Descendants of Frederick Michael See
Generation No. 1
1. FREDERICK MICHAEL3 SEE (JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)1 was born Abt. 1712 in Schoharie County, New York1,
and died 15 Jul 1763 in Muddy Creek Massacre Greenbrier, VA1. He married CATHERINE VANDERPOOL1 1744 in Warwick, New Jersey1,
daughter of WYNANT VANDERPOOL and CATHERINE DE HOOGES. She was born
30 Jul 1725 in Albany, New York1, and died Abt. 1806 in
Tuscanawas County, Ohio1.
Notes for FREDERICK MICHAEL SEE:
MUDDY CREEK MASSACRE
On Saturday, July 16, 1763, a party of 80
or 90 Shawnees, led by Chief Cornstalk and assisted
by the Great War Chief
Puksinwah, having crossed over the Ohio River, swept up the Kanawha
on a murderous
rampage. Simultaneously, they hit the 9
member See Family and the 6 member
Filty Yocum Family.
Suddenly the Indians appeared at the See
cabin, with all the appearance of friendship, grinning
and laughing. The Sees welcomed them, and as it was near
mealtime they offered to share food
with them. The Shawnees agreed, and when the meal was
finished, they lounged around for a bit and rested. Suddenly with a whoop the Indians fell upon the whites, killing
the father (Frederick)
and the son-in-law
(Littleberry Roach), scalping them before the eyes of their families. Other men
& older boys were
also killed. The remaining family was
placed under guard and hurried along the
back trail to Old
Town, Ohio.
Notes for CATHERINE VANDERPOOL:
Catherine See and
Children in Indian Captivity
After the Muddy Creek Massacre, the
destination of the Shawnees was Old Town near the
present city of
Chilicothe, Ohio, on the banks of the Scioto River. The captives were forced
along at the tireless
pace of the Indians. They tried
valiantly to keep up, for well they knew that
it was a matter of
life or death; any who weakened and fell behind, any crying babe was
ruthlessly
killed. The distance ahead was long, a
distance of 165 miles as the crow flies, over
some of the most
rugged terrain east of the Mississippi River.
Two mountain ranges lay ahead,
the Blue Ridge and the
Allegheny, not to mention streams and rivers to cross.
Catherine See, keenly aware that her
younger children would soon be exhausted, resolved
with a courage born of
desperation to save them from an inevitable fate. One of the warriors
rode along the
trudging line made up of about 150 women, young boys and children, many
burdened with the loot
that the Indians had collected. His
mount was a horse, the property of
Frederick See.
It was perhaps the third day on the trail
that Catherine requested that he give up the horse
that her children
might ride. This the Indian angrily
refused to do. Seizing a pine knot from
the
ground, Catherine
knocked him off the horse. He sprang up
brandishing his tomahawk and
would have killed her
then & there, but for the interference of the other Indians who admired her
fearlessness and
called her "The Fighting Squaw".
Catherine was permitted to keep the horse
and use it for her
family.
One ceremony which provided the Indians
with entertainment was an ordeal to which nearly
every prisoner was
subjected, it was to run "The Gauntlet". A large number of squaws and
boys armed with clubs
and switches lined up in two rows facing each other, then the prisoners
were compelled to run
between the lines while the Indians struck them with their sticks and
threw dirt or rubbish
in their faces.
Catherine was now about 48 years old and
had spent the last 25 years of her life on the
frontier, where to
remain alive was to become physically tough and mentally alert. Doubtlessly,
the story of her
triumph in getting the horse had spread through the village and the Indians
were
eager to see the
"fighting squaw" undergo this test.
They were not to be disappointed, for to
their astonishment,
Catherine suddenly seized the club of the nearest Indian, and swinging it
lustily right and
left, soon overcame and scattered the Indians.
In accordance with Indian custom, a
general council decided the division of spoils and the fate
of the prisoners. The older daughter, Elizabeth, was given to
Chief Cornstalk's Son for his wife.
This girl could hardly
have been more than fourteen. How the older boys were placed is unknown
and Catherine and the
younger girl were taken into some family.
All were under shelter except
little John, who had to
stay outside with the Indian dogs.
Housing was strained by the sudden
addition of 150 prisoners. It so
happened that one day
when most of the tribe
had left for some special purpose, Catherine was left behind in charge of
an aged squaw. The old woman was subject to seizures, and
having one, fell into the fire.
Catherine calmly
placed her foot on the old womans head and held it down until she died. When
the Indians returned
and heard her report of the happening (what she chose to tell) she received
no blame as the old
woman's condition was generally known.
There was one less in the wigwam
and John could then
sleep inside. Later he was adopted by
an Indian family.
Appeals for relief, at length were heard,
and the British Government ordered Col. Henry
Bouquet to make an
expedition against the Indians to put an end to these raids and force the
return of their
captives. The Indians, impressed by the
boldness of Col. Bouquet decided to make
peace and give up
their white prisoners. On November 9,
1764, the Indians delivered 206
prisoners at the
stockade and on the 18th they were taken to Fort Pitt. The Shawnees had
about 100 remaining
prisoners which they promised to deliver in the Spring.
Among the list of prisoners sent by Capt.
Lewis to Fort Pitt on November 15th were the
following: the two See boys, and Mary See, which could
be Mary Catherine See, the mother
or the younger
sister. The list reveals the physical
condition of the children and the fact that
some did not know
their own names. When the day had come
for the captives departure,
scenes of grief and
sadness prevailed for many Indians did not wish to give up their adopted
children. Only a night or two after leaving, little
John See stole away from the encampment and
rejoined the
Indians. Tradition tells that his Uncle
Michael See gave a trader $100.00 to get him
back and John See
returned to Hampshire to live with his Uncle's family.
Catherine See had her burden of grief for
her daughter, Elizabeth, did not return with the
captives. Legend tells that she was the mother of an
Indian babe and either remained with the
Shawnees by choice or
by restraint.
The See family returned to Hampshire
County to live with their kindred.
Catherine See married
John Hardy, pioneer of
Hardy County. Later they all returned
to Greenbrier, where they appear in
the county tax list of
1783-1786.
More About FREDERICK SEE and CATHERINE VANDERPOOL:
Marriage: 1744,
Warwick, New Jersey1
Children of FREDERICK SEE and CATHERINE VANDERPOOL are:
i. MARGARET4 SEE, b. 1744, South
Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d. 11 Mar 1815, Franklin, Coshocton, Ohio.
ii. LOIS SEE, b. 1747, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia.
2. iii. MICHAEL SEE, b. Abt. 1751, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d. 23
May 1792, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason, WV.
iv. CATHERINE SEE, b. 26 Feb 1754, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d.
23 Apr 1827, Hardy, Virginia.
v. ELIZABETH SEE, b. 26 Feb 1754, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d.
Abt. 1830, Adams, Ohio; m. THOMAS COBBS, 20 May 1789, Kanawha County VA2.
