLIAM CASSIDY KREPS, b. Dec. 16, 1895.
ii. SARAH HARRIETT KREPS, b. Dec. 28, 1896.
iii. CATHARINE KREPS, d. in infancy.
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iv. ROBERT VAN NUXEN KREPS, b. Jan. 10, 1902.
III. Abraham Smith McKinney3 (David McKinney2, Joseph MacKenzie1)
was born June 12, 1791, near Newburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., died October
28, 1872, at Peoria, Ill.; married October 27, 1828, by Rev. John Moody, D.D.,
pastor of the Middle Spring Presbyterian church, Margaret Reynolds, born
December 4, 1801, at Roxbury, Franklin Co., Penna., died August 20, 1886, at
Peoria, Ill. She was a granddaughter of William Reynolds and Margaret
Williamson Reynolds who lived at Roxbury, and had three children, one of
whom William Reynolds married Elizabeth Maclay and had nine children,
Eleanor married Alexander Plumer, William married Rose Ewell, John married
Sarah Cooper, Margaret married Abraham Smith McKinney, Charles married Jane
Nevin, Hugh Williamson married Margaretta McCulloch, Elizabeth, Nancy Jane
and Mary Catharine. Abraham Smith McKinney resided on the farm previously
owned by his father, until the year 1855 when he removed to Shippensburg, in
the same county. In 1856 he left Pennsylvania and went to Peoria. During his
residence near Newburg he was engaged in the farming and tanning business.
He was a member of the Legislature, serving five years prior to 1844 as a
representative from Cumberland county on the Democratic ticket. In his
religious belief he was a Presbyterian, and was a member and elder in. the
Middle Spring Presbyterian church, under the ministries of Rev. John Moody,
D. D., and Rev. I. N. Hays, ordained December 30, 1849. After his removal to
Peoria he united with the First Presbyterian church and became an elder in
it. He was a commissioner of the Presbytery of Peoria to the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian church, which met at New Orleans just prior to
the breaking out of the Rebellion. He was deeply religious, devoted to his
faith. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, in the Tenth Regiment of
Pennsylvania Infantry, of which Joseph McKinney, his uncle, was captain. He
was a man of great force of character, capable, and possessed of an active
mind. In business relations he was always on the side of the right, and was
strong in denunciation of evil. His judgment was superior, and his counsel
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sought by his friends. Dignified and reserved, he was cordial in manner, and
was gracious in his home. His wife possessed an amiable, gentle disposition,
kind and affectionate, greatly beloved by her family and friends. She was a
loving mother, a devoted wife, and intensely interested in all matters
pertaining to her church and christian work. She and her husband are buried
at Peoria.
Issue:
i. DAVID McKINNEY, b. Sept. 5, 1829, near Newburg, Cumberland Co., Penna.,
d. Jan. 10, 1903, at Peoria, Ill., where he lived since 1853 and is buried.
He received his early education in a country school near his father's
residence, where the pedagogue ruled his scholars with a birchen rod. At
twelve years of age he commenced attending the High School in Shippensburg,
Penna., and afterwards the Classical Academy in the same place, under the
management of S. D. French. At the age of seventeen years he taught a
country school in Franklin Co., Penna., for one term, receiving a salary of
$13.00 per month boarding himself. With this experience in teaching he
resumed his preparation for college, and studied for several terms in the
Chambersburg Academy, under the direction of Van Lear Davis. In 1847 he
entered the Sophomore class in Washington and Jefferson College, presided
over by Dr. Robert J. Breckenridge. He was graduated in 1849 in. a class of
sixty members, and for several years taught in Milnwood Academy at Shade
Gap, Penna., associated with Rev. James McGinness. Finding the confinement
of teaching too great, he resigned his position and went west. He settled in
Peoria, at that time, 1853, a town of 5000 inhabitants. He engaged in the
lumber business, and continued the same until after the breaking out of the
War of the Rebellion, when he volunteered in the service of the army, and
was appointed quartermaster of the 77th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers,
afterwards promoted as captain and assistant quartermaster U. S. Volunteer,
mustered out as such in 1866 at DeValls Bluff, Ark. He was present at the
battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge,
siege of Vicksburg, Miss., Arkansas Post, Ark., also battles of Mansfield
and Alexandria La. After his return from the army he engaged in the fire,
marine and life insurance business for a few years, and later until his
death was a grain commission merchant, connected with the Board of Trade in
the city of Peoria,
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then a place of 60,000 inhabitants. He was in alderman, served as a
director and president of the Board of Trade, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of Peoria. In politics he was raised a Democrat, but during the war
became a Republican. He was six feet in height, weighed two hundred pounds,
a fine specimen of manhood, physically and mentally. He was a member of the
First Presbyterian church of Peoria, and since 1873 an elder in the same.
ii. WILLIAM REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b. Jan. 18, 1831, near Newburg, Cumberland
Co., Penna., d. Jan. 1, 1836.
iii. JEANETTE SMITH McKINNEY, b. Nov. 19, 1832, near Newburg, Cumberland
Co., Penna., d. June 7, 1901.
iv. ABRAHAM SMITH McKINNEY, b. Oct. 12, 1834, near Newburg, Cumberland Co.,
Penna.; m. at Elmwood, Ill., June 18, 1861, Frances Adelaide Abbott, b.
Jan. 30, 1842, at Vernon, Conn., daughter of Bela Abbott and Fidelia
Abbott. After completing his early education in Cumberland county, Abraham
Smith McKinney went to Canonsburg, Penna., and was graduated from Washington
and Jefferson College in the class of 1855. From 1855 to 1856 he taught
school in Louisiana. In 1856 he began his active business career in the
lumber trade at Elmwood, where he remained eight years. He then removed to
El Paso, Ill., where he has lived for thirty-six years. He has been
president of the First National Bank for twenty-one years, a member of the
school board for twenty-five years, and has been interested in various
enterprises in the city in which he resides. For more than thirty years he
has been an elder in the El Paso Presbyterian church, of which the members
of his family are adherents, and has twice represented the Bloomington
Presbytery in the General Assembly. He has proved himself one of the most
competent business men of his city, and has contributed largely to its
success and growth. In politics he is a Republican. To Abraham Smith
McKinney and Frances Adelaide Abbott McKinney were born eight children:
i. ANNA FIDELIA McKINNEY b. Oct. 19, 1862; m. June 14, 1887, Robert
Armstrong Kirkpatrick, of Braddock, Penna., b. July 11, 1861, d. Nov. 30,
1888. To Robert Armstrong Kirkpatrick and Anna Fidelia McKinney Kirkpatrick
was born one child:
i. REBECCA DELAIDE KIRKPATRICK, b. May 26, 1889, d. Dec. 18, 1890.
ii. MARGARET REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b. May 12, 1866; m. June 29, 1899, Charles
F. Husted,
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of LeRoy, N. Y., a commercial traveler, reside at Peoria, Ill.
iii. ABBOTT McKINNEY, b. Oct. 19, 1868, manager of the Sunset Door and Sash
Company at Stockton, Cal.
iv. WILLIAM SMITH McKINNEY, b. Dec. 12, 1871; m. Oct. 8, 1902, Susan I.
Lammers, of Titusville, Penna. He is purchasing agent for the Missouri
Lumber and Land Exchange Company, resides at Kansas City, Mo. To William
Smith McKinney and Susan I. Lammers McKinney was born one child:
i. SUZANNE LAMMERS McKINNEY, b. Nov. 18, 1903.
v. ADELAIDE ABBOTT McKINNEY b. July 18, 1874; m. June 18, 1902, Eugene M.
Hodgson, of El Paso, Ill., b. May 16, 1872, a. pharmacist at Minonk, Ill. To
Eugene M. Hodgson and Adelaide Abbott McKinney Hodgson was born one child:
i. ADELAIDE ABBOTT HODGSON, b. Oct. 27, 1903.
vi. JOHN REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b. Aug. 31, 1876.
vii. JEANETTE ELIZABETH McKINNEY, b. May 22, 1879; m. Jan. 28, 1904, Henry
C. Cook of Highland, Fla., superintendent of a gold mining company at
Deadwood, Dak.
viii. GERTRUDE HUNT McKINNEY, b. Feb. 26, 1882.
v. ELIZABETH MACLAY McKINNEY, b. Sept. 15, 1836, near Newburg, Cumberland
Co., Penna., resides at Peoria Ill.
vi. WILLIAM REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b, Dec. 29, 1838, near Newburg, Cumberland
Co., Penna., d. July 25, 1857.
vii. ANNA McKINNEY, b. Aug. 12, 1840, near Newburg, Cumberland Co., Penna,.;
m. Sept. 17, 1863, General David Perkins Grier, b. Dec. 26, 1836, at
Danville, Penna., d. Apr. 21, 1891, at St. Louis, Mo. In the early days of
the Rebellion, he mustered a company at Elmwood, Ill., of which he was made
captain, and tendered its services to the Union. They marched to St. Louis,
and in June, 1861, were organized into Company G, of the 8th Infantry,
Missouri Volunteers, and as such, participated in the campaigns against Fort
Henry, Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth. In August, 1862, Captain. Grier was
reclaimed by the state of Illinois, and commissioned colonel of the 77th
Infantry Illinois Volunteers. During the entire Vicksburg campaign he
served his country valiantly, and commanded his brigade during a part of
the siege. In November; 1863, he com-
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manded the 2d Brigade of the 4th Division of the 13th Army Corps. In March,
1865, he received his commission of Brigadier General, by brevet, for
faithful and efficient service, assigned to the command of the 1st Brigade
of the 3d Division of the 13th Army Corps under General Ganby, which he
commanded during the campaigns around and against Mobile. Later he was
assigned command of the 3d Division of the 13th Army Corps, of which he was,
in command until he was mustered out of service on July 10, 1865. He was a
soldier of eminent ability, a considerate skillful officer, who for four
long years faithfully joined heart and hand with those who fought beneath
the stars and stripes. Those under him in rank, respected and loved him, and
regarded his counsel and authority with universal favor. In the discharge of
duty he never faltered. His character scorned the ignoble, and in his
intelligent, dignified intercourse with mankind he maintained an influence,
which was felt even after his death. He was one of whom not a word but that
of praise was uttered, and his useful life was worthy of the many fitting
and beautiful epitaphs published after his decease. He was member of Ransom
post, No. 131, G. A. R., Dept. of Missouri. In politics he was a Republican.
After his marriage and at the close of the war, he and his family resided at
Peoria until September, 1881, when they removed to St. Louis, where General
Grier was engaged in the grain commission business, and where his widow
still resides. Since their residence has been in St. Louis they have been
members of the Washington and Compton Avenue Presbyterian church. General
Grier is buried at Peoria, Ill. To General David Perkins Grier and Anna
McKinney Grier were born seven children:
i. SMITH McKINNEY GRIER, b. Mar. 28, 1866, at Peoria, Ill., engaged in the
grain business at Kansas City, Mo., where he is president of the Grier Grain
Company; m. Jan. 26, 1904, Mrs. Gertrude Jackson, of Kansas City, where they
reside.
ii. JOHN PERKINS GRIER, b. Feb. 14, 1868, at Peoria, Ill., a member of the
grain commission firm of Allen, Grier and Zellar, Chicago, Ill., and at
present resides at New York, a member of the Stock Exchange, and of the
grain and brokerage firm of Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington.
iii. WILLIAM REYNOLDS GRIER, b. Oct. 23, 1869, at Peoria, Ill.; m. May 6,
1896, Mary Stewart, of Denver, Col., b. Dec. 20, 1874. He is engaged in the
lumber and mining business
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at Cripple Creek, Col., where he and his family reside. To William Reynolds
Grier and Mary Stewart Grier were born two children:
i. RALPH STEWART GRIER, b. Apr. 13, 1897.
ii. MARGARET GRIER b. Sept. 3, 1898.
iv. MARGARET GRIER, b. July 6, 1872, at Peoria, Ill.; m. Jan. 1, 1896, Henry
Rhine Todd, b. Feb. 5, 1863, general agent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad at St. Louis, son of Judge W. S. Todd of Jefferson, Texas.
They reside at St.. Louis, Mo.
v. ROBERT COOPER GRIER, b. June 20, 1875, at Peoria, Ill., practicing law at
St. Louis, Mo. where he resides.
vi. DAVID PERKINS GRIER, b. Nov. 23, 1878, at Peoria, Ill., employed in
railroad service in St. Louis, agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Resides at St. Louis, Mo.
vii. ANNIE McKINNEY GRIER, b. Mar. 10, 1881, at Peoria, Ill., resides at St.
Louis, Mo.
viii. MARGARET J. McKINNEY b. Feb. 21, 1843, near Newburg, Cumberland Co.,
Penna., resides at Peoria, Ill.
ix. JOHN REYNOLDS McKINNEY, b. July 16, 1845, near Newburg, Cumberland Co.,
Penna., d. June 3, 1876; m. at Kankakee, Ill., Nov. 6, 1872, Kate Swannell,
b.Sept. 6, 1852, at St. Louis, Mo., daughter of Frederick and Eliza Paddon
Swannell. He removed with his parents to Peoria, Ill., in 1856 returned to
Pennsylvania and received his education at Washington and Jefferson
College. In 1863, while a student, a report was circulated that the rebels
were marching on Pittsburg. He with one hundred other students, formed
themselves into a company and offered their services for the defense of the
city. They were in camp for a few days, and not being needed further,
returned again to their studies. After his marriage he resided at Kankakee,
where he was engaged as a manufacturer of linseed oil. In polities he was a
Republican, in faith a Presbyterian, at the time of his death superintendent
of the Sunday school. He died while visiting his mother at Peoria, and is
buried there, beside other members of his family. His widow resides at
Kankakee. No issue.
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CHAPTER VII.
AGNES McKINNEY AND HER DESCENDANTS.
d. Agnes McKinney, seventh child and second daughter of Joseph MacKenzie,
was born near Newburg, Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Penna., died April
9, 1783. About 1765 she married William McCord, who died September 9, 1806,
son of John McCord, who was one of the earliest settlers of central Penna.
"As early as 1750 the names of John, David and William McCord appear on the
tax lists of Derry and Hanover townships, Penna. In 1756 the McCord Fort
stood in the settlement of Conococheague. In the same year it was burned by
the Indians, and twenty-seven persons were either killed or carried into
captivity. No authentic record of the family exists beyond their settlement
in Sherman's Valley now Perry Co., Penna., when they built their house prior
to the Indian War of 1755-1763. It was standing a few years ago, and bore
in it the marks of bullets fired by the enemies of the white man."
In this valley dwelt the families of Robinson, Black, Moorhead, Fisher,
Crawford and McCord who intermarried at an early period. Their farms were
located on the west side of the Susquehanna river, along the Swatara and
Manada creeks. The most desperate Indian outrages were perpetrated and at
one time the valley was almost deserted by the settlers. After the French
and Indian War, the savages moved on, and gradually the old Scotch-Irish
families returned. Some of their cabin homes were not destroyed, but the
majority were in ashes. That of the McCords escaped the fire and hatchet of
the redskin.
"In the burial grounds of Derry, Hanover, and other of
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the Presbyterian churches of central Pennsylvania, lie the remains of many
who bear the name, and who are doubtless descendants of the original
families that here settled, and who were closely connected by ties of blood."
William and Agnes McKinney McCord spent their married life in Sherman's
Valley. He was thrice married. The race of McCord was strong, active in all
the prominent pursuits of life, ardent in filial devotion, and earnest in
the furtherance of christian living, intermingled with the McKinney blood,
gave to their descendants traits of character pure and ennobling.
Issue:
2. i. JOSEPH McCORD, b. Jan. 9, 1766; m. Elizabeth McCord.
3. ii. JOHN McCORD, b. Dec. 5, 1767; m. Polly Harkness.
iii. WILLIAM McCORD b. Mar. 15, 1769, d. Jan. 5, 1795. No issue.
4. iv. SAMUEL McCORD, b. Oct. 16, 1770; m. Polly Blaine.
v. GRIZELDA McCORD, b. Sept. 27, 1772, d. Oct. 31, 1796;
m. John Morrison. No issue.
5. vi. MARY McCORD, b. July 28, 1777; m. Thomas Robinson.
6. vii. ROSANNA McCORD, b. May 23, 1779; m. Alexander T. Blaire.
7. viii. ANDREW McCORD, b. July 27, 1781; m. Rosanna Bell.
8. ix. JAMES McCORD, b. Mar. 2, 1783; m. 1st Susan Davidson, 2d Jane Sturgis.
William McCord married secondly Rachel Scudder.
Issue:
i. DAVID McCORD, b. July 22, 1786.
ii. ALEXANDER McCORD, b. Sept. 17, 1787; m. Elizabeth Shrum.
iii. ROBERT McCORD, b. Oct. 17, 1792; m. 1st Lacy Davidson, 2d Margaret
Woodburn.
iv. ISAAC McCORD, b. Mar. 13, 1795; m. 1st Mary Leman, 2d Hannah McClelland.
William McCord married thirdly Miss Patterson. No issue.
II. Joseph McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born
January 9, 1766, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died February
7, 1813, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married Elizabeth McCord.
In the spring of 1797 Joseph McCord and his brother-in-law Thomas Robinson,
followed the tide of immigration to the borders of the great lakes, with a
view of forming a permanent settlement. A few settlers had been there for
some years, but it was a wild country, forming a part of Allegheny county,
not then organized into Erie county.
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Through the summer of 1797 they located their claims and built their log
cabins. The following spring they brought their families from Cumberland
Co., Penna., to their new homes, a distance of three or four hundred miles,
traveling on horseback, the children borne in the arms of their parents.
Their goods were shipped by boat, up the Allegheny to French creek, then to
Le Boeuf, now Waterford, from which they were sent by wagons to their
destination. Joseph McCord with Elizabeth his wife, and two children, Eliza
and William, with others of their kindred, soon made their cabin homes ring
with joyous contentment, and converted the uncultivated waste into a garden
of beauty. Erie county has been the place of residence of his descendants
for more than a century, some of whom reside on the shore of the lake. He
was a man of strict integrity, great in excellence of thought and action, of
refined manner and speech. He was eminent for piety, and with his brother
John and brother-in-law Thomas Robinson, was one of the first elders of the
Presbyterian church of North East, which. was organized in 1801. They were
ordained to their office in a grove on the banks of Sixteen Mile creek. The
public road from east to west through the township, now known as the Lake
Shore road, runs by the farms and homes of the sons of Joseph McCord.
Issue:
9. i. ELIZA McCORD, b. June 1, 1795; m. James Miller Moorhead.
10. ii. WILLIAM McCORD, b. 1797; m. 1st Jane Young Moorhead,
2nd Sarah Cowles.
iii. SARAH McCORD, d. in infancy.
11. iv. JAMES H. McCORD, b. 1803; m. Eliza Stillson.
v. JOHN McCORD, b. July 4, 1805; m. 1st Caroline Moorhead,
3d Catharine A. Dada.
13. vi. NANCY McCORD, b. Aug. 6, 1807; m. John Milliken.
14. vii. JOSEPH McCORD, b. May 19, 1810; m. Amanda Leete.
III. John McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born
December 5, 1767, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died February
13, 1839, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married April 9, 1795, Polly
Harkness, born January 24, 1772, died July 9, 1852, at North East.
In the year 1800 he took his wife and two oldest children
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over the mountains on horseback, to the shore of Lake Erie, where his
brother and sister had lived for two years. The country was beautiful but
wild. He erected his log cabin with its outlook towards the lake. Although
primitive in style, it was the abode of peace and prosperity, and was later
replaced by a commodious dwelling house. He was a farmer and had a tanning
and shoe establishment on his farm. He traded with Pittsburg, and boats on
their routes to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, were filled with produce to be
exchanged for flour, coffee and tea. He was postmaster at North East, and
one of the first elders of the Presbyterian church, organized one year after
the date of his settlement in Erie county, and services were held in his tan
house. His character was exemplary, and he was esteemed as one of the most
consistent of men. His wife had a great degree of mental strength, and
earnestness of purpose. At one time she nursed two of her children through
scourges of smallpox, at a pest house. On another occasion she stopped the
jockeys from racing on the Sabbath day, on the road leading through their
farm, by standing in the middle of the track and impeding their progress.
She often rode on horseback, eleven miles to church, taking two or three
children with her on the saddle. She was hospitable and ably assisted her
husband in every pursuit of life. They are buried at North East.
Issue:
16. i. WILLIAM HARKNES McCORD, b. July 4, 1796; m. Julia Hall.
17. ii. ANNE McCORD, b. Oct. 19, 1798; m. George Hampson.
18. iii. MARY McCORD, b. Apr. 1, 1801; m. James Smedley.
iv. MARGARET McCORD, b. 1804, d. 1819, unmarried.
v. JOHN LINN McCORD, b. 1805, d. 1829, unmarried
19. vi. DAVID McCORD, b. Feb.. 29, 1808; m. 1st Laura Hebbard, 2d Sarah Pickett.
vii. GRIZELDA McCORD, b. 1810, d. 1819, unmarried.
20. viii. NANCY BLAINE McCORD, b. June 9, 1814; m. Augustus Hall.
IV. Samuel McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was
born October 16, 1770, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died
September 20, 1825, in Madison township, Perry Co., Penna.; married April:
19, 1797, Polly Blaine, born September 30, 1773, died January 4, 1837, in
Madison township, Perry Co., and is buried
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beside her husband in the graveyard adjoining the Centre Presbyterian
church, that county, of which they were members. They were consistent,
stalwart, intelligent people, noted for their strict integrity and
uprightness of purpose and action. The times were those in which men and
women were in positions of peril, when the strongest characters were put to
the most severe tests, and, in the blood which ran in the veins of the
McCord-Blaine ancestry, was not a drop that was not full of courage,
unflinching loyalty to home and country, and reliance upon the guidance and
protection of divine providence.
They lived in a manner that commanded the utmost veneration. Without the
conveniences of modern life, but with all the comforts necessary to their
welfare, they kept in touch with the outside world, taught their children to
be honest, honorable and just, laid before them the Bible and catechism, and
gave them the best educational advantages that could be obtained, and amidst
discouragements their descendants would consider unsurmountable, they
achieved a vast degree of knowledge. Only three daughters in the family
lived to reach years of womanhood and married. Those who died early in life
are buried beside their parents at Centre church.
Issue:
21. i. MARY ANN McCORD, b. June 22, 1798; m. Andrew Linn.
ii. WILLIAM McCORD, b. Oct. 24, 1799.
iii. JOHN LINN McCORD, b. June 5, 1802, d. Aug. 1802.
iv. SAMUEL McCORD, b. Sept. 22, 1803 d. June 22, 1832, unmarried.
22. v. ISABELLA McCORD, b. Sept. 21, 1805; m. James Diven.
23. vi. ELIZABETH THOMPSON McCORD, b. Sept. 4, 1807; m. John Coyle.
vii. EPHRAIM BLAINE McCORD, b. May 23, 1810, d. Aug.16, 1828, unmarried.
viii. JAMES McCORD, b. July 28, 1812, d. Sept. 3, 1834, unmarried.
ix. ALEXANDER McCORD, b. Nov. 22, 1814, d. June 25, 1817, unmarried.
V. Mary McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born July
28, 1777, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died August 23, 1843,
at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married April 22, 1794, Thomas Robinson,
born 1773 in Sherman's Valley, died July 12,
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1830, at North East, Penna. Philip Robinson, with his sons Samuel and George
settled at Manada Gap, a pass in the Kittatinny mountain, sixteen miles from
Harrisburg, in a northeasterly direction. About 1753 George crossed the
Susquehanna river, and erected his home in Sherman's Valley, on the west
side of the mountain., it was necessary in those perilous times to have
convenient places of refuge from the Indians, and forts were built on both
the farms of Philip and his son George. At Manada Gap, the fort is often
mentioned as Philip Robinson's, and some times Samuel Robinson's. In 1756
the Indian outbreaks in the valley became so desperate, that at one time,
"the whole of the inhabitants were gathered at a fort at George Robinson's,
excepting one family." Their distress and danger became so appalling, that
they came into the Cumberland Valley until the enemy deserted that section
of country and went further west. Many of the settlers did not recross the
mountain, but found greater comfort among the older settlements. The
Robinson's returned to their former homes. George Robinson, son of Philip,
had ten children, Mary, John, Margaret, Jonathan, Agnes, Sarah, Esther,
Martha, George, and Thomas who married Mary McCord. In 1797 he left his wife
in Cumberland county and went with his brother-in-law Joseph McCord to the
shore of Lake Erie, where in Erie county, then a part of Allegheny county,
he decided to locate a claim, and build a cabin for his family. In the
autumn they returned, threading their way through the forest, and in the
spring of 1798, each took his wife and two children, also James McMann, his
wife and one child, to the beautiful region of the lake shore. Between three
and four hundred miles they traversed the wilderness on horseback, and found
their cabins as they left them six months before. The country soon filled
with populace, and as soon as possible a church was established at North
East, with Thomas Robinson a ruling elder. His wife was a generous, loving,
unselfish character.
Issue:
24. i. WILLIAM ANDREW ROBINSON, b. July 20, 1795; m. Nancy Cochran.
25. ii. HETTY ROBINSON, b. Mar. 15, 1797; m. Alvah Barr.
26. iii. NANCY ROBINSON, b. Apr. 8, 1799; m. William Doty.
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27. iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBINSON, b. June 12, 1801; m. Matilda Wyllis.
v. JOHN ROBINSON, b. Aug. 17, 1803, d. Aug. 25, 1828, unmarried.
28. vi. MARY ANN ROBINSON, b. Oct. 11 1805; m. Benjamin Royce Tuttle.
29. vii. JOSEPH McKINNEY ROBINSON, b. Dec. 26, 1808; m. Sarah Larned Crosby.
30. viii. ALEXANDER HAMILTON ROBINSON, b. May 3, 1811; m. Lomira Wyllis.
31. ix.ELIZA McCORD ROBINSON, b. Aug. 13, 1813; m. Dyer Loomis.
32. x. SAMUEL McCORD ROBINSON, b. Jan. 26, 1818; m. Nancy Townsend.
VI. Rosanna McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1)
was born May 23, 1779, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died
November 1, 1830, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married April 5, 1796,
Alexander T. Blaine, born 1776, died February 18, 1817, at North East, Penna.
In 1800 he took his wife and oldest child to Erie county and settled near
the shore of the lake, where his descendants lived for many years. He was a
nephew of Colonel Ephraim Blaine, who valiantly served his country during
the Revolutionary War. He entered the service as a colonel, belonging to the
Pennsylvania line. He was with Washington at Valley Forge, and aided greatly
in relieving the distress of the soldiers. Their friendship was warm and
lasting, and they were together during many of the most trying scenes of the
strife. In 1778 he was appointed to the post of "commissary general of the
Northern Department." His district extended from Maryland northward,
including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England, and in this
capacity he won meritorious distinction. After the close of the war, he
retired to his estate at Middlesex, Cumberland Co., Penna., where in 1794 he
entertained Washington and his suite, when they were called to the interior
of the state on matters pertaining to the Whisky Insurrection. He was one of
the original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. He
married first Rebecca Galbraith, and secondly Mrs. Duncan, widow of Judge
Duncan of Carlisle, Penna. He was a hero of the Revolution, and died in
i808. His descendants are distinguished in all the prominent walks of life.
The father of
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Alexander. T. Blaine was William, a brother of Colonel Ephraim Blaine, and had
three children, Isabella, Alexander T. and Ephraim. The Blaine-McCord union united
two strong forces of the Scotch-Irish blood.
Issue:
33. i. MARGARET McCORD BLAINE, b. July 18, 1798; m. James Mills.
34. ii. NANCY B. BLAINE, b. June 21, 1800; m. William Crawford.
35. iii. MARY BLAINE, b. 1802; m. Joseph Young Moorhead.
36. iv. EPHRAIM WILLIAM McCORD BLAINE, b. 1804; m. Eliza Smedley.
37. v. WILLIAM A. BLAINE, b. 1807; m. Martha Hall.
38. vi. JAMES BLAINE, b. 1809; m. Lucinda Crary.
39. vii. ALEXANDER W. BLAINE, b. 1812; m. Sarah A. Platt.
40. viii. ISABEL A. BLAINE, b. 1814; m. Thomas Dickson.
ix. JOSEPH F. BLAINE, b. 1817; m. Adelia Freeman.
VII. Andrew McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born
July 27, 1781, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna.; married Rosanna Bell.
Issue:
i. CYRUS McCORD.
ii. BENJAMIN McCORD.
iii. NANCY McCORD.
iv. JOSEPH McCORD.
v. MARY McCORD.
vi. WILLIAM McCORD.
VIII. James McCord3 (Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born
March 2, 1783, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died October 18,
1865, at Pittsburg, Penna., and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery at that
place; married first February 11, 1808, Susan Davidson, born 1784 near
Newville, Penna., died 1818 at Newville, and is buried in the Big Spring
Presbyterian graveyard at that place, of which church they were consistent
members, whose pastor Rev. Joshua Williams, D. D., united them in marriage.
Issue:
41. i. JOHN DAVIDSON McCORD, b. Dec. 4, 1808; m. 1st
Margaret McCandlish, 2d Rosanna Blaine McCord.
42. ii. NANCY McCORD, b. Nov. 28, 1810; m. Joseph McKibben.
iii. LACY McCORD, b. Feb. 15, 1813, d. Sept. 1, 1845;
m. Thomas Geddes, b. Apr. 1, 1810, d. Nov. 20, 1841. No issue.
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42. iv. MARY ANN McCORD, b. Apr. 5, 1815; m. Benjamin Royce Tuttle.
James McCord married secondly July 1, 1819, Jane Sturgis who lived at
Shippensburg, Penna.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM CAMPBELL McCORD, b. May 14, 1820, d. young.
43. ii. JAMES STURGIS McCORD, b. Jan. 11, 1822; m. Sarah Denny Thompson.
iii. JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCORD, b. Sept. 4, 1824, d. Nov. 20, 1841. No issue.
iv. REBECCA JANE McCORD; m. William Wandless of Pittsburg, Penna.
IX. Eliza McCord4 (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born June 1, 1795, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co.,
Penna., died January 19, 1873, at North East, Penna., married December 26,
1815, James Miller Moorhead, born August 18, 1793, in Chester Co., Penna.,
died January 16, 1881, at North East, Penna. His parents, Thomas Moorhead
and Jane Young, Moorhead, went to Erie Co., Penna., about 1800, and took
their children with them on horseback. Their son James took up a large tract
of land on the lake shore, and lived on it during his lifetime. Around him
were families of the same name, and friends who assisted in clearing the
wilderness and building his house. He was patriotic, and served as colonel
in the War of 1812. He instilled the same spirit in the hearts of his
children, and taught them lessons of loyalty and devotion to home and
country. With his wife, he was given to hospitality, and their home was the
center of the warmest cordiality and most bounteous entertainment, where
guests were made abundantly welcome and left his fireside feeling it was
good to have been there. They were earnest in all the pursuits of life, and
left a legacy of helpful memories to those about them. They were members of
the Presbyterian church, and are buried at North East, beside scores of
their kindred. Their children were all born near North East, but removed to
different parts of the country after marriage, and became prominent and
influential.
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Issue:
i. JOSEPH McCORD MOORHEAD, b. Nov., 1816, d. Mar. 24, 1905; m. Harriett
Scott. To Joseph McCord Moorhead and Harriett Scott Moorhead were born
five children:
i. ROBERT SCOTT MOORHEAD, m. Mary Carroll, resided at Erie, Penna. To
Robert Scott Moorhead and Mary Carroll Moorhead were born three children:
i. FLORENCE MOORHEAD.
ii. HELEN MOORHEAD.
iii. MARGARET MOORHEAD.
ii. MARY MOORHEAD, m. Andrew Backus, resided at North East, Penna. To
Andrew Backus and Mary Moorhead Backus were born six children:
i. CHARLES BACKUS.
ii. HARRIET BACKUS.
iii. SCOTT BACKUS.
iv. LOUISE BACKUS.
v. ROBERT BACKUS.
vi. HARRY BACKUS.
iii. ISABELLA MOOHEAD, m. B. J. Dodge, resided at Harborcreek, Penna.
To B. J. Dodge and Isabella Moorhead Dodge were born two children:
i. MARY DODGE.
ii. ANNA DODGE.
iv. CHARLES MOORHEAD, m. Harriett. Johnson, resided at Parsons, Kan. To
Charles Moorhead and Harriett Johnson Moorhead was born one child:
i. HAROLD MOORHEAD.
v. ANNA MOORHEAD.
ii. THOMAS MOORHEAD, b. June 28, 1819, d. Mar. 24, 1894; m. Maria Dada. To
Thomas Moorhead and Maria Dada Moorhead were born five children:
i. FRANK MOORHEAD, m. Lizzie Howard, resided at Perry, Ark. To Frank
Moorhead and Lizzie Howard Moorhead were born five children:
i. THOMAS MOORHEAD.
ii. NEWTON MOORBEAD.
iii. ALVIS MOORHEAD.
iv. NORA. MOORHEAD.
v. CHARLES MOORHEAD.
ii. ELIZABETH MOORHEAD, m. Charles A. Leet, reside at Moorheadville, Penna.
To Charles A. Leet and Elizabeth Moorhead Leet were born three children:
i. FLORENCE LEET.
ii. HARRY LEET.
iii. ALICE LEET.
iii. HARRIET MOORHEAD.
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iv. EDWARD T. MOORHEAD, m. Helen A. McCord, reside at North East (see McCord line).
v. ALICE MOORHEAD.
iii. CATHARINE ANN MOORHEAD, b. Nov. 19, 1821, d. Feb. 9, 1888; rn. Oct. 12,
1852, Joseph Shrum McCord, b. Aug. 9, 1813, in Perry Co., Penna.,
d. Nov. 5, 1879. To Joseph Schrum McCord and Catharine Ann Moorhead McCord
were born four children:
i. FRANK McCORD, b. June 30, 1856, resides at Oxford, Ohio.
ii. JANE McCORD, b. Mar. 2, 1858; m. Apr. 9, 1884, Rev. John Ried Shannon,
reside at Malden, Mass.
iii. ELIZABETH McCORD, b. Apr. 14, 1860, resides at Oxford, Ohio.
iv. JESSIE McCORD, b. Dec. 12, 1862, d. Feb. 22, 1864.
iv. ELIZABETH MOORHEAD, b. Apr. 29, 1824; m. Lucien H. Couse. To
Lucien H. Couse and Elizabeth Moorhead Couse were born two children:
i. MARY COUSE.
ii. NORMAN COUSE, m. Sarah Bosler, reside at North East, Penna. To Norman
Couse and Sarah Bosler Couse were born two children:
i. HARRY B. COUSE.
ii. MARY E. COUSE.
v. WILLIAM McCORD MOORHEAD, b. June 25, 1826, d. 1899; m. S. Frances
Kendrick. To William McCord and S. Frances Kendrick Moorhead were born four
children:
i. WILLIAM R. MOORHEAD, m. Ella Reeder, resided at Erie, Penna.
ii. EDITH MOORHEAD, m. Calvin E. Leet, reside at Moorheadville, Penna.
iii. RALPH MOORHEAD.
iv. JAMES MOORHEAD, m. Lydia Slemmons, reside at Moorheadville, Penna.
vi. JANE MOORHEAD, b. Jan. 1, 1830, d. Mar. 19, 1892; m. George F. Sherwin,
resided at Erie, Penna. To George F. Sherwin and Jane Moorhead Sherwin were
born three children:
i. JOSEPHINE SHERWIN.
ii. ANNA F. SHERWIN.
iii. JAMES W. SHERWIN.
vii. JAMES ADAIR MOORHEAD, b. Aug. 12, 1834; m. Julia E. Baldwin. To James
Adair Moorhead and Julia E. Baldwin Moorhead were born five children:
i. FREDERICK MOORHEAD, m. Margaret A. McCord, reside at Moorheadville,
Penna; To Frederick Moorhead and Margaret A. McCord Moorhead was born one child:
i. DOUGLAS MOORHEAD.
ii. ROSE ELIZA MOORHEAD.