More About THOMAS COBBS and ELIZABETH SEE:
Marriage: 20 May 1789,
Kanawha County VA2
3. vi. GEORGE SEE, b. 1756, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d. Abt.
1835.
4. vii. JOHN SEE, b. 10 Oct 1757, South Branch, Augusta, Virginia; d.
15 Dec 1836, Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
Generation No. 2
2. MICHAEL4 SEE (FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)3 was born Abt. 1751 in South Branch, Augusta, Virginia3,
and died 23 May 1792 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason, WV3. He married ELIZABETH MORRIS3,4 Abt. 1778 in Greenbrier, Virginia5,6,7,
daughter of WILLIAM MORRIS and ELIZABETH STIPPS. She was born
08 Aug 1753 in Culpepper, Virginia8,9,10, and died Bef. 1807
in Kanawha, Virginia11,12,12.
Notes for MICHAEL SEE:
A CHRONICLE OF THE SEE
FAMILY by Irene See Brasel
The lives of the two brothers, George
& Michael See, ran parallel.
Together they had experienced
the Muddy Creek
Massacre, Indian captivity, participated in the battle of Point Pleasant,
served under
Capt. Arbuckle in
border warfare, established their homes in Greenbrier and later moved on down
the Kanawha Valley.
Michael See, born about 1751 in Hampshire
County, Virginia, married Elizabeth Morris in 1776.
She was the daughter
of William Morris, Pioneer of Kanawha who settled about 20 miles above the
present site of
Charleston, West Virginia.
In 1777, the Ohio Indians, agitated by
British agents, again became troublesome.
Chief Cornstalk
came to the garrison
at Point Pleasant to give warning that the tribes planned to join the British
as
allies. Capt. Arbuckle thought it best to detain the
chief, his son Elinipisco, Redhawk, a Delaware
Chief, and another
Indian as hostages. Here in November
1777 all were murdered by soldiers of
the garrison to avenge
the death of a Virginia soldier, one Gilmore, killed while the Indians were
prisoners. The Governor of Virginia offered a reward
for the arrest of the murderers; but, they
went unpunished; and,
for this act of treachery, Chief
Cornstalk's followers took to the warpath
to avenge his death.
In July 1778, an Indian Band of 200
warriors crossed the Ohio River and failing in their attack
on the garrison at
Point Pleasant, set off up the valley toward the Greenbrier Region. Capt. McKee,
in command of the
garrison, noting the route taken by the Indians, sent two scouts disguised as
Indians, at the risk
of their lives, to warn the settlement in Greenbrier. Although the Indians had a
two day start, the
scouts, Phillip Hammond and John Prior, overtook the band about 20 miles north
of Lewisburg. Passing on with great speed to Col.
Donnally's, they gave the alarm of the approach-
ing raiders. The aroused settlement fled to Donnally's
Fort. Dick Pointer, the Negro servant
of
Michael See, was one
of the 60 men, women & children gathered in the stockade.
The two young scouts warned Col. Donnally
to store a supply of water. they told
of the suffer-
ing for water at Point
Pleasant in the same emergency. A
hogshead of water was secured and
placed against the
kitchen door. Early next morning, John
Pritchard, a white servant of Donnally's,
left the fort, leaving
the gate ajar. He was tomahawked. The sentinel, William Hughart, saw
Indians and spread the
alarm. The gate still open, the outer
yard was soon full of Indians who
began cutting down the
kitchen door. Dick Pointer, jumping
about with a gun in his hand called
"Massa, what must
I do?" "Shoot, and quick at
the bunch, damn you!" Dick obeyed,
killing nine
Indians with his
Blunderbuss loaded with a variety of missiles.
The recoil laid the Negro flat.
Hammond fired another
shot and the door was closed. The
sleeping refugees were now aroused
and soon opened fire
through the port holes. The battle
continued throughout the day. The
Indians tried every
conceivable way to take the fort.
Meanwhile, a relief party of 67 from Lewisburg
under Capt. Johnson
started for the fort and though the Indians opened fire, managed to enter
without
casualties. By nightfall, the Indians
withdrew, having lost 17, while the whites had 4
killed. For this heroic act, Pointer was given his
freedom and the public built a cabin for him on
land given by one John
Davis. Dick died in 1827 and was buried
in Lewisburg Cemetery.
In 1776, Capt. Mathew Arbuckle built a
fort at the mouth of the Kanawha River.
It was called
Fort Randolph. Prior to July 12, 1779, Fort Randolph was
evacuated, after which it was burned by
the Indians. In the year 1785, a third fort was built at
the Point on the Ohio River. New Fort
Randolph was commanded
by Col. Thomas Lewis and from that time on, the white man has
never ceased to reside
at Point Pleasant.
Ten years after the Revolution, Indian
hostility on the frontier of the young nation still made life
for the settlers
unsafe. By this time, the Sees had
joined the tide of westward land seekers and
had moved down the
Kanawha Valley and settled on Crooked Creek about a mile above the mouth
of the Kanawha
River. Michael See, his wife Elizabeth
and their four children, George, Michael,
Frances and Frederick
were living at the fort with the other settlers near Point Pleasant.
For several years these pioneers were
forced to spend more time in the forts than at their
homes. Michael See was a signer of the petition to
the Governor of Virginia, Sept. 19, 1791,
asking protection for
citizens of Greenbrier County against the Indians. In Virginia State Papers,
Oct. 3, 1791, John
Morris, John Hansford, John Jones, Reuben Slaughter, and Michael See were
recommended as fit
persons to execute the office of Magistrates in Kanawha County.
On May 23, 1792, Michael See was
supervising the cultivation of the crops for the settlers at
Fort Randolph. A squad of 10 soldiers had been sent from
the fort to guard the men while they
worked. The day was warm and the soldiers retired to
the shade of a tree and engaged in a game
of cards. A band of Wyandottes slipped up and under
their very noses, killed Michael See and
Robert St. Clair and
took Thomas Northup and a Negro boy, Jonathan Pointer, who belonged to
Michael, prisoners.
That night at the Fort, Elizabeth See
gave birth to William, from whom are descended the Sees of
Mason County, West
Virginia. Michael See was buried near
the fort. The story told in later years
is
that the Mason County
Court House was built with one corner over Michael's grave and another
over the grave of
Chief Cornstalk. Today a two acre state
park, Tu-Endie Wei marks the site of
the famous
battleground.
The Revolutionary Service Record of
Michael See, Jr. was accepted by the Daughters of the
American Revolution
June 6, 1940. Anne Weller Ready lists
the name of Michael See on page 70
in West Virginia
Revolutionary Ancestry. At the Virginia
State Library at Richmond is an original
document, Public
Service Claims. It states (in
part): "At a court held for
Greenbrier County, June 10,
1782, the following
claims were allowed and ordered to be certified:
To George See 74 Rations
State 3 14 G
To Michael See 74 Do State
3 14
From "History of
the Great Kanawha Valley Vol II" by J. P. Hale, Page 278:
"Before the founding of Marietta and
while the owl hooted among the branches of the lofty trees,
the howl of the wolf
and the scream of the panther resounded through the forest, and while the fox
dug his hole "unscared", on the site where that city now stands,
daring pioneers among whom were Daniel Boone, John Van Bibber, John Reynolds,
Isaac Tyler, Michael See, Robert St. Clair, Benjamin Eulin, and
and Lumin Gibbs were
dwelling their cabin homes around the walls of old Fort Randolph at Point
Pleasant."
DAR Listing:
See, Michael, Jr.
Birth: VA 1751
Service: VA
Rank: Sol
Death: VA Aug 1791
Spouse (1) Elizabeth
Morris
Michael See was issued
two certificates for equipment and/or supplies impressed by the
American Army during
the Revolutionary War. His place of
residence at this time (1781-1783)
was listed as
Hampshire County, Virginia. References
are Court Booklet pages, 1, 2, 6, and 16,
Commissioner's book
III, pages 124, 125, and Lists: page 16, housed in the Library of Virginia.
LAND HOLDINGS:
Hampshire County, Virginia, 89 3/4 acres
adjoining his lordships South Branch Mannour and
Thomas Parson's land
on Michael Sea's Spring Run of the said South Branch. Source: Northern
Neck Grants S,
1780-1788, Reel 298, Page 197-198, 05 Jan 1787. Recorded Survey available.
Northern Neck Surveys
No. 1, 1786-1789, Reel 312, Page 154.
Original survey exists. Part of
the
index to recorded
copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between
1690 and 1781 and by
the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874.
Original and recorded surveys
are also indexed when
available. The collection is housed in
the Archives of the Library of Virginia
at Richmond, Virginia.
Greenbrier County, Virginia, 150 acres in
between two mile and ten mile creek on the Great
Kanawha. This patent was witnessed on the 24 th day
of March 1792, just short of two months
before Michael died.
Montgomery County, Virginia, 400 acres
adjoining the land of John Morris on the Kanawha in
Campbell's
Bottom. This patent was sitnessed on
the 30th day of December 1789.
More About MICHAEL SEE and ELIZABETH MORRIS:
Marriage: Abt. 1778,
Greenbrier, Virginia13,14,15
Children of MICHAEL SEE and ELIZABETH MORRIS are:
5. i. GEORGE5 SEE, b. Abt. 1779,
Kanawha, Virginia.
6. ii. FRANCES SEE, b. Abt. 1782, Kanawha, Virginia; d. 01 Sep 1857,
Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa.
7. iii. MICHAEL SEE, b. 01 Apr 1785, Kanawha, Virginia; d. 10 Sep 1827,
Mason, Virginia.
iv. FREDERICK SEE, b. Abt. 1789, Kanawha, Virginia16.
Notes for FREDERICK SEE:
Few traces of this fourth child of
Michael and Elizabeth Morris See are to be found. His name is on the deed that Michael's heirs made to Andrew
Donnally for 400 acres of land on 10 Aug 1807, Deed
Book D, Page 311.
Miss Clara See gives an account of
Frederick as related by her father, who was a nephew.
He was said to have
been with a show boat which traveled up and down the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers. In New Orleans he made the acquaintance of a
well to do widow from Texas. They
married and he returned
with her to live in Texas.
The last reference to Frederick was
during the Civil War when young Charles Michael See, son
of Shull M. See, came
in contact with a couple of brothers named See, who were confederate
prisoners under his
guard. They identified themselves as
the sons of Frederick See as described
above; but, the details
have not survived the passage of time.
8. v. WILLIAM SEE, b. 23 May 1792, Point Pleasant, Mason, Virginia; d.
Abt. 1865, Wayne County, Iowa.
3. GEORGE4 SEE (FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 1756 in South Branch, Augusta, Virginia17,
and died Abt. 1835. He married MARTHA GEORGE17 25 Dec 1777 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia18,19.
Notes for GEORGE SEE:
LAND HOLDINGS:
Hardy County, Virginia, 140 acres in the
Little Cove on the waters of Shenandoah.
Source:
Northern Neck Grants
X, 1795-1797, Reel 303, Page 60-61, 22 Feb 1796. Recorded survey
available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 4, 1795-1796, Reel
315, Page 221. Original Survey exists.
Part of the index to
recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary
between 1690 and 1781
and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874.
Original and recorded
surveys are also
indexed when available. the collection
is housed in the Archives of the Library
of Virginia at
Richmond, Virginia.
Augusta County, Virginia, 165 acres on
the east side of Tygers Valley River above John Truby's
land. Source:
Land Office Grants I, 1783-1784, Reel 50, Page 45, 22 Oct 1783. The collection
mentioned above
includes this grant.
More About GEORGE SEE and MARTHA GEORGE:
Marriage: 25 Dec 1777,
Greenbrier County, West Virginia20,21
Children of GEORGE SEE and MARTHA GEORGE are:
9. i. LEAH5 SEE, b. 1788.
ii. MARY SEE, b. 1779, Greenbrier County, VA21.
10. iii. ELIZABETH WILSON SEE, b. 17 Nov 1780, Hampshire County, VA.
iv. FREDRICK SEE, b. 1786, Simpson County, KY21; d.
1839, Shelby, Missouri21.
v. WILLIAM SEE, b. Apr 1787, Charleston, Kanawha County, VA21.
vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON SEE, b. 1793, Virginia21.
vii. HENRY SEE, b. 1797, Virginia21.
viii. MICHAEL SEE, b. 1799, Logan County, KY21.
ix. KATHERINE SEE, b. Abt. 1810, Logan County, KY21.
4. JOHN4 SEE (FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)22 was born 10 Oct 1757 in South Branch, Augusta,
Virginia23, and died 15 Dec 1836 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois23,24. He married MARGARET JARRETT25 09 Sep 1780 in Kanawha County VA25,
daughter of DAVID JARRETT. She was born
Abt. 1761 in Kanawha County, VA26, and died 1836 in Koscuisko
County, Indiana26.
Notes for JOHN SEE:
State of Indiana Henry
County Circuit Court
September Term, 1832
On this 29th of September in the year
1832 appeared before the Honorable Henry Circuit Court
in the State of
Indiana, John See, aged 75 years, who being duly sworn according to the law
depos-
eth and doth upon his
oath, make the following declaration to obtain the benefits of the provision of
the act of the 7th of
June 1832: That he enlisted in the army
of the United States in the year 1776
under Captain Arbuckle
in Greenbrier County, Virginia for the term of one year for the purpose of
defending the western
frontier of Virginia from the incursions of the hostile Indians.