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iii. McCORD MOORHEAD, m. Blanche Pratt, reside at Moorheadville, Penna.
iv. HELEN STARR MOORHEAD.
v. MABEL MOORHEAD.
X. William McCord4 (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born 1797 in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died
April, 1883, at North East, Penna.; married first Jane Young Moorhead, born
August 10, 1806, in Chester Co., Penna., died 1844 at North East, Penna.,
members of the Presbyterian church, and are buried at that place.
Issue:
i. THOMAS MOORHEAD McCORD, b. May 30, 1831; m. first May 2, 1855, Caroline
Adela Durst, b. Sept. 1, 1835, d. Aug. 1, 1878. He is in the grain
commission business at Minneapolis, Minn. To Thomas Moorhead McCord and
Caroline Adela Durst McCord were born five children:
i. W. CLIFTON McCORD, b. Aug. 2, 1856; m. June 22, 1883, A. Lillian Wallace,
reside at Minneapolis, Minn.
ii. ERNEST McCORD, b. 1857, d. 1857.
iii. HAROLD D. McCORD, b. Apr. 2, 1863; m. Jan. 27, 1890, Margaret A. Brown,
reside at Minneapolis, Minn.
iv. FRED. M. McCORD, b. Nov. 3 1864; m. 1889, Susan Pease Toothaker, b.
Apr. 15, 1862, reside at Minneapolis, Minn. To Fred. M. McCord and Susan
Pease Toothaker McCord were born three children:
i. HORACE TOOTHAKER McCORD, b. Aug. 29, 1891.
ii. CAROLINE ADELA McCORD, b. Aug. 16, 1893.
iii. HELEN ELIZABETH McCORD, b. Apr. 24, 1897.
v. HELEN A. McCORD, b. Dec. 19, 1868; m. Nov. 27, 1895, Edward T. Moorhead,
b. Oct. 29, 1859, reside at North East, Penna. To Edward T. Moorhead
and Helen A. McCord. Moorhead was born one child:
i. VIRGINIA MOORHEAD b. Oct. 4, 1898.
Thomas Moorhead McCord married secondly Jan. 26, 1882, Elizabeth Amelia
Carnes, b. Jan. 21, 1836.
ii. CATHARINE ELIZABETH McCORD, b. 1834, d. Aug. 12, 1904.
iii. JOSEPH McCORD, b. 1836, d. 1847.
iv. WILLIAM ALEXANDER McCORD, b. Apr. 7, 1840, b. Dec. 2, 1876; m. Nov. 25,
1869, Mary E. Backus. To William Alexander McCord and Mary E. Backus McCord
were born four children:
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i. FREDERICK ISAAC McCORD, b. Nov. 27, 1871, d. Feb. 12 1876.
ii. FLORENCE EDITH McCORD, b. Apr. 26, 1873.
iii. ARTHUR MOORHEAD McCORD, b. Nov. 10, 1874, d. Mar. 17, 1876.
iv. WILLIAM McCORD, b. Aug. 14, 1876, d. Feb. 22, 1877.
v. ISAAC McCORD, b. 1842.
William McCord married secondly Sarah Cowles, b. 1813, d. Mar. 3, 1891.
Issue:
i. MONTGOMERY McCORD, b. 1847, d. 1876.
XII. James R. McCord4 (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born 1803 at North East, Erie Co., Penna,, died November 15,
1873, at Goshen, Ind.; married May 21, 1835, Eliza Stillson, who died 1855
at Goshen, Ind., and is buried beside her husband at that place.
Issue:
i. MARY E. McCORD, b. 1838.
ii. HARRIETT M. McCORD, b. 1840, d. Jan. 6, 1905.
iii. WILLIAM M. McCORD, b. 1842.
iv. ALICE A. McCORD, b. 1844.
v. ELEANOR M. McCORD, b. 1847 d. Dec. 4, 1904.
vi. JAMES S. McCORD, b. 1850.
vii. JULIA A. McCORD, b. 1852.
XII. John McCord4, (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born July 4, 1805, at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died
April 9, 1872, at North East; married first February 12, 1834, Caroline
Moorhead, born January 26, 1810, at Moorheadville, Penna., died December 10,
1851, at North East, members of the Presbyterian church, resided at North
East, and are buried there.
Issue:
i. JANE YOUNG McCORD, b. July 16, 1836; m. Oct. 14, Augustus Ensign, b. June
7, 1829, at North East, Penna., reside at that place. To Augustus Ensign
and Jane Young McCord Ensign was born one child:
i. CHARLES A. ENSIGN, b. Oct. 12, 1856; m. June 12, 1901, Gertrude Cullom,
of Philadelphia, Penna., reside at North East, Penna.
ii. JAMES M. McCORD, b. Dec. 12, 1839, d. Nov. 30, 1869.
iii. LUTHER McCORD, b. Dec. 1, 1844, d. May 30, 1845.
iv. JOHN CALVIN McCORD, b. July 20, 1847; m. Feb. 1876, Lizzie Downer,
reside at Chicago, Ill. To John Calvin McCord and Lizzie Downer McCord
were, born two children:
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i. DOWNER McCORD.
ii. JOHN CALVIN McCORD.
v. JOSEPH THOMAS McCORD, b. Dec. 9, 1849; m. Apr. 10, 1872, Mary Rose
Blaine, reside at North East, Penna. To Joseph Thomas McCord and Mary Rose
Blaine McCord were born two children:
i. FLORENCE B. McCORD.
ii. RUTH McCORD.
John McCord married secondly, 1852, Catharine Dada.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM F. McCORD, b. Feb. 12, 1856; m. Nov. 17, 1881, Florence E.
Bemis. To William F. McCord and Florence E. Bemis McCord were born three
children:
i. GERTRUDE McCORD,
ii. JOHN McCORD.
iii. RALPH McCORD.
ii. CAROLINE A. McCORD, b. June 1, 1860.
XIII. Nancy McCord4 (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born August 6, 1807, at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died
December 6, 1888, at North East; married John B. Milliken, born March 9,
1807, at Onondaga, N. Y., died March 6, 1875, at North East. They were
members of the Presbyterian church and are buried at that place.
Issue:
i. HARRIETT MILLIKEN, b. May 29, 1837, d. June 2, 1891.
ii. ELIZABETH MILLIKEN, d. in infancy Mar. 4, 1839.
iii. REBECCA ELIZABETH MILLIKEN, b.. June 13, 1842; m. June 15, 1892, George
Selkregg, b. Nov. 2, 1838, at North East, Penna., reside at that place.
iv. JOHN THOMAS MILLIKEN, b. Aug. 29, 1848; m. Dec. 5, 1872, Eleanor Ann
Webster, b. May 15, 1845, at Bellefontain, Mo., daughter of Charles Webster
and Ann Schee Webster. He is secretary of the Highland Water Company, at
Riverside, Cal., where they reside.
v. ANDREW JOSEPH MILLIKEN, b. Sept. 8, 1851, d. Dec. 17, 1901; m. Nov. 15,
1892, Samantha Caldwell, of North East, Penna.
XIV. Joseph McCord4 (Joseph McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born May 19, 1810, at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died
June 3, 1886, at North East; married September 6, 1838, Amanda Leete, born
August 25, 1816, at Moorheadville, Penna., died August 27, 1885, at North
East, members of the Presbyterian church and buried at that place.
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Issue:
i. HANNAH ELIZABETH McCORD, b. Oct. 12, 1839, d. Feb. 18, 1890; m. Oct. 31,
1866, George Selkregg, b. Nov. 2, 1838, at North East, Penna., resides at
that place. To George Selkregg and Hannah Elizabeth McCord Selkregg were
born four children:
i. CHASSIE E. SELKREGG, b. Apr. 27, 1869.
ii. MARY E. SELKREGG, b. May 2O, 1872; m. Jan. 29, 1901, Albert G.
Scheidenhelm, reside at North East, Penna.
iii. ANNA M. SELKREGG, b. Apr. 27, 1874; m. Jan. 11, 1905, George H.
Fernald, reside at North East, Penna.
iv. LAURA A. SELKREGG, b. Apr. 9, 1882. George Selkregg married secondly
June 15, 1892, Rebecca Elizabeth Milliken, b. June 13, 1842.
ii. SIMEON McCORD; b. Aug. 14, 1841; m. Feb. 18, 1868, Nancy M. Loomis,
reside at North East, Penna. To Simeon McCord and Nancy M. Loomis McCord
were born six children:
i. MARGARET McCORD, b. Feb. 5, 1869; m. Nov. 18, 1896, Frederick B.
Moorhead, b. May 8, 1865, reside at North East, Penna. To Frederick B.
Moorhead and Margaret McCord Moorhead was born one child:
i. DOUGLAS McCORD MOORHEAD, b. Feb. 28, 1899.
ii. ELLA MARY McCORD, b. May 9, 1872; rn. June 7, 1898, Thaddeus Lynn, b
Aug. 21, 1871, reside at North East, Penna. To Thaddeus Lynn and Ella Mary
McCord Lynn were born two children:
i. MARGARET FAYE LYNN, b. Apr. 1, 1900.
ii. DONALD McCORD LYNN, b. Mar. 7, 1903.
iii. JOSEPH LOOMIS McCORD, b. Sept. 18, 1873.
iv. FRANK HALL McCORD b. Aug. 8, 1875; m. Aug. 26, 1902, Blanche Woodruff,
b. Aug. 26, 1878, reside at North East, Penna. To Frank Hall McCord and
Blanche Woodruff McCord was born one child:
i. ELEANOR McCORD, b. July 15, 1903.
v. SUSANNA ALICE McCORD, b. Mar. 1, 1879.
vi. ANDREW SIMEON McCORD, b. June 3, 1882.
iii. ANDREW McCORD, b. Sept. 15, 1843, d. Jan. 18, 1881; m. Sept. 6, 1877,
Anna Mary Tuttle, 'b. Nov. 18, 1852.
iv. ROBERT W. McCORD, b. Oct. 27, 1845; m. June 27, 1882, Antoinette Belnap,
reside at Moorheadville, Penna. To Robert W. McCord and Antoinette Belnap
McCord was born one child:
i. ELEANOR McCORD, b. July, 6, 1883 d. July 9, 1883.
v. ELIZA McCORD, b. Aug. 7, 1847; m. Oct. 9, 1878, Samuel T. Moorhead, who
d. Aug. 18, 1886.
vi. NANCY MATILDA McCORD, b. Dec. 13, 1849.
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vii. ANNA McCORD, b. Aug. 10, 1862, d. July 27, 1885; m. Nov. 10, 1880,
George A. Hampson, who resides at North East, Penna. To George A. Hampson
and Anna McCord Hampson were born three children:
i. HELEN McCORD HAMPSON, twin, b. Nov. 29, 1881.
ii. HARRIETT MARY HAMPSON, twin, b. Nov. 9, 1881.
iii. ALICE HAMPSON, b. Oct. 23, 1883.
viii. JOSEPH M. McCORD, b. Nov. 4, 1856; m. Dec. 7, 1892, Letta Hover,
reside at Atchison, Kan. To Joseph M. McCord and Letta Hover McCord were
born two children:
i. WALTER H. McCORD, .b. July 19, 1894.
ii. JOSEPH ALFRED McCORD, b. Feb. 28, 1904.
ix. SUSAN M. McCORD, b. Nov. 10, 1858, d. May 12, 1880.
XVI. William Harkness McCord4 (John McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born July 4, 1796, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co.,
Penna., died January 27, 1852, at Hartford, Ohio; married February 22,
1825, Julia Hall, born September 26, 1797, died January 19, 1877, at Ripon,
Wis. They were married at Litchfield, Conn., removed to North East, Penna.,
and later to Hartford, Ohio. After the death of William Harkness McCord, his
wife went with her family to Ripon. They were Presbyterian in faith, and are
buried at Hartford.
Issue:
i. SANPORD HALL McCORD, b. Jan. 2 1827 d. Apr. 5, 1873.
ii. JOHN LINN McCORD, b. July 15, 1828, d. Apr. 12, 1862; m. June 28, 1860,
Elizabeth A. Carnes.
iii. WILLIAM LUCIUS McCORD, b. May 5, 1830, d. June 8, 1830.
iv. ABIGAL HALL McCORD b. Dec. 7, 1834; m. Apr. 17, 1861, Asa Newell Barney,
b. Feb. 17, 1829, at Watertown, N. Y., and resided at Ripon, Wis., for
nearly forty years. He was in the War of the Rebellion, in the
quartermaster's department. In politics he is a Republican. He was formerly
an architect and builder, but for some time has been an employee of the
Northwestern Telephone Company of Minneapolis, Minn., in which city he
resides. To Asa Newell Barney and Abigal Hall McCord Barney were born two
children:
i. JOHN LYNN BARNEY, b. Aug. 23, 1863; m. June 5, 1889, Cora L. May, b.
Mar. 26, 1869, at Fond du Lac, Wis., reside at Minneapolis, Minn.
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To John Lynn Barney and Cora L. May Barney were born two children:
i. ISABELLE MAY BARNEY, b. Jan. 26, 1899.
ii. EDGAR LYNN BARNEY, b. Dec. 16, 1903.
ii. ELIZABETH GERTRUDE BARNEY, b. June 21, 1866.
XVII. Anne McCord4 (John McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born October 19, 1798, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co.,
Penna., died May, 1861, at Oil Creek, Penna.; married October, 1828, George
Hampson, resided at Oil Creek.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM M. HAMPSON, drowned in Fox River, Wis.
ii. JOHN LYNN HAMPSON, d. at Titusville, Penna.
XVIII. Mary McCord4 (John McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born April 1, 1801, at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died
May 17, 1842, at North East; married February, 1820, James Smedley.
Issue:
i. JOHN McCORD SMEDLEY, b. 1821, d. Sept 19, 1842.
XIX. David McCord4 (John McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born February 29, 1808, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.,
died March 26, 1851, at North East; married first July 4, 1838, Laura
Hebbard, born at Sheriden, N. Y., died February 19, 1842, at North East,
where she spent her married life. They were members of the Presbyterian
church.
Issue:
i. GEORGE H. McCORD, d. in a southern prison during the War of the
Rebellion.
ii. B. FRANK McCORD, served through the War of the Rebellion, part of the
time as scout.
iii. MARY HARKNESS McCORD, resides at North East, Penna.
iv. PAULINE McCORD, d. in infancy.
v. JOHN McCORD, d. in infancy.
David McCord married secondly, 1852, Sarah Pickett who died in 1888.
Issue:
i. JASPER McCORD, d. at twelve years of age, 1865.
XX. Nancy Blaine McCord4 (John McCord3, Agnes
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McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born June 9, 1814, at North East,
Erie Co., Penna., died December 4, 1897, at North East; married December 12,
1839, Augustus Ephraim Hall, born December 26, 1812, in Connecticut, died
February 2, 1892, at North East, where he removed at an early age with his
parents. He was postmaster for some years, but was principally engaged in
farming. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church,
interested in all that pertained to the good of humanity, respected and
beloved, and are buried at North East.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HALL b. Sept. 22, 1844, d. Nov. 12, 1898; m. Feb. 25,
1874, Burga Frey Simmons, b. Jan. 1, 1846, at Alsace, France. He was a
Presbyterian, in politics a Republican, was interested largely in farming
and grape culture, resided at North East, and is burled at that place. To
William Augustus Hall and Burga Frey Simmons Hall were born six children:
i. JOHN McCORD HALL, b. Jan. 24, 1876, d. Feb. 25, 1896.
ii. MARY EDITH HALL, b. Jan. 19, 1878; m. Mar. 7, 1900, John M. Stone,
reside at North East, Penna.
iii. NANCY BLAINE HALL, b. Dec. 6, 1879; m. Aug. 24, 1904, Dr. James H.
Holtham, reside at North East, Penna.
iv. HELEN LISINKA HALL b. Dec. 21, 1884.
v. ABBIE ALICE HALL, b. July 26, 1887.
vi. FRANCES DWIGHT HALL, b. Aug. 14, 1890.
XXI. Mary Ann McCord4 (Samuel McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born June 22, 1798, in Madison township, Perry Co., Penna.,
died September 24, 1872; married April 1, 1819, Andrew Linn, born April 7,
1794, on the old Linn farm, died April 24, 1860, son of. Rev. John Linn,
first pastor of the Centre Presbyterian church in Perry Co. They were among
the sturdy pioneer settlers who laid a firm foundation for truth,
righteousness and liberty. They were deeply imbued with the spirit of
christianity, and left an abiding impression of their piety and devotion to
duty, on the community in which they lived. They were members of the Centre
Presbyterian church, and are buried in the graveyard at that place. Their
home was near the church, although for
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some years after their marriage, they resided at Landisburg, Penna.
Issue:
i. JOHN LINN, b. Aug. 13, 1820, d. Aug. 13, 1889; m. May 15, 1845, Margaret
Anderson McClure, b. Oct. 31, 1822, d. Mar. 29, 1889, daughter of Alexander
McClure and Isabella Anderson McClure. They resided near Centre, Perry Co.,
Penna., in early life, removed to Chambersburg, Penna., died there, and are
buried in the grave yard of the Falling Spring Presbyterian church, of which
church they were members. To John Linn and Margaret Anderson McClure Linn
were born seven children:
i. ALEXAJNDER McCLURE LINN, b. Mar. 19, 1846, in. first Nov. 3, 1887, Clara
Alma Scott, who d. Apr. 3, 1888, daughter of James D. Scott and Cynthia Ann
Horner Scott of Franklin Co., Penna. He lived on his father's farm until
1870, when he went to Washington, then a territory, in the employ of the
Northern Pacific Railroad engineers, and remained four years, then was with
the engineers of the Central Railroad of New Jersey for nine months, in the
anthracite coal regions. In 1876 he went to Anniston, Ala., in the employ of
the Woodstock Iron Company, in 1878 entered the service of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Penna., and has been with them since that date, in the
capacity of conductor. During the War of the Rebellion he was with the
Independent Battery I, Pennsylvania Volunteers, from 1864 until the close
of the war. He married secondly May 17, 1894, Clara Humbird Conley, b. Nov.