He was then marched to the mouth of the
Kanawha where they remained for nearly twelve
months and, in the
meantime, they erected a fort at the mouth of the said Kanawha and was dis-
charged in September
1777, having served one year.
That he thinks it was in the year 1779 he
enlisted in the Army of the United States for the term
of three years in
Bottetourt County, Virginia under Captain Lapsley in the 12th Virginia Regiment
in
General Scott's
Brigade, from thence he joined the main army at a place called West Camps in
Pennsylvania under the
command of General Washington. He then
went into winter camp at
Valley Forge, at this
time the applicant was under the command of Captain Breckenridge. From
Valley Forge, the main
army was marched to Monmouth, New Jersey where a battle was fought
where the applicant
engaged with the rest of the army. The
army was then marched to White
Plains, then returned
to New Jersey and went into winter quarters at Middleboro. During the next
winter, the army
encamped on the North River and the applicant was discharged the next spring
at Camden, South Carolina, having served three
years. During this service, he was at
the battle
of Monmouth under
General Washington at Stony Point, General Wayne and in Germantown under
General Washington and
the aforesaid John See, the applicant, relinquished every claim whatso-
ever to a pension or
annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any
agency in any state or territory in the United States. Sworn and subscribed
in open court this
29th day of September 1832.
His witness John
Elliott Clk.
John X See (mark)
And the said Court do
hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as
he stated.
Judges Byrone Cadwallerader
John Anderson
LAND HOLDINGS:
Virginia Military Patent Records Vol. 10,
Page 206, December 1797, Warrant No. 4833 for 100
acres, issued to John
See in consideration for his services for three years as a private in the
Virginia Continental
Line in the Revolution.
The Children of John See and Margaret
Jarrett are listed according to the Rev. Michael See,
grandson of John See,
in a letter dated February 24, 1877 at Mediapolis, Iowa to Mrs. Margaret
Elizabeth Hayes, of
New London, Iowa, great-granddaughter of John See.
More About JOHN SEE and MARGARET JARRETT:
Marriage: 09 Sep 1780,
Kanawha County VA27
Children of JOHN SEE and MARGARET JARRETT are:
i. GEORGE5 SEE27, b. 1781, Greenbrier County, VA28;
d. 1839, Decatur, Macon, Illinois; m. NANCY WILSON29.
ii. JARRETT SEE29, b.
29 Oct 1785, Greenbrier County, VA; d. 07 Jan 1857, Lawrence County, KY; m. FLORA JARRET29, 1813, Kanawha County VA30,31.
More About JARRETT SEE and FLORA JARRET:
Marriage: 1813, Kanawha
County VA32,33
iii. DAVID SEE33, b.
15 Sep 1786, Greenbrier County, VA; d. 23 Apr 1867, Cass County, Indiana; m. LEAH JARRETT33, Abt. 181033.
More About DAVID SEE and LEAH JARRETT:
Marriage: Abt. 181033
iv. MARY POLLY SEE33, b.
20 Dec 1787, Greenbrier County, VA34; d. 22 Aug 1877, Wayne
County, Indiana34; m. JOHN NUGEN35, 10
Feb 1804, Kanawha County VA36.
More About JOHN NUGEN and MARY SEE:
Marriage: 10 Feb 1804,
Kanawha County VA36
v. MICHAEL SEE37, b.
1789, Greenbrier County, VA; d. 1827, Wayne County, Indiana; m. HANNAH NUGEN37.
vi. CHARLES FREDERICK SEE37, b.
22 Jan 1790, Greenbrier County, VA; d. 11 Mar 1869, Scotland County, Missouri;
m. SARAH MELBURN37.
vii. ELIZABETH SEE37, b.
1793, Greenbrier County, VA; d. Grant County, Indiana; m. ELISHA ELLIS37.
viii. HANNAH SEE37, b.
Abt. 1795, Greenbrier County, VA38; d. 1866, New London,
Henry Co., Iowa; m. WESLEY PRIOR39.
ix. JOHN SEE, JR.39, b.
1798, Greenbrier County, VA; d. 1873, Rock Creek, Jasper Co., Iowa; m. ELIZABETH PHILPOTT39.
Generation No. 3
5. GEORGE5 SEE (MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born
Abt. 1779 in Kanawha, Virginia40. He married POLLY WILSON 17 Nov 1810.
She was born Abt. 1778.
Notes for GEORGE SEE:
Mary and George lived at Lynchburg,
Virginia. It is said that George and
Mary See were childless
and that they moved to
Charleston, Virginia, where he became a contractor.
More About GEORGE SEE and POLLY WILSON:
Marriage: 17 Nov 1810
Children of GEORGE SEE and POLLY WILSON are:
i. MICHAEL6 SEE.
ii. FREDERICK SEE.
6. FRANCES5 SEE (MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)41
was born Abt. 1782 in Kanawha, Virginia41,42, and died 01 Sep
1857 in Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa43,44,45. She married (1) CARROLL MORRIS46 Abt. 1800 in Kanawha County VA46,47,
son of WILLIAM MORRIS and CATHERINE CARROLL. He was born
02 Nov 1779 in Virginia48, and died Abt. 1820 in Drowned in
Kanawha River49. She
married (2) CHRISTOPHER RINGSBERRY50
1820 in Kanawha County VA. He was born
Abt. 1782 in Mason County, Virginia51, and died 11 Sep 1873
in Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa52.
Notes for FRANCES SEE:
INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY SYLVIA WHITTAKER OF FAIRVIEW WEST VIRGINIA:
Frances
See Morris has been described by her sister-in-law, Nancy Greenlee See, wife
Michael See III, as
being tall and very strong, having piercing black eyes and dark
complexion. It is
said that she could
stand in a half bushel measure and lift a two bushel bag of wheat to her
shoulder.
It is also related
that she shot a wild turkey which was sitting on the limb of a dead tree on the
opposite bank of the
Kanawha River, a distance of some 300 yards.
Notes:
After Carroll's death, Frances
Morris married Christopher Ringsberry and lived in Mason
County, VA until at
least 1840, when Christopher Ringsberry is in the Census there with a family.
Sometime after 1840
and before 1850 they moved to Montpelier, Muscatine County, Iowa. Frances
died there sometime
after the 1856 Iowa State Census; but before the 1860 US Census. Christopher
was still living by
the time of the 1870 US Census in the same town with their married daughter,
Elizabeth Watts, and her
family.
Frances is buried in the Blue
Grass Cemetery, Scott County, Iowa. Her
tombstone reads
that she died at the
age of 76 years. If this is true, she
would actually have been born in 1782.
More About FRANCES SEE:
Burial: Blue Grass
Cemetery, Scott Co., Iowa
Notes for CARROLL MORRIS:
the Department of the Archives and
History of West Virginia, page 125, names Caroll Morris in
Capt. John Morris'
Company of Rangers of Kanawha County, called into service by General Henry
Knox, Secretary of
War, May 1, 1791 until September 30, 1791.
He drowned while attempting to
swim across the
Kanawha River, just below Upper Creek Shoals.
He was an excellent swimmer,
but the strong current
drew him under.
More About CARROLL MORRIS and FRANCES SEE:
Marriage: Abt. 1800,
Kanawha County VA53,54
Notes for CHRISTOPHER RINGSBERRY:
Christopher Ringsberry served in the 4th
Regiment of the Virginia Militia as a Private during
the war of 1812. He was in Capt. Mathew McCowen's Company
from 20 Apr 1814 until
29 Aug 1814. His pension file states that he was drafted
at Charleston, Virginia and discharged
at Norfolk,
Virginia. At first his application was
returned for further proof because of the
incorrect spelling of
his name; and the application does include both forms of the name:
Ringsbury and
Ringlesby. The claim which he filled
out shows that his family was living in
Montpelier, Muscatine
County, Iowa; but the post office was across the road in Blue Grass,
Scott County, Iowa. The pension record also states that he
actually served in the 3rd Regiment
of the Virginia
Militia rather than the 4th as stated in an index of the roles of the War of
1812.
His declaration for
pension states that he married Frances Morris at Mason County, Virginia in
1818.
This declaration was
made on 27 Jul 1871 and claims that Christopher is 92 years old on this date.
If the declaration is
true it would make his birth date in the year 1789 rather than 1782 and would
have Carroll Morris
dying sometime before 1818. I suspect
that he is so old by this time that his
memory is failing
Next to where Christopher
Ringsberry/Ringsby/Ringsley/Ringlesby is buried in the Blue Grass
Cemetery, there is a
John Ringlesby buried there. He died 15
Apr 1855 at the age of 74. I believe
that this could be a
brother of Christopher. There also was
a Fielden Ringsby, born in Virginia,
who went to live in
Hamilton County, Ohio; and, appears in the 1860 Census there with his family
which includes a son
named Christopher. I believe this
Fielden Ringsby to also be a brother of
Christopher. There were other possible brothers who were
early arrivals with some of the
first settlers of the
area. They settled in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa. Their names were
Lewis, Andrew, and
Strother Ringlesby. John had also
actually lived in Davenport.
FROM THE
"DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT" 20 Sep 1873:
Christopher Ringlesby,
aged ninety-four years, died in Montpelier Township, Muscatine County,
on Tuesday. He was born in Virginia in 1779, and had
been a resident of that county about
thirty years. He was the oldest man in Muscatine County.
SCOTT COUNTY W.P.A.
RECORDS:
Ringlisby, Christopher
died 09-11-1873 Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Iowa
Frances died 1857, aged
76 Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass,
Iowa
Frances died 1855, aged
26 Chapell Cemetery, Rockingham
Township, Iowa
The second Frances
above, born about 1829 could possibly be another child of Christopher
and Frances or of any
one of his brothers.
LAND HOLDINGS:
A Land Grant issued to Christopher
Ringsby on 30 Jun 1843 for 50 acres surveyed on 05 Mar 1837 in Mason County,
Virginia (now West Virginia), Warrant 2486, Grants No. 94, 1842-1843, Page 369,
reel 160 housed in the
Library of Virginia.
A Land Patent was issued to Christopher
Ringsby at the Fairfield Land Office on 01 Mar 1846
for 80 acres in
Muscatine County, Iowa, Patent No. 11491 -IA1940_314. A Patent for another
40 acres was issued to
his son, George Ringsby, adjoining this land on Patent No.11492 -IA1940_
315 on the same
date. I believe this is the same 120
acres which the Watts family later owned.
More About CHRISTOPHER RINGSBERRY:
Burial: Blue Grass
Cemetery, Scott Co., Iowa
More About CHRISTOPHER RINGSBERRY and FRANCES SEE:
Marriage: 1820,
Kanawha County VA
Children of FRANCES SEE and CARROLL MORRIS are:
11. i. MINERVA6 MORRIS, b. 12 Dec
1804, Kanawha, Virginia; d. 08 Mar 1895, Polk, Marion, Iowa.
12. ii. MARIA J. MORRIS, b. 25 Dec 1807, Kanawha, Virginia; d. 26 Apr 1841,
Kanawha, Virginia.
iii. PARTHENIA A. MORRIS55,56,
b. 03 Jun 1808, Kanawha, Virginia57; d. 16 Feb 1873,
Centerville, Tyler, WV; m. (1) M. GREENLEE58; m.
(2) WARREN DAY EVERETT58.
13. iv. LETITIA MORRIS, b. 1809, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 17 Apr 1876,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
14. v. MICHAEL SEE MORRIS, b. Abt. 1812, Kanawha, Virginia.
vi. CARROLL MORRIS, JR59, b.
Abt. 1815, Kanawha, Virginia60.
vii. HARRIET MORRIS61, b.
Abt. 1817, Kanawha, Virginia; m. JAMES CLARK61.
viii. PANTHIA JANE MORRIS, b. Abt. 1818, Kanawha, Virginia.
ix. CATHERINE FRANCES MORRIS62, b.
30 Nov 1818, Kanawha, Virginia63; d. 08 Sep 1900, St. Albans,
Kanawha, WV64; m. DR. WILLIAM BAILEY SUTHERLAND6566; b.
1821; d. 18 Mar 188567.
More About WILLIAM SUTHERLAND and CATHERINE MORRIS:
Marriage: 68
Children of FRANCES SEE and CHRISTOPHER RINGSBERRY are:
15. x. ELIZABETH A.6 RINGSBERRY, b. 20
Jun 1820, Virginia; d. 15 Nov 1885, Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa.
xi. DEANA P. RINGSBERRY, b. Abt. 1838, Virginia69.
16. xii. GEORGE FIELDEN RINGSBERRY, b. 24 Oct 1824, Virginia; d. 05 Jan 1888, Gage
County, Nebraska.
7. MICHAEL5 SEE (MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born
01 Apr 1785 in Kanawha, Virginia70,71, and died 10 Sep 1827
in Mason, Virginia. He married NANCY JANE GREENLEE 15 Feb
1808 in Kanawha County VA72.
She was born 10 Mar 1794 in Kanawha County, VA72, and
died 23 Jun 1871 in Kanawha County, WV.
Notes for MICHAEL SEE:
LAND HOLDINGS:
Randolph County, Virginia 200 acres on
the west side of the Valley River on the southeast side
of Currences Mill
Creek. Source: Land Office Grants No. 54, 1804-1806, Reel
120, Page 227, dated
28 Aug 1805. The collection is housed in the Archives of
the Library of Virginia at Richmond, VA.
Mason County, Virginia 100 acres on 13
mile creek on the east side of the Kanawha River,
according to a survey
made on 13 Oct 1817 by order of a land office treasury warrant No. 5868.
witnessed 01 Aug 1818.