26, 1858, at Keokuk, Iowa, daughter of John Alexander Conley and Mary Ann
McKnight Conley. They reside at Chambersburg, Penna., adherents of the
Falling Spring Presbyterian church. To Alexander McClure Linn and Clara
Humbird Conley Linn were born three children:
i. SAMUEL McCORD LINN, b. Dec. 29, 1895.
ii. JACOB HUMBIRD LINN, b. Sept. 30, 1897.
iii. ROBERT MacDONALD LINN, b. Aug. 13, 1899.
ii. MARY ANN LINN, b. May. 2, 1848; m. Dec. 29, 1870, Enos Breneman Engle,
b. Mar. 15, 1841, near Marietta Penna., son of Henry M. Engle and Elizabeth
Breneman Engle. He served in the army during the War of the Rebellion. Since
that time he has been engaged in state horticultural work, as nursery
inspector, and resides at Waynesboro, Penna., where he and his family are
members of the Presbyterian church.
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To Enos Breneman Engle and Mary Ann. Linn Engle were born four children:
i. HARRY LINN ENGLE, b. Jan. 12, 1872, d. Jan. 7, 1890.
ii. MARGARET McCLURE ENGLE, b. Sept. 18, 1873, d. Oct. 18, 1891.
iii. ETTA McCORD ENGLE, b. Aug. 18, 1875, d. Oct. 6, 1876.
iv. ALEXANDER SCOTT ENGLE, b. Oct. 22, 1877.
iii. WILLIAM ANDERSON LINN, b. Dec. 24, 1850, d. Nov. 14, 1861.
iv. JAMES McCORD LINN, b. Oct. 10, 1852, d. Jan. 29, 1876.
v. SAMUEL ANDREW LINN, b. Oct. 22, 1856, d. Mar. 1, 1870.
vi. JOHN EDWIN LINN, b. Nov. 3, 1859.
vii. BELLE ANDERSON LINN, b. June 16, 1862, d. July 1, 1862.
ii. SAMUEL McCORD LINN, b. Nov. 18, 1822, in Madison township, Perry Co.,
Penna., d. Aug. 13, 1905, at Chambersburg, Penna.; m. Jan. 10, 1849, Martha
Jane Brown, b. Mar. 1, 1825, near Fannettsburg, Penna., daughter of Stephen
O. Brown. He was in business with John A. Linn at Landisburg, Penna., for
four years, from 1849 to 1851 was a traveling salesman for a Philadelphia
house. In 1852 went into business at St. Thomas, Penna., and remained until
1862, when he took an interest in the grain, coal and forwarding business at
Chambersburg. In 1868 he took as partner Robert E. Coyle. In 1872 they
formed a company and carried on the business at Chambersburg, Lehmaster,
Richmond Furnace and Fayetteville. In 1890 he retired from the firm. In.
1858 he was elected a director of the Chambersburg National Bank, and served
continuously with the exception of one year, when he retired on account of
the state banking law. In 1864 under its organization as a national
institution, he was a charter member, and in 1889 elected president, which
office he held until his death. He was a member of the Falling Spring
Presbyterian church and a trustee. He was president of the Chambersburg Gas
Company for twenty years, president of the board of trustees of the
Chambersburg Academy for some time, and president of the Franklin County
Mutual Fire Insurance Company from 1879 until 1904. He had been a resident
of Chambersburg since July, 1862. To Samuel McCord Linn and Martha Jane
Brown Linn were born two children:
i. MARGARETTA BREWSTER LINN, b. June 25, 1851, d. Apr. 8, 1879.
ii. ANNA MARY McCORD LINN, b. Sept. 29, 1857, d. Jan. 23, 1893.
iii. JANE MARY LINN, b. June 26, 1825, in Madison township, Perry Co.,
Penna., d. Feb. 5, 1830.
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iv. WILLIAM BLAINE LINN, b. Sept. 30, 1827, in Madison township, Perry Co.,
Penna., d. Feb. 15, 1895, at Landisburg, Perry Co., Penna.; m. Sept. 22,
1857, Jane Wilson Turbett, b. June 28, 1827, in Juniata Co., Penna., d. Feb.
16, 1877, at Landisburg, where she re moved when a young girl with her
parents. Her husband located at the same place some time previous to his
marriage, and there they lived and died, Presbyterians of the strongest
type, thoroughly pious and consecrated, buried in the Landisburg Cemetery.
To William Blaine Linn and Jane Wilson Turbett Linn were born seven children:
i. ANDREW GETTYS LINN, b. Apr. 23, 1858; m. Dec. 31, 1885, Lucy Eliza
Coleman, b. Dec. 13, 1863, at King's Creek, Champaign Co., Ohio, daughter of
Henry Coleman and Emma Geiger Coleman. Previous to his marriage he lived at
Springfield, Ohio for some time, in June 1885, removed to Knoxville, Tenn.,
in the spring of 1887 to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he is in the newspaper
business, a Republican in politics, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. To Andrew Gettys Linn and Lucy Eliza Coleman Linn were born three
children:
i. FLORENCE ORLENA LINN, b. Jan. 13, 1889.
ii. ANDREW WARD LINN, b. Sept. 28, 1892.
iii. MABEL COLEMAN LINN, b. Nov. 25, 1897.
ii. JAMES GRAHAM LINN, b. Aug. 19, 1859, removed to Carlisle, Penna., July,
1881, and is engaged In the wholesale notion business, the firm known as
McCullough and Linn.
iii. MARY AGNES LINN, b. Apr. 8, 1861; m. Jan. 18, 1887, Ira Jacob Wilson,
b. Feb. 4, 1861, at Landisburg, Penna., son of John McClure Wilson and Anna
Elizabeth Wilson, reside at Camden,N. J., where he has been in business for
three years. To Ira Jacob Wilson and Mary Agnes Linn Wilson was born one
child:
i. JAMES LINN WILSON, b. Jan. 25, 1894.
iv. WJLLIAM TURBETT LINN, b. Nov. 2, 1863, resides at Carlisle, Penna., a
member of the firm of McCullough and Linn.
v. FANNIE LYON LINN, b. Sept. 4, 1865, resides at Landisburg, Penna.
vi. JOHN ALEXANDER LINN, b. Apr. 19, 1867, resides at Carlisle, Penna., in
business with his brothers.
vii. ANN ELIZA LINN, b. June 22, 1869; m. Aug. 27, 1888, Dr. William Graham
Hayes, b. July 31, 1864, son of Dr. William Hayes and Mary Ellen Clark
Hayes. of Blaine, Perry Co., Penna., entered Pennsylvania Dental College In
1889, was graduated Feb. 27, 1891, has been in prac-
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tice at Landisburg, Penna., since that date, a member of the Presbyterian
church. To Dr. William Graham Hayes and Ann Eliza Linn Hayes were born four
children:
i. WILLIAM LINN HAYES, b. Apr. 20, 1889.
ii. IRMA JANE HAYES, b. May 16, 1891, d. Nov. 27, 1899.
iii. Son, b. Jan. 29, 1894, d. In infancy.
iv. ELIZABETH KATHLEEN HAYES, b. Sept. 11, 1904.
v. ANN ELIZA LINN, b. Sept. 24, 1831, In Madison township, Perry Co.,
Penna.; m. Mar. 12, 1861, Captain Andrew Loy, b. Apr. 9, 1816, near the
Centre Church, Perry Co., Penna., d. Oct. 31, 1898, son of Nicholas Loy and
Catharine Loy. The house in which he was born, lived and died, was built
about 1808. He was a farmer, a Democrat, a trustee of the Centre
Presbyterian church, of which he and his wife were consistent members. He
served in the Home Militia under Governor Wolf, and was held in high esteem
by all who knew him. He is buried in the Centre church graveyard. To
Captain Andrew Loy and Ann Eliza Linn Loy were born five children:
i. ANDREW LINN LOY, b. Feb. 16, 1862; m. Mar.4, 1899, Lulu Belle Harmon, b.
Nov. 3, 1872, at Dundas, Minn., daughter of Edward Harmon and Sarah Jane
McLaughlin Harmon. He has traveled for six years for Armour and Co.,
Chicago, adheres to the Presbyterian church, and resides at St. Paul, Minn.
ii. WILLIAM GETTYS LOY, b. Mar. 13, 1863; m. July 30, 1904, Olive Zimmerman,
b. Oct. 16, 1875, at Thompsontown, Penna., daughter of Thaddeus Stevens
Zimmerman and Lucinda Baker Zimmerman. He is interested in the lumber
business, a member of the Centre Presbyterian church, and resides at
Ickesburg, Penna.
iii. JAMES RAMSEY LOY, b. Sept. 8, 1865; m. Dec. 23, 1891, Anna McNeal
Niblock, b. Oct. 27, 1866, d. Apr. 5 1903, at Carlisle, Penna., daughter of
John Blakely Niblock and. Jane Ann Niblock, a graduate of the public school
and the Girls' Normal School of Philadelphia. Previous to her death, her
husband and family removed with her from Perry Co, Penna., to Carlisle,
where Mr. Loy is engaged in business, interested in the Letort Carpet
Company and the Indian Rug Company, in faith a Presbyterian. To James
Ramsey Loy and Anna McNeaI Niblock Loy were born five children:
i. LINN NIBLOCK LOY, b. Sept. 28, 1892.
ii. JAMES McNEAL LOY, b. May 20, 1894.
iii. RUSSELL LOY, b. Aug. 20, 1896.
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iv. JANET ELIZABETH LOY, b. Apr. 8, 1901.
v. PAUL BLAKELY LOY, b. Mar. 31, 1903.
iv. MARY McCORD LOY, b. July 16, 1867; m. Dec. 26, 1888, James Ramsey
Wilson, b. July 2, 1866, at Landisburg, Penna., son of John Wilson and Mary
Ellen Wilson, reside at Landisburg, members of the Presbyterian church. Mr.
Wilson is extensively engaged In the sale of fine horses. To James Ramsey
Wilson and Mary McCord Loy Wilson were born two children:
i. JOHN ANDREW WILSON, b. Sept. 19, 1892.
ii. MARY McCORD WILSON, b. Nov. 9, 1901, d. July 27, 1902.
v. EDWIN RUSSEL LOY, b. Oct. 16, 1870; m. May 11, 1897, Bessie Clark, b.
Apr. 14, 1870, daughter of. Robert Clark and Matilda Clark, of Cisna Run,
Penna., reside in the old Loy home, in Perry Co., Penna., members of the
Presbyterian church. To Edwin Russell Lo and Bessie Clark Loy were born
three children:
i. ANNABEL McNEAL LOY, b. Apr. 18, 1898.
ii. ROBERT ANDREW LOY, b. May 6, 1900.
iii.HUGH ALEXANDER LOY, b. May 23, 1903.
XXIL. Isabella McCord4 (Samuel McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born September 21, 1805, in Madison township, Perry Co.,
Penna., died June 13, 1835, at Landisburg, Perry Co., Penna.; married
January 23, 1827, James Diven, born March 6, 1796, at Landisburg, died
October 8, 1840, at the same place. Parents and children were trained in the
doctrines of the Presbyterian faith, and adhered strictly to its teachings.
From their pioneer ancestors they learned the most devout way of living, and
in every line of descent are true to the substantial, loyal, and
intellectual plane of life laid down by their forefathers. James Diven and
his wife were members of the Centre Presbyterian church, Perry Co., and are
buried in the graveyard at that place.
Issue:
i. MARY ELIZABETH DIVEN, b. Aug. 8, 1828, d. Nov. 5, 1857, at Landisburg,
Penna.; m. Sept. 9, 1846, John Atcheson Linn, b. Jan. 24, 1820, at
Landisburg, d. Jan. 11, 1901, at Radnor, Penna. He was educated at the
Landisburg Academy, engaged in mercantile pursuits at that place, and after
his removal to Philadelphia in 1865, be became interested in the wholesale
grocery business, although he retired from actual
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commercial life some years previous to his death. In politics he was a
Republican, a Presbyterian in faith, being at the date of his death a ruling
elder in the Princeton Presbyterian church of West Philadelphia, Penna. To
John Atcheson Linn and Mary Elizabeth Diven Linn were born four children:
i. ANNA MARY LINN, b. Nov. 12, 1846; m. May 28, 1872, Dr. William H.
Wallace, b. May 28, 1844, son of William H. Wallace and Katharine F. Keyser
Wallace, a prominent physician of Philadelphia, Penna., an adherent of the
Episcopal church. To Dr. William H. Wallace and Anna Mary Linn Wallace were
born four children:
i. KATHARINE WALLACE, b. May 15, 1874.
ii. MARY ELIZA WALLACE, b. June 25, 1875; m. Nov. 12, 1902, Gerald Powell,
of Philadelphia, Penna., b. May 28, 1871, connected with the Provident Life
and Trust Company. To Gerald Powell and Mary Eliza Wallace Powell was born
one child:
i. KATHARINE POWELL, b. Sept. 16, 1903.
iii. ANNA LINN WALLACE, b. Dec. 27, 1876.
iv. ELIZABETH WALLACE, b. June 8, 1878.
ii. JAMES DIVEN LINN, b. Nov. 20, 1850, a resident of Gordonville, Penna.,
agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Presbyterian.
iii. KATHARINE JANE LINN, b. Feb. 10, 1863; m. Dec. 13, 1876, William A.
Patton, b. Oct. 21, 1849, son of George W. Patton and Mary Burkett Patton,
assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, resides at
Philadelphia, Penna., in faith a Presbyterian. To William A. Patton and
Katharine Jane Linn Patton was born one child:
i. JOHN LINN PATTON, b. Oct. 13, 1882, d. Oct. 6, 1900, while a sophomore at
Princeton.
iv. LIZZIE BELL LINN, b. Sept. 10, 1855, d. Sept. 17, 1856.
ii. SAMUEL ALEXANDER DIVEN, b. Nov. 1, 1830, d. July 30, 1831.
iii. JAMES McCORD DIVEN, b. June 8, 1835, d. Feb. 19, 1837.
James Diven married secondly Mary Jane Niblock, widow of Rev. John Niblock,
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Middle Ridge, Penna.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM BLEAKLEY DIVEN, b. Feb. 7, 1839; m. Mar. 18, 1874, Isabella
Galbraith, b. Mar. 26, 1847, daughter of Dr. James Galbraith, of Landisburg,
Penna. They removed to Norristown, Penna., where Mr. Diven d. Feb. 23, 1889.
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To William Bleakley Diven and Isabella Galbraith Diven were born three
children:
i. MARY JANE DIVEN, b. June 22, 1875.
ii. JAMES BARRY DIVEN, b. Oct. 21, 1878.
iii. BLAKE GOTWALS DIVEN, b. Feb. 20, 1884.
XXIII. Elizabeth Thompson McCord4 (Samuel McCord3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born September 4, 1807, in Madison township,
Perry Co., Penna., died September 22, 1840, at Landisburg, Perry Co.,
Penna.; married February 16, 1832, John Coyle, born November 16, 1806, in
Savill township, Perry Co., Penna., died October 15, 1855, at Hoguestown,
Penna. In 1833 he engaged in business at Newville, Penna., and left there
for his farm in Perry Co., in 1835, which was the old Samuel McCord
homestead. After a few years he removed to Landisburg, and entered the
merchandising business. After the death of his wife he went to Hoguestown.
They were members of the Centre Presbyterian church in Perry Co., and after
John Coyle's removal to Cumberland Co. he became a member of the Silver
Spring Presbyterian church. He is buried beside his wife in the Centre
church grave-yard.
Issue:
i. SAMUEL McCORD COYLE, b. July 19, 1834, d. Aug. 23, 1879, at Carlisle,
Penna.; m. Dec. 16, 1858, Annie M. Campbell. He began merchandising in
Andersonburg, Perry Co., Penna., removed to Carlisle in 1861, and continued
his place of residence there until his death. He was successful in business,
and maintained a prominent position among merchants. He was an elder in the
First Presbyterian church of Carlisle, and is buried in Ashland cemetery at
that place. No issue.
ii. WILLIAM SCOTT COYLE, b. July 20, 1836. He received an academical
education, engaged in business with his brother in Perry Co., Penna., in
1861 removed to Carlisle, Penna., and again entered into partnership with
his brother, the firm bearing the name of Coyle Bros. In 1888 he began
business with Linn McCullough and continued with him until 1892 when he
retired from the active duties of the firm. He is connected with the
interests of the Letort Carpet Company and the Indian Rug Company of
Carlisle, and an especial partner with A. L. Hess & Company, wholesale
grocers of Philadelphia. He resides at Carlisle, is a Republican in
politics, a Presbyterian in religion, having served as deacon and trustee in
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Presbyterian church for a number of years, and is one of its most
influential members.
iii. DAVID LINN COYLE, b. May 1, 1838, d. July 31, 1891, unmarried. He
received an academical education, entered the army at the beginning of the
War of the Rebellion in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was with Sherman on
his march to the sea, and served until the close of the war, in continuous
service. He was employed by the firm of S. A. Coyle & Company, of
Philadelphia, and for many years traveled as their salesman. Later the firm
changed to Coyle, Laughlin and Company, and still later to McCandlish, Coyle
and Company, in both of which he was a partner, and so remained until his
death. He is buried in the Centre Presbyterian church graveyard beside his
parents.
XXIV. William Andrew Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born July 20, 1795, in Sherman's Valley,
now Perry Co., Penna,, died March 10, 1871, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.;
married March 9, 1820, Nancy Cochran, born December 22, 1797, in Ireland,
died March 22, 1884, at North East, daughter of Alexander Cochran and Nancy
Martin Cochran of County Down, Ireland, who came to America in 1802.