More About MICHAEL SEE and NANCY GREENLEE:
Marriage: 15 Feb 1808,
Kanawha County VA72
Children of MICHAEL SEE and NANCY GREENLEE are:
17. i. HENRY W.6 SEE, b. 27 Feb
1822, Mason County, VA; d. 14 Jun 1863, Kinmundy, IL.
ii. N. SOLOMAN SEE72.
18. iii. SHULL MICHAEL SEE, b. 19 Feb 1809, Virginia; d. 1857, Marion County, IL.
iv. JANE SEE, b. 26 Feb 181172.
v. ELIZABETH SEE, b. 27 Dec 181272.
vi. MINERVA SEE, b. 23 Jan 181572.
vii. FRANCIS SEE, b. 23 Apr 181772.
19. viii. JOHN SHULL SEE, b. 13 Jul 1819, Virginia; d. Abt. 1872, Illinois.
20. ix. MICHAEL SEE, b. 18 Mar 1824, Mason County, VA.
x. FREDERICK SEE, b. 17 Sep 1826, Mason County, VA72.
8. WILLIAM5 SEE (MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born
23 May 1792 in Point Pleasant, Mason, Virginia72,73, and died
Abt. 1865 in Wayne County, Iowa. He
married SARAH PRUITT. She was born
1792 in Virginia74, and died Abt. 1865 in Wayne County, Iowa.
Notes for WILLIAM SEE:
William was born the very eve of the day
that his father was killed by the Indians.
Within the pages
of "History of
the Great Kanawha Valley Vol II" by J. P. Hale, Page 282, we are told that William was a Volunteer in
the Mason County Riflemen during the war of 1812. During this war, in the year 1813,
he met and became
acquainted with a Black Indian Chief who had originally been a prisoner taken
during the same time
as the massacres during which his father, Michael See, had been killed. This
chief informed him
that the Indian who had shot his father, though blind, aged and helpless, was
still living. Young William besought the chief to tell him
where this Indian was; but, fearing that
William would kill the
old man the chief declined to give him the information.
Children of WILLIAM SEE and SARAH PRUITT are:
i. WILLIAM6 SEE, b. Virginia74.
ii. MARY MELVINA SEE, b. Abt. 1818, Virginia74.
iii. NANCY SEE, b. Abt. 1820, Virginia74.
iv. ELIZABETH SEE, b. 13 Feb 182974.
v. LUCINDA SEE, b. Abt. 1830, Virginia74.
vi. STRODER SEE, b. Abt. 1840, Virginia74.
9. LEAH5 SEE (GEORGE4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)75
was born 178876. She
married WILLIAM CHRISTIAN WILSON77.
Child of LEAH SEE and WILLIAM WILSON is:
21. i. WILLIAM SEE6 WILSON.
10. ELIZABETH WILSON5 SEE (GEORGE4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born
17 Nov 1780 in Hampshire County, VA78. She married THOMAS COBBS78.
Children of ELIZABETH SEE and THOMAS COBBS are:
i. LUCY G.6 COBBS78.
ii. WADDY COBBS78.
Generation No. 4
11. MINERVA6 MORRIS (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)79 was born 12 Dec 1804 in Kanawha, Virginia, and died
08 Mar 1895 in Polk, Marion, Iowa80. She married SILAS REYNOLDS. He was born 21 Dec 1794 in Mason County, VA80,
and died 06 Sep 1846 in Mason County, VA80.
Child of MINERVA MORRIS and SILAS REYNOLDS is:
i. LIEUTIGIA7 REYNOLDS, b. 16 Mar
1833, Mason County, VA80; d. 08 Mar 1876, Otley, IA80;
m. JOHN
DEMOSS, 04 Jul 1868,
Marion County, Iowa80; b. 28 Apr 1822, Virginia80;
d. 28 Dec 1914, Marion County, IA80.
More About JOHN DEMOSS and LIEUTIGIA REYNOLDS:
Marriage: 04 Jul 1868,
Marion County, Iowa80
12. MARIA J.6 MORRIS (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)81,82 was born 25 Dec 1807 in Kanawha, Virginia, and died
26 Apr 1841 in Kanawha, Virginia. She
married JOHN HANSFORD8384,85,86, son of JOHN HANSFORD and JANE MORRIS. He was born
01 Jan 1798, and died 25 Nov 187687.
More About JOHN HANSFORD and MARIA MORRIS:
Marriage: 88,89,90
Children of MARIA MORRIS and JOHN HANSFORD are:
i. VICTORIA7 HANSFORD91.
ii. CHARLES HANSFORD91.
iii. CARROLL HANSFORD91.
iv. CYNTHIA HANSFORD91.
13. LETITIA6 MORRIS (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)92,93 was born 1809 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA94,
and died 17 Apr 1876 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV95. She married NORRIS STANLEY WHITTEKER96 19 Jan 1832 in Kanawha County VA97,98,99,
son of WILLIAM WHITTEKER and PHILENA COBB. He was born
03 Feb 1807 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA100, and died 04 Sep
1890 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV101.
Notes for LETITIA MORRIS:
THE WEST VIRGINIA
COURIER: Wednesday, April 26, 1876
The remains of the late Mrs. Letitia
Whittaker were placed in their final resting place in Spring
Hill Cemetery on
Tuesday evening.
Notes for NORRIS STANLEY WHITTEKER:
"History of Kanawha
County" by George Atkinson - Page
280-281: Mr Whitteker is a man of great
physical power and
endurance. He is 5 ft 8 in tall and his
average weight for 50 years has been
180 lbs.
Norris S. Whitteker was born in
Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia on 3rd February 1807,
where he has resided
ever since. He has always claimed the honor of being the first white child
born in the city
limits of Charleston, and in this, no doubt he is correct. He established a reputation
for being an expert
fisherman and hunter in his younger years.
He attended school at the Mercer
Academy, under the
instruction of Dr. Henry Ruffner, Jacob Rand, and Parson Chaddock, and obtained
a fair English
education.
After he grew to manhood, he became a
Keel boatman in the trade between Charleston and
Cincinnati, which
required about one month to complete the round trip. These boat were the only
transportation, in
those days, between the Kanawha and the Western cities. Mr. Whitteker's next
occupation was that of
Flat boatman, running salt to the towns on the lower Ohio. He next learned
the carpenters' trade
and there are a number of houses still standing in Charleston, constructed by
him as architect &
builder. He also learned the painters'
trade and painted more houses in Charleston
than any man. His Uncle Thomas Whitteker was the
proprietor of a large saw mill at the mouth
of the Elk River, and
for 11 years, Norris was head sawyer at the mill, and superintendent of
building boats, which
was carried on as part of the business of all saw mills of the time. He was
also engaged in steam
boating in the employ of Armstrong Grant & Co. as Mate on the steamer
"Emigrant"
from 1828 until 1830.