He received a fine education, became a teacher and was a valued member of
society. His keen intelligence brought him before the public, his political
reforms and efforts in the temperance cause, won for him the highest regard
of his fellow men. He was for many years a ruling elder in the First
Presbyterian church of North East. His wife had great strength of character
and was universally beloved for her many admirable qualities. She lived to
the age of eighty-seven years, and is buried beside her husband at North East.
Issue:
i. ROSANNA BLAINE ROBINSON, b. Aug. 14, 1821, d. Dec. 18, 1886; m. Oct. 24,
1846, John Davidson McCord, b. Dec. 4, 1808, at Newville, Cumberland Co.,
Penna., d. July 1, 1900, at Philadelphia, Penna. He married first Margaret
McCandlish (see McCord line) by whom he had six children. Rosanna Blaine
Robinson was educated at Oberlin College, and was a woman of rare
intelligence. She was active in the work of the Presbyterian church, and
for many years was treasurer
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of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of Philadelphia. To John Davidson
McCord and Rosanna Blaine Robinson McCord were born three children:
i. CHARLES CLIFFORD McCORD, b. July 28, 1847; m. Mar. 19, 1885, Sarah B.
Smyth, b. Aug. 11, 1854, reside, at Beaver, Penna. To Charles Clifford
McCord and Sarah E. Smyth McCord were born two children:
i. CHARLES CLIFFORD McCORD, b. Jan., 1886, d. Jan. 1886.
ii. GEORGE ROBINSON McCORD, b. July 5, 1888.
ii. ELLA McCORD.
iii. MARY ROBINSON McCORD, m. Oct. 10, 1878, Joseph DeForest Junkin, a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, reside at Philadelphia, Penna.
To Joseph DeForest Junkin and Mary Robinson McCord Junkin were born three
children:
i. JOSEPH DeFOREST JUNKIN, b. Nov. 9, 1879, a graduate of Harvard College;
m. Jan. 3, 1905, Wilhemina Carrington Shaus, of New York City.
ii. ROSAMUND ROBINSON JUNKIN, b. Aug. 15, 1886.
iii. GEORGE JUNKIN, b. June 25, 1891.
ii. ALEXANDER COCHRAN ROBINSON, b. Nov. 26, 1822, d. Dec. 31, 1875; m. Oct.
23; 1863, Catharine Mather Ely, born in New England. At the age of nineteen
years he left his home at North East, and went to Ind., later to Chicago,
Ill., and in 1848 he entered into the firm of McCord and Company, of
Pittsburg, Penna., dealers in the fur and hat trade, a few years later, he
joined his brothers in the carpet business, and in. 1863 became a member of
Robinson Bros.' banking house, in which firm he continued until his death.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church. To Alexander Cochran Robinson
and Catharine Mather Ely Robinson were born four children:
i. ALEXANDER COCHRAN ROBINSON, b. Oct. 19, 1864; m. Oct. 2, 1890, Emma Payne
Jones, daughter of John Bright Jones, of Sewickly, Penna. He is in the
Robinson Bros. banking house of Pittsburg, Penna., a member of the
Presbyterian church, resides at Sewickly. To Alexander Cochran Robinson and
Emma Payne Jones Robinson were born three children:
i. ALEXANDER COCHRAN ROBINSON, b. Nov. 1, 1891.
ii. JOHN NOEL ROBINSON, b. Dec. 25, 1892.
iii. DAVID ROBINSON, b. Aug. 1, 1894.
ii. SELDEN MARVIN ROBINSON, b. Nov. 20, 1866.
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iii. ROSALINA ROBINSON, b. Nov. 19, 1871, d. Mar. 12, 1876.
iv. PHILIP ELY ROBINSON, b. Mar. 18, 1875.
iii. JOHN F. ROBINSON, b. Mar. 9, 1824, d. Dec. 19, 1904; m. Feb., 1861,
Philena Alice Livlngston, daughter of an iron manufacturer of Pittsburg,
Penna. In early manhood he was engaged in business at Ripley, N. Y.,
removed to Pittsburg in 1848, entered the dry goods store of Murphy &
Burchfield, later he became a partner in Robinson & Company's carpet
establishment, and from 1863 to 1891, when his health failed, was a member
of the firm of Robinson, Bros.' banking house. Since 1870 he resided at
Sewickly, and for twenty-one years was a ruling elder in the First
Presbyterian church at that place. No issue.
iv. NANCY MARTIN ROBINSON, .b. Mar. 30, 1826, d. 1875; m. Oct. 10, 1860,
Alexander Cochran, M. D., b. Jan. 11, 1825, d. Oct. 12, 1865, at Westfield
N. Y., where he was a prominent physician. To Dr. Alexander Cochran and
Nancy Martin Robinson Cochran was born one child:
i. WILLIAM ROBINSON COCHRAN, M. D, b. Apr. 6, 1864; m. May 27, 1896, Frances
Mildred Parker, b. Dec. 18, 1868. He was graduated from the Western
University of Pennsylvania in 1882 with the degree of Ph. B. and from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1885 with the degree of M. D. He entered the
medical profession in Philadelphia. Since 1894 he has been in Knoxville,
Tenn. In 1898 he was professor of pathology in the Tennessee Medical
College, and in 1900 he was surgeon in the Eastern Tennessee Dispensary. To
Dr. William Robinson Cochran and Frances Mildred Parker Cochran were born
two children:
i. WILLIAM ROBINSON COCHRAN, b. Sept. 5, 1897.
ii. ELIZABETH BARBER COCHRAN, b. Nov. 15, 1899.
v. DAVID ROBINSON, twin, b. Jan. 30, 1828, d. Jan. 7, 1895. In 1848 he
entered the banking house of William H. Williams, Erie, Penna.; in 1850
went to Pittsburg, entered the banking house of Holmes and Son. Later he
became a partner in the Thompson Bell banking institution. In 1836 became a
partner in. the banking firm of the five brothers, Alexander C., John F.,
David, William A., and Samuel M. He was a ruling elder for thirty-three
years in the First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg. He was unmarried.
vi. REV. THOMAS HASTINGS ROBINSON, twin, b. Jan. 30, 1828; m. May 13, 1856,
Mary Wolf Buehler, b. May 10, 1833, d. Oct. 20, 1901, daughter of Col. Henry
Buehler and Anna Margaretta Wolf Buehler, of Harrisburg, Penna. His life
has been devoted to the gospel ministry in the Presbyterian church. A
graduate of Ober-
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lin College and the Western Theological Seminary, he was licensed to preach
June 15, 1854, was called to be colleague pastor of the Market Square
Presbyterian church, Harrisburg, the same year. In 1876 upon the death of
the pastor, he assumed charge of the congregation, retired to accept the
professorship of sacred rhetoric, pastoral theology and church government,
in the Western Theological Seminary, which position he held from 1885 to
1901. He was president pro tem. and trustee of Wilson College from 1875 to
1887, a trustee of Princeton College, and has held many important offices in
the church. He is the author of "The McCord Memorial" and a "History of the
Robinson Family", and through his courtesy some of the dates have been used
in these records. To Rev. Thomas Hastings Robinson and Mary Wolf Buehler
Robinson were born seven children:
i. HENRY BUEHLER ROBINSON, b. Dec. 27, 1857, d. Dec. 30, 1857.
ii. ANNA MARGARETTA ROBINSON, b July 21,, 1859, d. Dec. 23, 1881.
iii. WILLIAM ANDREW ROBINSON, b. Sept. 25, 1861; m. Nov. 26, 1888, Anna
Green MacLaren, b. July 5, 1861, daughter of Rev. Donald MacLaren and
Elizabeth Green MacLaren. A graduate of Princeton University, he studied at
Leipzig and Heidelberg, and is professor of Latin in the Lawrenceville
School, N. J, previously professor of Greek and secretary of the faculty at
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penna., an elder in the Presbyterian church.
To William Andrew Robinson and Anna Green MacLaren Robinson were born two
children:
i. ELIZABETH MacLAREN ROBINSON, b. Feb. 8, 1890.
ii. THOMAS HASTINGS ROBINSON, b. Jan. 18, 1893.
iv. ELIZA McCORMICK ROBINSON, b. Aug. 5, 1863; m. Oct. 9, 1890, George
Richmond Fleming, a lawyer, resided at Harrisburg, Penna., b Sept. 13, 1860,
d. Jan. 6, 1898, son of Hon. David Fleming and Susan Mowry Fleming. To
George Richmond Fleming and Eliza McCormick Robinson Fleming were born two
children:
i. ANNA MARGARETTA FLEMING, b. July 30, 1891.
ii. SUSANNA MOWRY FLEMING, b. Apr. 23, 1895.
v. EDWARD ORTH ROBINSON, b. May 20, 1865; m. Oct. 29, 1898, Mary Baird
McKnight, b. Dec. 17, 1866, daughter of Charles McKnight and Jean Baird
McKnight, reside at Pittsburg, Penna. To Edward Orth Robinson and Mary Baird
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McKnight Robinson was born one child:
i. EDWARD ORTH ROBINSON, b. Dec. 28, 1900, d. July 4, 1902.
vi. THOMAS HASTINGS ROBINSON, b. Feb. 6, 1871; m. Oct. 2, 1900, Anna Jacobus
Scott, b. Apr. 3, 1876, daughter of James B. Scott and Anna Wallace Jacobus
Scott, reside at Pittsburg, Penna. To Thomas Hastings Robinson and Anna
Jacobus Scott Robinson were born two children:
i. ANNA JACOBtPS ROBINSON, b. May 11, 1902.
ii. MARY WOLF ROBINSON, b. Jan. 28, 1904.
vii. MARY BUEHLER ROBINSON, b. Jan. 26, 1874.
vii. WILLIAM ANDREW ROBINSON, b. June 17, 1830, d. Oct. 4, 1902; m. Oct. 20,
1874, Alice Elizabeth Blaine, b. 1843, daughter of Alexander W. Blaine and
Sarah Platt Blaine. He served his country during the War of the Rebellion,
enlisted as a private in Company A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, 38th Penn.
sylvania Volunteers, known as the "Pittsburg Rifles", rose from rank to
rank, until May 22, 1865, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the
regiment, and later was created brevet colonel and brigadier general. He was
for a few years engaged in the carpet house of Robinson & Company,
Pittsburg, Penna., later a partner in the firm of Livingston & Co., and
senior member of the banking house of Robinson Bros., a, ruling elder in the
First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, and a trustee in the Western
Theological Seminary. To William Andrew Robinson and Alice Elizabeth Blaine
Robinson were born three children:
i. ALICE ROBINSON, b. Mar. 29, 1876.
ii. ALEXANDER BLAINE ROBINSON, b. Apr. 7, 1878.
iii. WILLIAM ANDREW ROBINSON, b. Aug. 22, 1880.
viii. SAMUEL MARTIN ROBINSON, b. July 9, 1833, d. May 20, 1902. In 1853 he
left his home in North East township, Penna., and joined his brothers at
Pittsburg, Penna. On Dec. 16 of that year he entered the Thompson Bell
banking house, and in July, 1858, entered. the First National Bank of
Pittsburg. He was successively, a teller in that institution, for five years
president of the South Pittsburg Gas Works, and again became a member of the
banking house from which he retired about 1896. He was unmarried.
XXV. Hetty Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born March 15, 1797, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry
Co., Penna., died February 27, 1844, and is buried at Door Village, Ind.;
married October 19, 1819, Alvah Barr, born in
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Vermont, died March 10, 1861, and is buried at Oswego, Ill. They lived
until 1839 in Pennsylvania and Ohio, when they decided to go further west
and removed to Illinois, and resided in different localities in that state.
His wife was a staunch Presbyterian, while in his earlier years he belonged
to the Christian church and continued in that faith. He was for many years a
contractor on public works connected with canal traffic in the east, and
carried on the business to some extent in the west. A skillful and
scientific architect, he rose to a prominent position in his line of
business.
Issue:
i. MARY ANNE BARR, b. Dec. 8, 1820, d. Dec. 9, 1846; m. Dec. 8, 1844,
William Hilton, b. Nov. 24, 1816, d. Mar. 4, 1894, at Mishawaka, Ind., where
he lived since 1847, and was engaged in the carriage manufacturing
business. His birth place was Benton Center, N. Y. To William Hilton and
Mary Anne Barr Hilton was born one child:
i. MARY ELLEN HILTON, b. Feb. 14, 1846, resides at Mayfield, Cal.
ii. JULIA S. BARR, b. Sept. 11, 1823, d. Feb. 1, 1846; m. 1844, James H.
Hubbard, b. 1817, in New York state, d. 1889. Interested in real estate, his
life was spent in various enterprises connected with that line of work. To
James H. Hubbard and Julia S. Barr Hubbard was born one child:
i. JULIA AURELIA HUBBARD, b. June 24, 1845; m. May 7, 1874, George Whitfield
Gordon,. b. Sept. 20, 1842, at Florida, Orange Co., N. Y., son of Thomas
Gordon and Jane Smith Gordon, members of the Episcopal church, reside at
Alameda, Cal.
iii. MARTHA CHARLOTTE BARR, b. Sept. 25, 1825,. d. Dec. 18, 1887; m. 1848,
Wright Murphy, b. 1811, at Bangor, Maine, d. Feb. 22, 1865, at Oswego, Ill.,
where he practiced law for many years. A member of the Universalist church,
a strong advocate for temperance, liberal in his views, he was a power for
good, and extremely popular. To Wright Murphy and Martha Charlotte Barr
Murphy were born three children:
i. ROBINSON BARR MURPHY, b. May 11, 1849; m. Oct. 28, 1875, Lina Virginia
Johnson, b. at Mobile, Ala., daughter of James Doran Johnson and Elizabeth
Johnson. He enlisted in the War of the Rebellion Aug. 6, 1862, at the age of
thirteen years, with Company A, 127th Illinois Volunteers, and was made
orderly to the colonel of the regiment. In January, 1864, he was made
orderly to General J. A. J. Lightburn,
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was in several battles and received a medal of honor for gallant conduct on
July 28, 1864, when he led two regiments into battle near Atlanta and had
his horse shot from under him. He was then only fifteen years of age, and
was in continuous service until his company was mustered out June 5, 1865.
He resides at Front Royal, Va., a commercial traveler, twenty-five years
with the present company, member of the Methodist church. To Robinson Barr
Murphy and Lina Virginia Johnson Murphy were born three children:
i. ROBINSON BARR MURPHY, b. Dec. 23, 1876, d. May 23, 1877.
ii. MARTHA CHARLOTTE MURPHY, b. Jan. 28, 1878; m. May 11, 1905, Charles
Augustus Macatee, an attorney at Clifton Forge, Va.
iii. ANNIE MARGENIA MURPHY, b. Nov. 8, 1881.
ii. MARTHA CHARLOTTE MURPHY, b. Jan. 4, 1851,; m. Sept. 27, 1877, Clarence
Melvin Whiting, M. D., b. Oct. 17, 1851, at Litchfield, Mich., d. Oct. 12,
1884, at Polo, Ill., son of David Whiting and Harriett Hale Whiting. He was
graduated in medicine from Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1873, and practiced eleven
years at Polo, Ill., a member of the Presbyterian church. His widow resides
at Eureka Springs, Ark. To Dr. Clarence Melvin Whiting and Martha Charlotte
Murphy Whiting were born three children:
i. CLARA FANNIE WHITING, b. Mar. 15, 1879; m. Dec. 8, 1904, Dr. Russell G.
Floyd, of Eureka Springs, Ark.
ii. HALE SANFORD WHITING, twin, b. Apr. 26, 1883, d. Aug. 21, 1883.
iii. HARRY MURPHY WBITING, twin, b. Apr. 20, 1883, d. Sept. 13, 1883.
iii. FRANCES ELLA MURPHY, b. Apr. 27, 1855; m. June 10, 1877, William
Holyoke, reside at Topeka, Kan. To William Holyoke and Frances Ella Murphy
Holyoke were born three children:
i. MARTHA ADALINE HOLYOKE, b. Jan. 22, 1878.
ii. JOSEPH MURPHY HOLYOKE, b. Oct. 21, 1280, d. Nov. 8, 1886.
iii. ELIZABETH MURPHY HOLYOKE, b. May 30, 1887.
iv. MILTON FORD BARR, b. Nov. 13, 1829; m. Apr. 2, 1854, Catharine Johnson,
b. May 1, 1826, in Ireland, came when three years of age, with her parents,
to America, d. July 22, 1884, and is buried in Osage Co., Kan. Her
husband's birth place was Crawford Co., Penna.,
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and lived there until the removal of his parents to Illinois in 1839. After
his marriage he went to Iowa, to Chicago in 1864, and to Kansas in 1874. He
is a member of the Presbyterian church, and since the death of his wife has
resided with his children, at present with his son at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
To Milton Ford Barr and Catharine Johnson Barr were born five children:
i. MARGARET LAVENIA BARR, b. Apr. 3, 1855, d. Aug. 16, 1888, at Kusiae,
Caroline Islands; m. Apr. 21, 1880, Rev. Alfred Christopher Walkup, b. May
18, 1850, at Nunda, Ill., son of Joseph Walkup and Mary White Walkup
ordained 1880 a missionary of the Congregational church. To Rev. Alfred
Christopher Walkup and Margaret Lavenia Barr Walkup were born three
children:
i. JOHN MILTON WALKUP, b. Oct. 6, 1882.
ii. ELEANOR EVA WALKUP, b. Mar. 14, 1885.
iii. ALFRED WILLIAM WALKUP, b. Dec. 22, 1886.
ii. WILLIAM MILTON BARR, b. May 10, 1857; m. Dec. 31, 1884, Jane Chambers
Allen, b. May 14, 1855, at Moorefield, W. Va., d. June 8, 1903, at Sanger,
Cal., daughter of James W. F. Allen and Caroline Williams Allen. For some
years he was engaged in business in Kansas, removed to California in 1888,
and for two years was interested in the grain and lumber trade. Since that
time he has been active in the insurance and real estate business connected
with western enterprise, a member of the Presbyterian church, his residence
at Sanger, Cal. To William Milton Barr and Jane Chambers Allen Barr were
born six children:
i. CAROLINE LAVENIE BARR, b. Dec. 16, 1885.
ii. JAMES ALLEN BARR, b. Sept. 5, 1887.
iii. MARY ROBINSON BARR, b. July 19, 1890.
iv. ALICE JANE BARR, b. Mar. 26, 1892.
v. MILTON FRANK BARR, b. June 22, 1893.
vi. EDWIN LEWIS BARR, b. Mar. 13, 1895.
iii. ROBINSON LINCOLN BARR, b. Mar. 4, 1860, d. June 24, 1902, at Fresno,
Cal.; m. Nov. 4, 1890, Anna E. Edmimston. To Robinson Lincoln Barr and Anna
E. Edminston Barr were born two children:
i. JESSIE LAVENIE BARR.
ii. MARJORIE BARR.
iv. HETTIE MARTHA BARR, b. May 3, 1861; m May 19, 1881, Thomas P. Campbell,
b. Mar. 7, 1856, at Camden, Ill., son of David L. Campbell and Martha Fruit
Campbell, reside at Spokane, Wash. To Thomas P. Campbell and Hettie Martha
Barr Campbell were born seven children:
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i. LEE MILTON OAMPBELL, b. Oct. 25, 1882.
ii. KATE LAVENIA CAMPBELL, b. Aug. 29, 1884.
iii. ADA FRANCELIA CAMPBELL, b. Apr. 23, 1886; m. Mar. 7, 1905, Marius C.
Peterson, reside at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
iv. THOMAS ROBINSON CAMPBELL, b. May 22, 1888.
v. MARION BARR CAMPBELL, b. Aug. 30, 1891.
vi. DWIGHT GEORGE CAMPBELL, b. June 13, 1900.
vii. HARLIE CAMPBELL, b. June 2,. 1902.
v. OLIVER EDWIN BARR, b. June 17, 1864; m. Oct. 12, 1887, Dora May Topping,
b. July 28, 1868, at Eureka, Kan., daughter of Philetus C. Topping and Mary
L. Topping. He is in the general merchandising business, resides at Coeur
D'Alene, Idaho. To Oliver Edwin Barr and Dora May Topping Barr were, born
three children:
i. CLARK MILTON BARR, b. May 31, .1890.
ii. ERMA MAY BARR, b. Mar.26, 1897.
iii. OLIVER ALFRED BARR, b. Aug. 7, 1901.
v. EDWIN THOMAS BARR, b. Dec. 22, 1832, d. July 15, 1853.
vi. ROBINSON ALEXANDER BARR, b. July 6, 1838; m. Sept. 14, 1865, Nancy
Fenner Slocum, b. Mar. 23, 1845, at Lake Zurich, lowa, daughter of Brinson
W. Slocum and Anna W. Holbrook Slocum. He was in the mercantile business
for a number of years, later removed to Britt, Iowa, and in 1904 to Grinnell
Iowa. He served in the War of the Rebellion from 1862 to 1865. To Robinson
Alexander Barr and Nancy Fenner Slocum Barr were born four children:
i. HETTIE ANNA BARR, b. June 18, 1866, d. Nov. 29, 1867.
ii. EDWIN ROBINSON BARR, b. Apr. 1, 1868, d. July 23, 1874.
iii. GEORGE SLOCUM BARR, b. Jan.. 13, 1875, d. Sept. 10, 1896; m. Oct. 29,
1894, Mary Janet Lewis, b. Apr. 13, 1872. To George Slocum Barr and Mary
Janet Lewis Barr was born one child:
i. MARTHA GEORGE BARR, b. Sept. 1, 1896.
iv. WILLIAM MILTON BARR, b. Aug. 26, 1878.
XXVI. Nancy Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born April 8, 1799, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.,
died January 18, 1845, at Springfield, Erie Co., Penna.; married William
Doty, born 1795 in Washington Co., N. Y., died May 19, 1864, at Springfield,
Erie Co., Penna. He re-
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moved to the latter place in 1828. He was given the title of major from
holding that office in a home militia, was postmaster for twenty years and
sheriff for some time. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian
church, he a ruling elder. Devoted to religious work, they used every effort
to advance the cause of christianity, were hospitable and charitable, and
aided humanity in every way. Giving of their abundance, with wholesome
advice and the knowledge gained from experience, they were of inestimable
use and held in the highest esteem by all who knew them.
Issue:
i. CALVIN ROBINSON DOTY, b. Oct. 1, 1821, d. Sept. 22,
1860; m. Sarah A. Townsend, b. 1822, d. Aug. 22, 1855. He was a railroad
contractor, was enroute for a western contract, when he became ill, and died
in Michigan. He was a mason, and a member of the Presbyterian church. To
Calvin Robinson Doty and Sarah A. Townsend Doty were born four children:
i. KATE CAROL DOTY, b. Nov. 28, 1847, d. Apr. 4, 1889; m. Aug. 25, 1870,
Elisha Burr Maynard, of Massachusetts, b. Nov. 21, 1842, at Wilbraham,
Mass., Judge of the Superior Court, son of Walter and Hannah Burr Maynard.
To Judge Elisha Burr Maynard and Kate Carol Doty Maynard were born seven
children:
i. ROBERT DOTY MAYNARD, b. June 3, 1871; m. Oct. 29, 1896, Grace M.
Parmenter, b. Apr. 7, 1871, at Springfield, Mass., daughter of Charles
Henry. Parmenter and Emma Sophia Gray Parmenter, by profession a civil
engineer, resides at Ashfield, Mass. To Robert Doty Maynard and Grace M.
Parmenter Maynard were born two children:
i. PAULINE MAYNARD, b. Nov. 7, 1898.
ii. WALTER PARMENTER MAYNARD, b. June 3, 1903.
ii. ISABELLA FRANCES MAYNARD, b Sept 25 1873 d Sept 27 1887
iii. ELISHA BURR MAYNARD b May 27 1875, d. Oct. 11, 1875.
iv. RUTH MAYNARD, b. Aug. 18, 1876; m. June 10, 1903, Edward Marsden Denoon,
reside at Springfield, Mass.
v. JOSEPHINE MAYNARD, b. Mar. 28, 1878, d. Apr. 25, 1878.
vi. PAUL MAYNARD, b. Nov. 1, 1879, d. Sept. 29, 1885.
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vii. WILLIAM DOTY MAYNARD, b. Mar. 18, 1889.
ii. EMMA FRANCES DOTY, b. Oct. 20, 1849, d. Feb. 20, 1850.
iii. WILLIAM HENRY CALVIN DOTY, b. Aug. 27, 1852; m. May 12, 1880, Ella
Frances Maynard, b. May 1, 1852, reside at Springfield, Mass.
iv. SARAH LOUISA DOTY, b. June 28, 1855; m. 1877, Edgar L. Hills, reside at
Ashtabula, Ohio., To Edgar L. Hills and Sarah Louisa Doty Hills were born
two children:
i. MAUD L. HILLS, b. Feb. 19, 1879.
ii. MARGARET HILLS, b. Dec. 24, 1887.
ii. CORDELIA ROBINSON DOTY, b. Apr. 10, 1825, d. Apr. 14, 1900; m. 1863,
John F. Annis, b. 1818, d. Aug. 18, 1879, resided at Springfield, Mass.
iii WILLIAM DOTY, b. June 14, 1834, d. Nov. 9, 1834.
XXVII. George Washington Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born June 12, 1801, at North East, Erie Co.,
Penna., died January 4, 1877, at Girard, Penna.; married March 16, 1825,
Matilda Wyllis, of Ripley, N. Y., members of the Presbyterian church, and
buried at Girard.
Issue:
i. SARAH MATILDA ROBINSON, b. Dec. 25, 1826, d. 1863; m. Newton Truesdale,
resided at, Conneautville, Penna. To Newton Truesdale and Sarah Matilda
Robinson Truesdale was born one child:
i. GEORGE HENRY TRUESDALE, b. May 25, 1855, d. Dec. 18, 1899.
ii. JOSIAH WHITNEY R0BINSON,, twin, b. May 25, 1829, d. Apr. 3, 1898;
m. Dec. 23, 1858, Nancy Jane Ferguson, b. Feb. 13, 1835, d. Sept. 1,
1903, resided at Girard, Penna. To Josiah Whitney Robinson and Nancy Jane
Ferguson Robinson were born two children:
i. MARY MATILDA ROBINSON, b. Jan. 31, 1860; m. June 2, 1892, Edward Henry
Lichtenwalter, b. June 16, 1860, at Fairview, Pemna., son of Henry
Lichtenwalter and Katherine Lichtenwaiter.
ii. JENNIE AMERICA ROBINSON, b. June 15, 1866, d. Sept. 20, 1868.
iii. JOSEPH WYLLIS ROBINSON, twin, b. May 25, 1829; m. first Mar. 9, 1854,
America Robertson, who d. Sept. 4, 1890; m. secondly Apr. 4, 1894, Laura A.
Graves. He is a farmer, member of the Presbyterian church, and resides at
Girard Penna.
iv. EDWIN EVANS ROBINSON, b. Dec. 8, 1833, d. Mar. 20, 1902; m. Rosetta J. Bailey.
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To Edwin Evans Robinson and Rosetta J. Bailey Robinson were born two
children:
i. WILLIAM E. ROBINSON.
ii. WALTER ROBINSON.
XXVIII. Mary Ann Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born October 11, 1805, at North East, Erie Co.,
Penna., died July 31, 1839, at North East; married April, 1831, Benjamin
Royce Tuttle, born May. 29, 1798, died May 14, 1860, at North East, where
his parents settled at an early date. By profession he was a contractor and
builder, and belonged to a highly honored family. He and his wife were
members of the Presbyterian church, zealous in all good works, and are
buried at North East.
Issue:
i. EDWIN RUSH TUTTLE, b. Sept., 1832, d. Dec. 27, 1863; m. June 15, 1855,
Mary Sherwood, b. Aug. 29, 1837, d. July 15, 1874. He was in a banking house
in Pittsburg, Penna., and later engaged in the same business in Chicago.
After his death his wife returned to her old home in N. Y., in 1873 took her
children to Niles, Mich., to educate them, and died the following year. To
Edwin Rush Tuttle and Mary Sherwood Tuttle were born three children:
i. EDITH SHERWOOD TUTTLE, b. Nov. 9, 1858, d. June 16, 1881.
ii. ANNIE ROBINSON TUTTLE, b. Sept. 5, 1860; m. Apr. 30, 1885, Rev.
William Hamilton Jeffers, D. D., L. L. D., b. May 1, 1838, son of Joseph
Jeffers and Barbara Moore Jeffers, a graduate of Geneva College, Beaver
Falls, Penna., 1855; Zenia Theological Seminary, 1859. He was professor of
Greek and Latin at Westminster College and Wooster University; pastor of
Euclid Avenue Presbyterian church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1875-1877; professor of
Ecclesiastical History in the Western Theological Seminary 1877-1902;
resides at Los Ange1es, Cal. To Dr. William Hamilton Jeffers and Annie
Robinson Tuttle Jeffers were born two children:
i. JOHN ROBINSON JEFFERS, b. Jan. 10, 1887.
ii. HAMILTON MOORE JEFFERS, b. Oct. 13, 1893.
iii. MARY GEORGIANA TUTTLE, b. Mar 19, 1863, d. Jan. 1, 1890.
ii. THOMAS TUTTLE, d. in infancy.
Benjamin Boyce Tuttle married secondly, Mary Ann McCord and had three
children (see McCord line).
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XXIX. Joseph McKinney Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born December 26, 1808, at North East, Erie
Co., Penna., died December 23, 1843, at Houston, Texas; married July 10,
1834; Sarah Larned Crosby, of Fredonia, N. Y., born August 15, 1813, at
Thompson, Conn., died October 14, 1865, at Belvidere, Ill., a devoted wife
and mother, a consecrated member of the Baptist church. At an early age her
husband left the home of his boyhood, and went to Albany, N. Y., and
remained there three years after marriage. In 1837 he went to Houston,
Texas, for his health, was in the mercantile business all his life; noted
for his many christian virtues; exerted a widespread influence for good and
the upbuilding of the church; was especially interested in the young men in
the cities in which he resided, and was a power for good among them; was a
member of the Presbyterian church. After his death his family lived at
Davenport, Iowa.
Issue:
i. FRANKLIN CASS ROBINSON, b. July 21, 1835, d. July 11, 1897; m. Feb. 4,
1875, Caroline Martha Rutledge, b. Feb. 4, 1849, at LeClair, Iowa, daughter
of William Rutledge and Sarah Rutledge. He served during the War of the
Rebellion, the first two years in active service. He had a severe sunstroke
and swamp fever in Virginia, and never regained his health. For several
years previous to his death he suffered greatly, as a result of his exposure
during his life in the army. For sometime before the close of the war he was
with the Christian Commission in Tennessee. His place of residence was
Davenport, Iowa. To Franklin Cass Robinson and Caroline Martha Rutledge
Robinson was born one child:
i. ALICE FLORENCE ROBINSON, b. Nov. 4, 1878.
ii. FRANCES MARY ROBINSON, b. July 31, 1837; m. Feb. 17, 1858, Alexander
Fraser Williams, b. June 15, 1826, at Westfield, N. J., d. Dec. 15, 1887, at
Davenport, Iowa, son of Charles Williams and Eliza Miller Williams. He was
in the wholesale hardware business in Davenport for twenty years, and with
his family adhered to the doctrines of the Baptist church. To Alexander
Fraser Williams and Frances Mary Robinson Williams were born four children:
i. ELLA OPHELIA WILLIAMS, b. Mar. 5, 1859; m. Oct. 26, 1882, John Stephen
Thompson, b. Sept. 12, 1856, at Davenport, Iowa, deputy assessor, son of
Stephen Thompson and Maria Hutt Thompson, reside at Twin Oaks, Cal.
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To John Stephen Thompson and Ella Ophella Williams Thompson were born four
children:
i. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS THOMPSON, b. Sept. 9, 1883.
ii. LORENTUS STEPHEN THOMPSON, b. May 17, 1885.
iii. ELOISE THOMPSON, b. May 2, 1889.
iv. HAROLD FREDERICK THOMPSON, b. Nov. 21, 1890.
ii. ANNA SARAH WILLIAMS, b. Feb. 25, 1862; m. Oct. 14, 1834, Jennings Price
Crawford, M. D., b. Aug. 27, 1855, at Marion, Lynn Co., Iowa, son
of Jennings Crawford and Sarah Price Crawford. A graduate of the State
University of Iowa, he is a prominent physician and surgeon, and lecturer
on Surgical Technique and Operative Procedures, resides at Davenport, Iowa.
To Dr. Jennings Price Crawford and Anna Sarah Williams Crawford were born
five, children:
i. FRANCES LOUISE CRAWFORD, b. Jan. 24, 1887.
ii. GENEVIEVE CRAWFORD, b. Oct. 4, 1888.
iii. HELEN CRAWFORD, b. June 26, 1891.
iv. DOROTHY CRAWFORD, twin, b. Sept. 1, 1897.
v. MARGARET CRAWFORD, twin, b. Sept. 1, 1897.
iii. FREDERICK CROSBY WILLIAMS, b. Sept. 11, 1870, d. Sept. 21, 1894.
iv. JOSEPH ROBINSON WILLIAMS, b. Mar. 19, 1876, d. Feb. 11, 1894.
XXX. Alexander Hamilton Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born May 3, 1811, at North East, Erie
Penna., died August 5, 1872, at Laporte, Ind.; married 1833 Lomira Wyllis,
born October 1, 1813, in Oswego Co., N.Y.
He was a merchant, sheriff, member of the legislature, and after the close
of the War of the Rebellion, was engaged in the drug business at Laporte.
During the war he was in the commissary department, served three years, and
lost his health in the service. His life was one of great usefulness. He and
his family were members of the Presbyterian church, and are buried at
Laporte
Issue:
i. MARY L. ROBINSON, b. Feb. 21, 1834, d. May 6, 1866.
ii. LYDIA ROBINSON, b. May 21, 1835; m. Mar. 12, 1863, James Angell, b.
Sept. 10, 1830, a machinist residing
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at Galion, Ohio. He was in the War of the Rebellion, adjutant in the 29th
Regiment Indiana Volunteers. To James Angell and Lydia Robinson Angell were
born two children:
i. HARRIETT ROBINSON ANGELL, b. Feb. 18, 1865, d. Sept. 28, 1865.
ii. ALEXANDER ANGELL, b. May 30, 1870.
iii. WILLIS ROBINSON, b. June 2, 1838, d. Dec. 17, 1851.
iv. HAMILTON ROBINSON, b. Apr. 9, 1841, d. Oct. 10, 1882.
XXXI. Eliza McCord Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born August 13, 1813, at North East, Erie
Co., Penna., died November 30, 1867, at North East; married April 28, 1839,
Dyer Loomis, born October 1, 1810, died December 2, 1901, at North East,
where he served as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for fifty-two
years. He and his wife were of upright character, with charitable instincts
and nobleness of purpose. They are buried at North East.
Issue:
i. MARY ELLEN LOOMIS, b. 1841, d. 1862, unmarried.
ii. JOSEPH WARREN LOOMIS, b. 1843, d. 1896; m.; no issue.
iii. GEORGE LAMARTINE LOOMIS, b. 1847, d. Aug. 26, 1862.
XXXII. Samuel McCord Robinson4 (Mary McCord Robinson3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born January 26, 1816, at North East, Erie
Co., Penna., died February 12, 1892, at Plymouth, Ohio; married August 14,
1838, Nancy Townsend, who died, December i8, 1898. His wife resided before
her marriage at Springfield, Erie Co., Penna., and with him removed to Ohio
in 1845. He was a commission merchant at Plymouth, a director of the S. M.
and N. R. R., and vice president of the First National Bank, an honorable,
christian gentleman of the highest type, in faith a Presbyterian. With his
wife and daughter he is buried at Plymouth.
Issue.
i. MARY LOUISE ROBINSON, b. Feb. 26, 1839, d. July 27, 1888.