In 1831 he built three large brick houses
on Kanawha Street, now owned by W. T. Thayer,
Mrs. W. J. Rand and
John C. Ruby. All of these houses were
constructed of brick mad by
Norris' own hands.
Mr. Whitteker was an ardent supporter of
the Union, and as a token of respect and confidence,
he was appointed
Postmaster of Charleston, in the Spring of 1851 by President Lincoln, which
office he held until
the Fall of 1866, when he was removed by President Johnson, because he
refused to pay
allegiance to him after he switched to the Democratic Party upon the
Assassination
of President
Lincoln. During the War, Charleston was
an important military post; and, on one
memorable day his
registry book showed that 40,000 letters passed through his office. For three
or four years the
average had been 12,000 per day. That
is more than treble the letters now handled
in the same office,
although the town has more than trebled it's population.
Mr. Whitteker was a noted temperance
worker in Charleston and surrounding country for more
than 40 years. During that time, he delivered more than one
thousand Temperance speeches. In
1830 he joined the
Washingtonian Temperance Society.
During the rest of his life he never even
tasted anything
intoxicating. He joined the
Presbyterian Church in 1831 and lived as a Christian
from that time on.
NOTE: The West Virginia State Archives has the
records of the first Temperance Society in Charleston in their special
collection of manuscripts. It is a book
of the minutes of the meetings which were held once a month. The book covers the years 1839-1841. I obtained copies of some of the meeting
minutes which mention not only the name of Norris Whitteker as a member; but,
also the names of Henry B. Whitteker, William Whitteker, and an "A.
Whitteker". These names could
represent the names of the three brothers of Norris as all were alive and
possibly in town during the time of the meetings. This society functioned much like the Alcoholics Anonymous of
today except that those who attended the meetings were required to sign pledges
that they would not drink "ardent spirits" during the month until the
next meeting and that they would do everything within their power to discourage
others from imbibing as well. The
copies I have show that William Whitteker and Norris Whitteker signed such a
pledge at one of the meetings. There is
no way of knowing if the "Wm.
Whitteker" who
signed this pledge was Norris' brother, William F. Whitteker, or his father,
William
Whitteker, Sr. "A. Whitteker" signed the bottom
of one page as "secretary" of the society and Henry B. Whitteker and
A. Whitteker were mentioned as speakers
at the meetings as well.
From WV Newspaper
Obituaries 1884-1894 by KVGS
Saturday, September 7,
1889
Charleston, West
Virginia September 4
Norris S. Whitaker, aged 83 years, who
was the first white child born in the city limits of
Charleston, was killed
by the shifting engine at the Kanawha and Ohio Yard this afternoon at
about 4:00
O'clock. All the wheels passed over the
middle of his body.
LAND HOLDINGS:
Norris and his brother, Henry B.
Whitteker, bought from Isaac Noyes a lot in Charleston fronting
300 ft. on the Kanawha
River bank, in 1832. This was Norris
Whitteker's first purchase recorded in
Deed Book H. Page
349. Four years later, in 1836 he, by
himself, bought from John F. Faure and his
wife a 2 acre lot in
Charleston, Deed Book IJ, Page 199.
Thomas C. Thomas sold him another 1/2
acre lot in Charleston
the same year, Deed Book IJ, Page 357.
The next year, he obtained from
Frederick Brooks, two
parcels 1 1/2 acre and 3 acres near Charleston, Deed Book IJ, Page 474.
In 1842, in partnership with brothers Alfred T.
and William F. Whitteker, he gained 152
acres in
Kanawha County, Deed
Book N, Page 180. Then, not until 23
years later, in 1865, did he buy
another parcel, the
Cox property back of Charleston from the heirs of William R. Cox, Deed Book Y,
Page 565. Norris bought a lot on Brooks Street in
Charleston from William T. Thayer and his wife
in 1868; and the
following year, in partnership with Virginia Whitteker, he bought from the
George
H. Porter Trust 110
acres on the point and 620 acres on the Elk at Two Mile Creek, recorded in Deed
Book 25, Page
497. Another 100 acres on the Elk at
Two Mile was purchased from the H. C.
McWhorter Trust in
1869, Deed Book 26, Page 333.
More About NORRIS WHITTEKER and LETITIA MORRIS:
Marriage: 19 Jan 1832,
Kanawha County VA102,103,104
Children of LETITIA MORRIS and NORRIS WHITTEKER are:
i. MILDRED ELIZABETH7 WHITTAKER, b. Feb
1833, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Aft. 1910, Fort Worth, Tarrent, TX.
22. ii. PHILENA WHITTAKER, b. May 1834, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 27 Jul 1909,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
iii. CYNTHIA ANN WHITTAKER, b. 1836, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Aft. 1850.
23. iv. ROXALENA JANE WHITTAKER, b. 10 Nov 1838, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 17 Aug
1907, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
24. v. WILLIAM WALLACE WHITTAKER, b. 1842, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 19 Apr 1890,
Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio.
25. vi. HENRY B. WHITTAKER, b. 1845, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Aft. 1880,
Putnam County, WV.
26. vii. ELIZABETH WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1851, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Aft. 1880,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
14. MICHAEL SEE6 MORRIS (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)105 was born Abt. 1812 in Kanawha, Virginia. He married JANE. She was born Abt. 1828 in Illinois106.
Notes for MICHAEL SEE MORRIS:
From "History of
Marion County, Iowa" by Wright and Young, 1915, Polk Township, pages
121-123:
In 1850 Warren D. Everett, Michael S.
Morris, and James Karr joined together and built a saw mill
near the south bank of
the Des Moines River. It was a crude
affair, driven by horse power, but it
answered the purpose
in the absence of a better one, and much of the lumber used by the early
settlers was made by
this mill.
LAND HOLDINGS:
A patent was issued to
Michael S. Morris 10 Apr 1849 for a total of 160.1 acres in Marion County,
Iowa by the Iowa City
Land Office. The acreage was contained
within the "76-N" Township of the
19-W Range and 5th PM
Meridian. In the 1850 US Census this
land was not designated as a
town; but was
described only as Marion County, Iowa.
Michael had already appeared in the
1847 Iowa State Census
in Marion County as the head of a family of five people. They may not
have stayed in this
area long as there was a Michael Morris in the 1852 Muscatine County, Iowa
State Census at
Bloomington; and, the listing for a Michael in Marion County disappeared.
Notes for JANE:
The 1850 Marion County, Iowa Census shows
two other individuals than those shown in the
family group living
with Michael and his wife. Elizabeth
Hegwood, aged 17, born in Illinois could very
well be the sister of
Michael's wife, Jane, who was also born in Illinois. If this is the case, her full
maiden name would have
been Jane Hegwood.
Children of MICHAEL MORRIS and JANE are:
i. ZELMA7 MORRIS107, b. Abt. 1844, Iowa.
ii. CARROLL MORRIS107, b.
Abt. 1846, Iowa.
iii. WARREN MORRIS107, b.