XXXIII. Margaret McCord Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1)
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was born July 18, 1798, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry Co., Penna., died
December i8, 1858, at North East, married December 20, 1820, James Mills,
born September 23, 1789, in New Jersey, died May 16, 1833, at North East,
and is buried beside his wife at that place. His father John Mills born
September 19, 1766, in New York, died April 25, 1838; married September 14,
1788, Elizabeth Banghart, born December 7, 1769, in New Jersey, died
December 24, 1836, at North East, where they resided since 1812. Margaret
McCord Blaine Mills and her husband were devoted adherents of the
Presbyterian faith and taught their children the beauty and wisdom of the
christian life. They were influential in church work and liberal in all
lines of charity.
Issue:
i. ROYAL ALEXANDER BLAINE MILLS, b. Oct. 7, 1321, at North East, Penna., d.
Jan. 25, 1882, at Chicago, Ill.; m. Nov. 23, 1852, Eliza Arm Neely, b. Feb.
16, 1828, at Harborcreek, Erie Co., Penna., d. Oct. 11, 1892, at Chicago,
Ill., and is buried beside her husband in Oakwood Cemetery at that place,
daughter of Joseph Neely and Matilda Moorhead Neely. In 1843 he went in a
covered wagon to Chicago, and in the early days was in the wholesale grocery
business. He retired from that in 1859 and became engaged in the real estate
business. In 1874 he was stricken with blindness and an injury to his spine,
caused by a fall from his carriage. Paralysis ensued and for eight years he
was confined to his bed. He and his wife were consistent members of the
Christ Reformed Episcopal church of Chicago. To Royal Alexander Blaine
Mills and Eliza Ann Neely Mills were born five children:
i. FREDERICK NEELY MILLS, b. Oct. 4, 1853, d. Apr. 28, 1898.
ii. NINETTE S. MILLS, b. Oct. 11, 1855, d. Apr. 18, 1856.
iii. JAMES MARCELLUS MILLS, b. Aug. 27, 1858; m. Oct. 17, 1883, Charlotte
Adams Walker, b. July 30, 1860, at Lansing, Mich., daughter of Henry W.
Walker and Jane Adams Walker. He is connected with the Illinois Trust &
Savings Bank at Chicago, Ill. To James Marcellus Mills and Charlotte Adams
Walker Mills were born two children:
i. MARGARET MILLS, b. July 16, 1887.
ii. JAMES LEONARD MILLS, b. Sept. 11, 1893.
iv. JENNIE MATILDA MILLS, b. Oct. 31, 1860, resides at Chicago, Ill.
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v. KATHARINE LOUISE MILLS, b. Jan. 22, 1867, resides at Chicago, Ill.
ii. JOHN MARCELLUS MILLS, b. Mar. 7, 1823, at North East, Penna., d. Mar.
15, 1905, and is buried at that place; m. Sept. 7, 1847, Harriett Marania
Haynes, b. Apr. 3, 1826, at Westfield, N. Y., daughter of James H. Haynes
and Elizabeth K. Bentley Haynes. His life was spent in the place of his
birth, where he was a member of the Presbyterian church, a merchant of
influential standing; in politics a Republican, having voted for every
President from Freemont to Roosevelt. He was a useful, progressive citizen,
interested in all that pertained to the welfare and advancement of his
fellow men, and until the advanced age of eighty-two years, retained his
faculties, and kept in touch with the current events of the day. He was
highly esteemed. To John Marcellus Mills and Harriett Marania Haynes Mills
were born seven children:
i. ROYAL JAMES MILLS, b. June 28, 1848; m. June 2, 1875, Elwina
Walldorf, b. Sept. 21, 1849, at Monroe, Mich., daughter of Frederick
Walldorf and Celestine A. Godfroy Walldorf. Educated at North East and
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., he commenced his business career as a clerk in his
native town, and later accepted the position of cashier with the Adams
Express Company at St. Louis, Mo. For ten years he has resided at Monroe,
Mich.; retired from active business; a member of the Episcopal church.
ii. FLORENCE MARGARET MILLS, b. Nov. 28, 1850; m. Mar. 17, 1875, Cassius
Uriah Johnson, b. July 20, 1845, in Chatauqua Co., N. Y., son of James
Johnson and Nancy Johnson. Educated in Fredonia, N. Y., a Republican, a
member of the Episcopal church, for some years after marriage lived at
Buffalo, N. Y., is at present with the Page-Davis School of Correspondence
at New York, and resides at Brooklyn, N. Y. To Cassius Uriah Johnson and
Florence Margaret Mills Johnson was born one child:
i. MAUD HAYNES JOHNSON, b. Oct. 6, 1878.
iii. FRANK CHARLES MILLS, b. Feb. 13, 1854; m. May 23, 1883, Nancy
Till Johnson, b. Nov. 9, 1860, at North East, Penna., daughter of James
Sprague Johnson and Nancy Blaine Johnson. Educated at North East, Penna., he
turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and is engaged in the oil
business at Buffalo, N. Y., where he resides, a member of the Episcopal
church. To Frank Charles Mills and Nancy Till Johnson Mills were born three
children:
i. BESSIE GRAY MILLS, b. Nov. 6, 1884, d. June 19, 1893.
ii. FRANK BOYD MILLS, b. Jan. 8, 1888.
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iii. PAUL BLAINE MILLS, b. Jan. 10, 1891, d. May 18, 1903.
iv. DR. JOHN MARCELLUS MILLS, b. July 16, 1857, m. Sept. 25, 1882, Elizabeth
Zeigler Beverson, b. May 30, 1863, at Wrightsville, Penna., daughter of
Barton Beverson and Amanda Wilson Beverson. He obtained his early
education at the Lake Shore Seminary at North East, Penna., was graduated
from the University of Buffalo, N. Y., in 1882, held the position of
assistant resident physician of the Fall Brook Coal Company, at Antrim,
Penna., from 1882 until 1886, when he was appointed resident physician of
the same company, which position he filled until 1895. Since that time he
has practiced medicine at Clayton, N. Y., where he is successful and
eminently skillful. He is a member of the Episcopal church. To Dr. John
Marcellus Mills and Elizabeth Zeigler Beverson Mills were born three
children:
i. BURTON BEVERSON MILLS, b. Apr. 14, 1885.
ii. FLORENCE ELWINA MILLS, b. Aug. 18, 1888, d; Mar. 17, 1899.
iii. JOHN LESLIE MILLS, b. Sept. 21, 1900.
v. ANNA JOSEPHINE MILLS, b. Apr. 4, 1860, m. June 18, 1884, Willis E.
Gray, who has been in the railroad service since boyhood, for a number of
years superintendent of the Chicago and Alton Railway, and since then has
been superintendent of construction of a railway in China. To Willis E.
Gray and Anna Josephine Mills Gray were born two children:
i. MARGARET MILLS GRAY, b. Sept. 18, 1888.
ii. MARCELLUS MILLS GRAY, b. Dec. 3, 1894.
vi. BURTON CAMPBELL MILLS, b. Dec. 8, 1863, d. Dec. 8, 1884.
vii. MARY ELIZABETH MILLS, b. Oct. 2, 1868.
iii. MARY MOORHEAD MILLS, b. Dec. 13, 1824, at North East, Penna., d. May
31, 1882; m. June, 1847, Harley Dwight Selkregg, b. Sept. 28, 1823, d. June
23, 1881, a Presbyterian, and for many years a merchant at North East,
Penna. To Harley Dwight Selkregg and Mary Moorhead Mills Selkregg were born
four children:
i. JAMES MILLS SELKREGG, b. Mar. 19, 1848; m. Fannie Farnam, of Oneida, N.Y.
To James Mills Selkregg and Fannie Farnarn Selkregg was born one child:
i. EDNA F. SELKREGG.
ii. HARRIETT MARGARET SELKREGG, b. July 6, 1851, m. June 25, 1890, Carson
Rowan Cos-
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grove, b. June 8, 1848, at Westfield, N. Y., son of John Cosgrove and Sarah
Cosgrove, reside at Sidney, N. Y.
iii. LESLIE DWIGHT SELKREGG, b. June 5, 1854; m. Margaret Cook, of Panama,
N. Y. To Leslie Dwight Selkregg and Margaret Cook Selkregg were born six
children:
i. RUSH A. SELKREGG.
ii. CARL L. SELKREGG.
iii. HARLEY G. SELKREGG.
iv. FLORENCE M. SELKREGG.
v. J. PAUL SELKREGG.
vi. JESSIE M. SELKREGG.
iv. GEORGE HARLEY SELKREGG, b. Aug. 3, 1862; m. Frances Reimond. To George
Harley Selkregg and Frances Reimond Selkregg were born five children:
i. EDWIN R. SELKREGG.
ii. FRED. M. SELKREGG.
iii. HATTIE F. SELKREGG.
iv. JAMES L. SELKREGG.
v. CHARLOTTE SELKREGG.
iv. MARGARET ELAINE MILLS, b. July 4, 1827, at North East, Penna., d. July
3, 1897; m. Apr. 15, 1851, William A. Selkregg, b. Oct. 28, 1826, d. Feb..
28, 1894, a manufacturer and oil producer at North East, Penna., where he
and his wife were born, lived, died and are buried, members of the
Presbyterian church. To William A. Selkregg and Margaret Blaine Mills
Selkregg were born two children:
i. WILLIAM OSEE SELKREGG, b. Jan. 31, 1852; m. Nov. 3, 1874, Ida N. Austin,
b. July 29, 1857, in Erie Co., Penna., daughter of Harvey Austin and
Elizabeth Austin, resides at North East, Penna., an oil producer and farmer,
in faith a Presbyterian. To William Osee Selkregg and Ida N. Austin
Selkregg were born three children:
i. JESSIE MARGARET SELKREGG, b. July 24, 1875, d. Feb. 19, 1876.
ii. ELIZABETH PRUDENCE SELKREGG, b. Jan. 21, 1877.
iii. FRED. WILLIAM SELKREGG, b. Sept. 28; 1878, d. Feb. 20, 1880.
ii. ROYAL M. J. SELKREGG, b. Apr. 4, 1858, d. Oct. 10, 1871.
v. JAMES BLAINE MILLS, b. Mar. 6, 1832, d. July 22. 1858.
XXXIV. Nancy B. Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born June 21, 1800, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.,
died May 21, 1877, at North East; married June 20, 1820, William Crawford,
born December 25, 1796, at Jersey Shore,
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Penna., died August 19, 1850, at North East, where he was for many years in
the manufacturing business, and an office bearer in the First Presbyterian
church. He is buried beside his wife at North East.
Issue:
i. ALEXANDER BLAINE CRAWFORD, b. Sept. 24, 1821, d. July 7, 1858;
m. Apr. 28, 1846, Mary Anna Symonds, b. Jan. 23, 1823, daughter of
Stephen Symonds and Prudence Symonds, of Rochester, N. V. They were
Presbyterian In faith, and resided near North East, Penna. To Alexander
Blaine Crawford and Mary Anna Symonds Crawford were born six children:
i. CHARLES E. CRAWFORD, b. Feb. 28, 1847, d. Oct. 10, 1904; m. May 14, 1868,
Emma C. MacIntyre, resided at North East, Penna. To Charles E. Crawford
and Emma C. MacIntyre Crawford were born three children:
i. ALICE C. CRAWFORD, b. May 14, 1870; m. Dec. 20, 1903, Fred. C. Weisz.
ii. EMMA LEONE CRAWFORD, b. Feb. 11, 1875; m. Mar. 12, 1898, Donald F.
Blood. To Donald F. Blood and Emma Leone Crawford Blood was born one child:
i. VIRGINIA LEONE BLOOD, b. Jan. 16, 1903.
iii. WILLIE BLAINE CRAWFORD, b. Apr. 10, 1881, d. Aug. 7, 1881.
ii. ROSE M. CRAWFORD, b. Jan. 30, 1849.
iii. HARRIETT I. CRAWFORD, b. Sept. 16, 1850, d. May 7, 1899; m. Dec. 31,
1874, John E. Kendig, To John E. Kendig and Harriett L Crawford Kendig were
born three children:
i. CHARLES D. KENDIG, b. Jan. 21, 1876.
ii. MARY C. KENDIG, b. Oct. 8, 1877.
iii. JOHN CALVIN KENDIG, b. Jan. 22, 1879.
iv. WILLIAM BLAINE CRAWFORD, b. Feb. 11, 1854. d. Mar. 23, 1857.
v. BERTHA A. CRAWFORD, b. Nov. 23, 1856.
vi. ANNIE BLAINE CRAWFORD, b. Nov. 27, 1858, d. May 28, 1892; m. July 14,
1886, William C. Hull.
ii. THOMAS CHILDS CRAWFORD, b. Nov. 27, 1822, d. Jan. 27, 1903; m. Nov. 19,
1850, Ruth Adelle Willcox, b. July 16, 1827, at Venango, Penna., d. Mar. 25,
1900, daughter of Thomas Kenyon Willcox and Elizabeth Von Wagner Wilicox.
They resided on the Lake Shore road near North East, Penna., died there,
were Presbyterian in faith, and are buried at North East. To Thomas Childs
Crawford and Ruth Adelle Wilicox Crawford were born five children:
i. ELLA MARGARET b. June 16, 1854, d. Mar. 16, 1857.
ii. MARY JO CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 17, 1857.
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iii. WILLIAM THOMAS CRAWFORD, b. Feb. 7, 1860.
iv. ALBERT WILLOOX CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 8, 1862, d. Feb. 25, 1885.
v. FRANK BLAINE CRAWFORD, b. June 3, 1865.
iii. ROSANNA MARY CRAWFORD, b. Apr. 20, 1825, d. Aug. 1, 1846; unmarried.
iv. WILLIAM ALLISON CRAWFORD, b. Aug. 17, 1827; m. Jan. 2, 1855, Sophia
Caughey, b. Aug. 17, 1834, at Fairview Erie Co., Penna., d. July 8, 1904,
buried at North East, Penna., daughter of Miles W. Caughey and Nancy
Caughey. He has been extensively engaged in the oil business for a number of
years, is a member of the Presbyterian church, and resides at Erie, Penna.
To William Allison Crawford and Sophia Caughey Crawford were born two
children:
i. KATE MASON CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 23, 1855; m. Apr. 11, 1895, Judson Walker,
b. Dec. 26, 1836, at Waterford, Penna., son of James Walker and Sarah Ross
Walker, reside at Waterford.
ii. MILES WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 26, 1857; m. Sept. 14, 1896, Edith
Gmuender, b. May 22, 1876, at Erie, Penna., daughter of George Gmuender and
Mary Esser Gmuender, reside at Erie.
v. HARRIETT NEWELL CRAWFORD, b. Sept. 16, 1829, d. Aug. 29, 1850, unmarried.
vi. JAMES McCORD CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 25, 1831, d. June 20, 1857, unmarried.
vii. EPHRAIM WILLIAM McCORD CRAWFORD, b. Oct. 23, 1833, d. Sept. 21, 1902;
unmarried.
viii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CRAWFORD, b. May 25, 1836; m. Dec. 26, 1871, Emma
Jaehning, b. July 6, 1853, at Ontonagon, Mich., daughter of Moritz Jaehning
and Amelia Jaehning. He served three years during the War of the Rebellion
in Company C, 16th Pennsyvania Cavalry. For twenty-five years he was
employed by the C., M. & St. Paul Railroad, first as brakeman, later as
conductor, resides at North East, Penna., a member of the Presbyterian
church. To Benjamin Franklin Crawford and Emma Jaehning Crawford was born
one child:
i. EMMA JOSEPHINE CRAWFORD, b. Nov. 26, 1872.
ix. JOSEPH THOMAS CRAWFORD, twin, b. Mar. 30, 1839, d. Oct. 18, 1840.
x. JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, twin, b. Mar. 30, 1839; m. Nov. 27, 1862,
Nelson Ritner Mills, b. Aug. 21, 1835, at North East, Penna., son of Michael
Banghart Mills and Arvilla Phillips Mills reside at North East, Penna.,
members of the Presbyterian church. To Nelson Ritner Mills and Josephine
Elizabeth Crawford Mills were born four children:
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i. MAUD BANGHART MILLS, b. Oct. 5, 1863, d. July 25, 1885.
ii. JESSIE JOSEPHINE MILLS, b. Sept. 18, 1865.
iii. NANCY ARVILLA MILLS, b. Oct. 2, 1871.
iv. BETH CRAWFORD MILLS, b. July 28, 1879.
xi. EDWIN JOSEPH CRAWFORD, b. May 18, 1842, d. Mar. 18, 1859.
XXXV. Mary Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born 1802 at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died August,
1865; married Joseph Young Moorhead, born October 22, 1795, died March 4,
1880, son of Thomas Moorhead and Jane Young Moorhead. During her entire life
she was called Polly.
Issue:
i.ROSANNA JANE MOORHEAD, b. Feb. 26, 1825, d. Jan. 16, 1893; m. John M.
McLane, b. 1820, d. June 27, 1862. To John M. McLane and Rosanna Jane
Moorhead McLane were born four children:
i. JOHN M. McLANE, b. 1857, d. 1857.
ii. MARY M. McLANE, b. 1858; m. Parsons.
iii. JESSIE W. McLANE, b. 1860; m. Burbick.
iv. ROSE B. MOLANE, b. 1862; m. Arthur Fraser.
ii. MARGARET MILLS MOORHEAD, b. June 2, 1827, d. Nov. 17, 1872; m. Mar. 1,
1866, Samuel Tate Moorhead, b. Aug. 25, 1827.
iii. MARY ROBINSON MOORHEAD, b. June 25, 1831; m John Dickson Moorhead, b.
Aug. 24, 1829.
iv. JOSEPH ALEXANDER MOORHEAD, b. Feb. 4, 1834.
v. NANCY CRAWFORD MOORHEAD, b. Apr. 20, 1838; m. first George Perkins, M.D.,
b. 1831, d. 1865; m. secondly Joseph Tuttle.
vi. MATILDA NEELY MOORHEAD, b. Feb. 26, 1841; m. Benjamin G. Crary.
vii. CAROLINE JOSEPHINE MOORHEAD, b. 1847; m. William Oxtoby.
XXXVI. Ephraim William McCord Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes
McKinney McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born 1804, at North East, Erie
Co., Penna., died October 3, 1858, at North East; married Eliza G. Smedley,
born 1810 at Morris, Conn., died April 19, at North East. They were of the
Presbyterian faith, active in church work, of generous charity, earnest in all
that pertained to the welfare of their family, and are buried at North East.
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Issue:
i. ALEXANDER T. ELAINE, d. in infancy.
ii. PERCY R. BLAINE, d. in infancy.
iii. ANNA BLAINE, d. in infancy.
iv. WILLIAM ALEXANDER BLAINE, resides at Minneapolis, Minn.
v. EMMA ELIZA BLAINE, b. Dec. 19, 1842; m. Jan. 10, 1867, Henry A. Fross, b.
June 10, 1839, at Mackinaw Mich., d. Oct. 12, 1903, at North East, Penna.,
son of Henry Fross and Eliza Kincaid Fross. He was in the War of the
Rebellion, 83d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a merchant, by
church affiliation a Presbyterian, and is buried at North East. His widow
resides at Minneapolis, Minn. To Henry A. Fross and Emma Eliza Blaine Fross
were born three children:
i. HARRY BLAINE FROSS, b. July 24, 1874, d. in infancy.
ii. KATHARINE BLAINE FROSS, b. July 12, 1876, d. Feb. 2, 1905.
iii. WILLIAM ARTHUR FROSS, b. Jan. 5, 1879.
vi. ARTHUR EPHRAIM BLAINE, b. Oct. 14, 1848, resides at Minneapolis, Minn.
XXXVII. William A. Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born 1807 at North East, Erie Co., Penna., died 1851
at North East; married Martha Hall.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM EPHRAIM BLAINE, b. 1845.
XXXVIII. James Blaine4, (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born August 8, 1809, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.,
died December 14, 1881; married September 3, 1837, Lucinda Crary, born
November 24, 1817, died September 27, 1881.
Issue:
i. WILLIAM CRAWFORD BLAINE, b. Aug. 13, 1839, d. June 11, 1863; m. Feb. 26,
1863, Caroline J. Gilmore.
ii. MARY ROSE BLAINE, b. Feb. 15, 1843, d. Oct. 5, 1877; m. Feb. 23, 1865,
Isaac A. Case. To Isaac A. Case and Mary Rose Blaine Case were born three
children:
i. ARTHUR BLAINE CASE, b. May 14, 1869; m. Nov. 29, 1895.
ii. ISABEL D. CASE, b. Sept. 14, 1873; m. Nov. 29, 1894.
iii. MARY E. CASE, b. Dec. 5, 1876; m. Oct. 7, 1897.
iii. JOSEPH A. BLAINE, b. Nov. 15, 1844; m. Apr. 26, 1877, Mary D. Chase.
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To Joseph A. Blaine and Mary D. Chase Blaine were born three children:
i. JOSEPHINE BLAINE, b. Sept. 17, 1883.
ii. JAMES BLAINE, twin, b. Feb. 20, 1886.
iii. HENRY BLAINE, twin, b. Feb. 20, 1886.
iv. ISABEL D. BLAINE, b. Aug. 29, 1846, d. May 4, 1872; m. Feb. 27, 1868,
John Culbertson.
v. MARGARET M. BLAINE, b. Apr. 15, 1849; m. Sept. 26, 1878, John Korrady.
To John Korrady and Margaret M. Blaine Korrady were born three children:
i. KARL BLAINE KORRADY, b. Jan. 28, 1880.
ii. FLORENCE M. KORRADY, b. May 17, 1882.
iii. J. BLAINE KORBADY, b. Feb. 2, 1885.
vi. JAMES H. BLAINE, b. June 4, 1851, d. Aug. 26, 1900.
vii. FRANK C. BLAINE, b. Feb. 1, 1855; m. Dec. 27, 1882, Lottie N. Meyers.
viii. WILLIS L. BLAINE, b. July 30, 1859; m. first May 24, 1883, Maggie B.
Aspinwall. To Willis L. Blaine and Maggie B. Aspinwall Blaine was born one
child:
i. BERNICE BLAINE, b. July 10, 1887; married secondly Oct. 12, 1892, Lillie
Salsbury. To Willis L. Blaine and Lillie Salsbury Blaine was born one
child:
i. LELAND BLAINE, b. Nov. 15, 1896.
ix. CAROLINE S. BLAINE, b. Sept. 15, 1861; m. first Apr. 20, 1887,
Daniel Parkhurst; married secondly Jan. 26, 1896, William E. Warren.
XXXIX. Alexander W. Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney
McCord2, Joseph MacKenzie1) was born 1812, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.,
married Sarah A. Platt; resided at North East, were members of the
Presbyterian church, and are buried at that place.
Issue:
i. ALICE ELIZABETH BLAINE, b. 1843; in. Oct. 20, 1874, William Andrew
Robinson (see Robinson line).
ii. GEORGE WHITESIDE BLAINE, b. 1849, a banker; m. Anne Hampson, reside at
North East, Penna. To George Whiteside Blaine and Anne Hampson Blaine was
born one child:
i. RUTH H. BLAINE.
iii. MARY ROSE BLAINE, b. 1852; m. Apr. 10, 1872, Joseph Thomas McCord
(see McCord line).
XL. Isabel A. Blaine4 (Rosanna McCord Blaine3, Agnes McKinney McCord2,
Joseph MacKenzie1) was born 1814 at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married
Thomas Dickson, members of the Presbyterian church at North East, and are
buried at that place.
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Issue:
i. ALEXANDER T. DICKSON, m. Julia Rosier. To Alexander P. Dickson and Julia
Rosier Dickson were born two children:
i. NELLIE DICKSON.
ii. MAUD DICKSON.
XLL. John Davidson McCord4 (James McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born December 4, 1808, at Newville, Penna., died July 1,
1900 at Philadelphia, Penna.; married first 1833, Margaret McCandlish, born
April 12, 1806 at Newville, died April 10, 1845, at Pittsburg, Penna.,
daughter of William McCandlish and Jane Piper McCandlish. His business as
well as his religious career was begun in Newville. At the age of eighteen
years he opened a hat store there and at the same age united with .the Big
Spring Presbyterian church. In 1832 he rode over the mountains to western
Pennsylvania, thence to Indiana and Illinois, with the view of locating, in
a prosperous community. Finding no place that proved satisfactory, he left
Fort Dearborn (now Chicago), returned to Pittsburg, and began his mercantile
life, which continued uninterrupted until he retired in 1867. In 1833 he
opened a house in Pittsburg for the hat trade in connection with the sale of
fur. In the first few years of its existence, he was in partnership with two
friends. In. 1847 he and a younger brother James S. McCord, took control of
the business, under the name of McCord and Company. He was active in all
lines of enterprise, director in several banks in Pittsburg, one of the
original incorporators of Allegheny Cemetery, the last survivor of its first
board of directors, a member of the first Presbyterian church of Pittsburg,
superintendent of the Sunday school for ten years, trustee of the
congregation for twenty-four years, and a ruling elder from 1855 until he
left the city in 1867, and took up his residence in Philadelphia He united
with the Spruce Street Presbyterian church, under the ministry of Rev.
William P. Breed, D. D., was made a ruling elder in 1870, a trustee in 1872,
and so continued until his death. He was a member of the Board of Domestic
Missions, a member of the Board of Publication and Sunday School Work, a
member of the Presbytery's committee of church extension, treas-
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urer of the Presbyterian Hospital until 1891, and an interested worker in
the temperance cause. He was a trustee in the Western Theological Seminary
at Allegheny, and there is still an interest-bearing scholarship, which is
greatly blessed. He was six times a commissioner to the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian church. His business ability and accuracy were pronounced
traits and strong forces in his character, and he was frequently called upon
to act as executor in the settlement of estates, and accepted guardianships
in a number of instances. His methodical manner in his transactions with
those who besought his counsel and assistance, his integrity and steadfast
principles in the administration of justice, rendered him a power for good.
He is buried in the Allegheny cemetery at Pittsburg.
Issue:
i. JANE MARGARET McCORD, b. Aug. 15, 1834, d. Nov. 13, 1879; m. Oct. 20,
1873, Rev. Oliver Brown McCurdy. To Rev. Oliver Brown McCurdy and Jane
Margaret McCord McCurdy were born two children:
i. JOHN McCORD McCURDY, d. in infancy.
ii. MARGARET ANNA McCURDY, d. in infancy.
ii. SUSAN DAVIDSON McCORD.
iii. WILLIAM McCANDLISH McCORD, b. Nov. 21, 1836, d. Apr. 18, 1875; m. June
21, 1866, Anna Eliza Gray, b. Apr.16, 1844. He was interested in the hat and
fur business in Pittsburg, Penna., a private soldier in the Civil War, a
member of the Presbyterian church, in politics a Republican. To William
McCandlish McCord and Anna Eliza Gray McCord were born, two children:
i. JULIA LIVINGSTON McCORD, b. Sept. 19, 1867.
ii. JOHN DAVIDSON McCORD, b. Mar. 8, 1872, employed with the Pittsburg
Trust Company; m. Oct. 3, 1900, Josephine Neal, b. Apr. 15, 1878, reside at
Sewickly, Penna. To John Davidson McCord and Josephine Neal McCord were
born two children:
i. JOHN DAVIDSON McCORD, b. June 10, 1902.
ii. WILLIAM NEAL McCORD, b. Sept. 13, 1904.
iv. MARY ELLEN McCORD, d. at the age of one year, eleven months, Apr. 7, 1840.
v. JAMES EDWIN McCORD, b. Oct. 23, 1840, d. Aug. 3, 1904; m. Feb. 3,
1870, Susan Stephenson, b. June 9, 1845. He was in the hat and fur business
in Pittsburg, Penna., in politics a Republican; served with Anderson's
cavalry during the Civil War, in faith a Presbyterian, resided at Pittsburg.
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To James Edwin McCord and Susan Stephenson McCord were born six children:
i. ELLEN STEPHENSON McCORD, b. Feb. 10, 1871, d. July 29, 1871.
ii. JOHN DAVIDSON McCORD, b. Sept. 12, 1872, educated at Princeton
University, studied law in Philadelphia, Penna., d. Apr. 9, 1903, at
Pasadena, Cal.
iii. ANNIE ELIZABETH McCORD, b. Jan. 23, 1878.
iv. MARY ROSE McCORD, b. Aug. 4, 1880.
v. JAMES EDWIN McCORD, b. Oct. 7, 1881.
vi. FRANCES STEPHENSON McCORD, b. Jan. 6, 1886.
vi. ALICE BRIDGENORTH McCORD, b. Apr. 1, 1842; m. Dec. 7, 1871, John Benton
Morrow, b. May 14, 1838, at Newville, Penna., d. Aug. 21, 1900, at Ellicott
City, Md., son of John S. Morrow and Rachel Talbott Morrow. Educated at the
Newville Academy, he followed the profession of a journalist, in politics he
was a Democrat, in faith a Presbyterian. To John Benton Morrow and Alice
Bridgenorth McCord Morrow were born six children:
i. JOHN McCORD MORROW, d. in infancy.
ii. ROSE ROBINSON MORROW, b. Mar. 8, 1874.
iii. RACHEL TALBOTT MORROW, d. in infancy.
iv. ELLA McCORD MORROW, b. Nov. 9, 1876; m. Sept. 17, 1901, Lawrence
Randall Sollenberger, b. Jan. 1, 1867, at Newville, Penna., son of Samuel
Sollenberger and Margaret Randall Sollenberger, reside at Baltimore, Md. He
is engaged with the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company. To Lawrence
Randall Sollenberger and Ella McCord Morrow Sollenberger were born two
children:
i. RANDALL SOLLENBERGER, b. June 17, 1902.
ii. ALICE McCORD SOLLENBERGER, b. Aug. 10, 1903.
v. JOHN BENTON MORROW, b. Sept. 13, 1879.
vi. JAMES EDWIN MORROW, b. Jan. 19, 1882.
John Davidson McCord married secondly Rosanna Blaine Robinson, and had
three children (see Robinson line).
XLII. Nancy McCord4 (James McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born November 28, 1810, at Newville, Penna., died January
28, 1892, at North East, Erie Co., Penna., where she is buried; married
September 3, 1834, Joseph McKibben, born 1794 at Newville, died November 13,
1836, at Newville, and is buried in the Big Spring Presbyterian graveyard at
that place. Soon after his death, his wife, who was a character of great
strength and beauty, removed with her only
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daughter to North East, became a member of the Presbyterian church, and
resided there until her death.
Issue:
i. SUSAN MARY McKIBBEN, b. Oct. 18, 1836, educated at Edgeworth. Seminary,
near Pittsburg, Penna., d. Jan. 21, 1892, at Westfield, N. Y., where she
resided after her marriage, a member of the first Presbyterian church
there, buried at North East, Penna.; m. Oct. 20, 1857, George Thomas Jewett,
b. Jan. 30, 1830, at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., son of Jedidiah Jewett
and Hannah Mosher Jewett, resides at Westfield. To George Thomas Jewett and
Susan Mary McKibben Jewett was born one child:
i. FRANCES JEWETT, b. Dec. 6, 1866; m. Sept. 21, 1892, Clayton Jay
Bannister, b. Dec. 12, 1860, at Cherry Creek, N. Y., son of Henry Bannister
and Lucretia Jane Safford Bannister, freight agent for the Lake Shore
Railroad, located at Westfield, N. Y., members of the Episcopal church
XLIII. Mary Ann McCord4 (James McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph
MacKenzie1) was born April 5, 1815, at Newville, Penna., died October 3,
1895, at North East, Erie Co., Penna.; married March 8, Benjamin Royce
Tuttle, of North East, born March 29, 1798, died May 14, 1860, at North
East, where both are buried. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church for
a number of years. His wife survived him thirty-five years, and was greatly
beloved, of strong character, with gentle manner and much sweetness of
disposition. Benjamin Royce Tuttle was married first to Mary Ann Robinson
(see Robinson line).
Issue:
i. ANNA GEDDES TUTTLE, b. Mar. 18, 1847, d. Aug. 2, 1847.
ii. JAMES McCORD TUTTLE, b. Apr. 29, 1849, d. Apr. b, 1858.
iii. ANNA MARY TUTTLE, b. Nov. 18, 1852; m. Sept. 6, 1877, Andrew McCord, b.
Sept. 15, 1843, at North East, Penna., d. Jan. 18, 1881, at North East He
was a member of the firm of McCord & Company, hat and fur house, Pittsburg,
Penna., son of Joseph McCord and Amanda Leet McCord, connected with the
First Presbyterian church of Erie, Penna., and later with the First
Presbyterian church of Pittsburg. He is buried at North East. No issue.
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XLIV. James Sturgis McCord4 (James McCord3, Agnes McKinney McCord2, Joseph.
MacKenzie1) was born January 11, 1822, at Newville, Penna., died December
1, 1894, at Pittsburg, Penna.; married July 2, 1850 Sarah Denny Thompson,
born October 31, 1827, at Pittsburg, died September 30, 1889, at
Philadelphia, Penna., daughter of Samuel Thompson and Mary Denny Parke
Thompson who removed to Pittsburg in 1810 from Parkesburg, Penna., and
educated their child at Miss Leech's school at Pittsburg and the seminary at
Washington, Penna. James Sturgis McCord removed to Pittsburg in 1835 and was
engaged in the banking business the greater part of his life. He was
president of the Real Estate Savings Bank, vice president of the Allegheny
Insurance Company, director of the First National Bank, director of the
Third National Bank Union Storage Company, and interested in a number of
similar institutions. He was a staunch friend, a wise counselor, public
spirited and enterprising, one of Pittsburg's most influential citizens. He
and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian church, Shady Side, then
of the Second Presbyterian church, Shady Side, and in later years were
connected with the First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg. They are buried
in the McCord lot in Allegheny Cemetery, at Pittsburg.
Issue:
i. ANNIE McCORD, b. July 10, 1851; m. Oct. 4, 1877, Rufus E.
Shapley, b. Aug. 4, 1840, at Carlisle, Penna., is a lawyer residing at
Philadelphia, Penna., a graduate of Dickinson Law School at Carlisle,
Penna. To Rufus E. Shapley and Annie McCord Shapley was born one child:
i. HILDA SHAPLEY, b. May 1, 1881.
ii. WALTER LOWRIE McCORD, b. June 24, 1854, educated in Pittsburg, Penna.,
and Andover, Mass., d. Aug. 10, 1893; in. Aug. 9, 1877, Annie Benny, of
Allegheny, Penna., daughter of James and Annie Friend Benny. To Walter
Lowrie McCord and Annie Benny McCord were born four children:
i. BENNY McCORD, b. May 12, 1878.
ii. MABEL McCORD, b. Feb. 2, 1880.
iii. WALTER LOWRIE McCORD, b. Feb. 5, 1883.
iv. SARAH THOMPSON McCORD, b. Mar. 5, 1887.
iii. ARTHUR PARKE McCORD, b. June 9, 1858, educated in Pittsburg, Penna.,
and Cannonsburg, Penna., resides at Pittsburg.
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iv. JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCORD, b. Apr. 1, 1860, educated, in Pittsburg,
Penna., Lawrenceville, N. J., and at the Troy, N. Y., Polytechnic School; m.
Oct., 1894, Elinor Boynton Reed, daughter of Dr. Reed of Washington, Penna.
He is a stock broker in New York and resides on Long Island. To Joseph
Alexander McCord and Elinor Boynton Reed McCord was born one child:
i. DAVID WATSON McCORD.
v. JAMES STURGIS McCORD, b. Dec. 18, 1867, educated in Pittsburg, Penna.,
and Lawrenceville, N. J.; m. Dec. 9, 1896, Margaret Louise Elder Patrick, b.
Sept. 10, 1869, at Pittsburg, daughter of William Wallace Patrick and Martha
Elder Patrick. He is in the banking business at Philadelphia, Penna.
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