Abt. 1848, Iowa.
iv. NAPOLION MORRIS, b. 1850, Iowa107.
15. ELIZABETH A.6 RINGSBERRY (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 20 Jun 1820 in Virginia108,
and died 15 Nov 1885 in Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa109. She married JOHN WATTS110 07 Apr 1846 in Scott County, Iowa111,
son of JAMES WATTS and JOAN KINGDON. He was born
11 Jan 1822 in North Molton, Devon,England112, and died 27
Jan 1890 in Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa113.
More About ELIZABETH A. RINGSBERRY:
Burial: Blue Grass
Cemetery, Scott Co., Iowa
Notes for JOHN WATTS:
FROM "Biographies of Muscatine County,
Iowa" 1911 Henry S. Moore:
John Watts was a direct descendant of
James Watt (1736-1819), the famous Scottish steam
engine expert. John came to the United States in 1842,
settling in Muscatine County, Iowa, where
he met and then
married Elizabeth Ringsby.
More About JOHN WATTS:
Burial: Blue Grass
Cemeter, Scott Co., Iowa
More About JOHN WATTS and ELIZABETH RINGSBERRY:
Marriage: 07 Apr 1846,
Scott County, Iowa114
Children of ELIZABETH RINGSBERRY and JOHN WATTS are:
27. i. SARAH F.7 WATTS, b. Abt.
1848, Iowa.
ii. GEORGE A. WATTS115, b.
11 Dec 1851, Montpelier, Muscatine County, Iowa116; d. 11 Mar
1911, Clarion, Iowa.
Notes for GEORGE A. WATTS:
According to "History of Muscatine
County, Iowa, Vol II" Pare 504,
George moved to South
Dakota. He must not have continued to live there
because he died in Clarion, Iowa.
iii. EUPHEMIA WATTS117, b.
Apr 1850, Iowa118; m. SAMUEL PORTER119; b.
Guthrie County, Iowa.
iv. JAMES C. WATTS, b. Abt. 1858, Iowa120.
Notes for JAMES C. WATTS:
James continued to live on the old homestead
in Montpelier, Muscatine County, Iowa.
v. ROSA B. WATTS121, b.
Aug 1859, Iowa122; m. JOHN WUNDER123; b.
Muscatine, Iowa.
vi. NELLIE WATTS123, b.
Abt. 1862, Iowa124; m. ANDREW WINTERMUTE125; b.
South Muscatine, Iowa.
vii. LAYDIE ANN WATTS126,127,
b. 03 Apr 1865, Iowa128; m. CYRUS J. BAKER129, 16 Feb 1885129.
More About CYRUS BAKER and LAYDIE WATTS:
Marriage: 16 Feb 1885129
viii. PANTHA C. WATTS130, d.
31 May 1856, Montpelier, Muscatine Co., Iowa130.
Notes for PANTHA C. WATTS:
There is some question as to the age of
this child when she died. According to
"History of
Muscatine County Iowa
Vol II", Page 504, she died in infancy.
She does not appear in any of
the Census records; not
the US Census for the area or the Iowa State Census, both of which
the rest of her whole
family were recorded in. I believe she
probably died as an infant. The
Iowa State Census was
taken every two years around this time; and, if she were any older
she would have been in
the 1856 Montpelier, Muscatine County, Iowa State Census with
the rest of her
family. The marker on her grave was
barely readable by the time of the 1970s
which was the last time
a walk through and recording in the Blue Grass Cemetery was done.
The marker looked as if
it said "Pantha C. daughter of J. & E., died May 31, 1856" then
it looked
as if it read "7
yr 1mo 13 or 15 days". I hope to
get a photo of it because I believe it is probably
really " 1mo 13 or
15 days" only. If she were really
7 years old at the time of death, she would
definitely have been in
the 1852 and 1854 Iowa State Census.
More About PANTHA C. WATTS:
Burial: Blue Grass
Cemetery, Scott Co., Iowa
16. GEORGE FIELDEN6 RINGSBERRY (FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)131 was born 24 Oct 1824 in Virginia132,
and died 05 Jan 1888 in Gage County, Nebraska133. He married SARA DELANEY. She was born 1840 in Pennsylvania134,
and died 1936135.
Children of GEORGE RINGSBERRY and SARA DELANEY are:
28. i. BURROWS SHERMAN7 RINGSBY, b. Nov
1867, Iowa; d. 1930, Denver, Colorado.
ii. ROXY L. RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1864, Iowa136.
iii. MICHAEL RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1866, Iowa136.
iv. WESLEY RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1871, Iowa136.
v. BLANCHE RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1872, Iowa136.
vi. ANNIE RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1876, Colorado136.
vii. ZELMA RINGSBY, b. 15 Dec 1879, Nebraska136.
viii. FRANCES RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1862, Iowa137.
Notes for FRANCES RINGSBY:
Probably married by
1880 as she does not appear in that census record.
ix. HARRISON RINGSBY, b. Abt. 1870, Iowa138; d. Probably
died in childhood.
17. HENRY W.6 SEE (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 27 Feb 1822 in Mason County, VA139,
and died 14 Jun 1863 in Kinmundy, IL139. He married (1) ELIZABETH ALLMAN139 Bef. 1850.
He married (2) JUDITH ALLMAN 21 Jul 1850139. She was born 12 Sep 1828139.
More About HENRY SEE and ELIZABETH ALLMAN:
Marriage: Bef. 1850
More About HENRY SEE and JUDITH ALLMAN:
Marriage: 21 Jul 1850139
Children of HENRY SEE and JUDITH ALLMAN are:
i. GEORGE7 SEE, b. 1851139.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH SEE, b. 1854139.
iii. NANCY CATHERINE SEE, b. 1855139.
iv. MICHAEL HENRY SEE, b. 05 Oct 1856, Marion County, IL139.
v. THOMAS W. SEE, b. 1858139.
vi. CHARLES SEE, b. 1860139.
18. SHULL MICHAEL6 SEE (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 19 Feb 1809 in Virginia139,
and died 1857 in Marion County, IL139. He married MARY ELIZABETH DAY 1838 in
Virginia139. She was
born Abt. 1819139.
More About SHULL SEE and MARY DAY:
Marriage: 1838,
Virginia139
Children of SHULL SEE and MARY DAY are:
i. CHARLES MICHAEL7 SEE, b. 1841139.
ii. WILLIAM E. SEE, b. 26 Nov 1845, Illinois139.
iii. SHELBA SEE, b. 20 Aug 1847, Illinois139.
iv. ORCELAS GEORGE SEE, b. 19 Nov 1849, Marion County, IL139.
v. GEORGE ROBERT SEE, b. 26 Aug 1852, Kinmundy, IL139.
vi. JOHN M. SEE, b. 23 Dec 1854, Illinois139.
19. JOHN SHULL6 SEE (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 13 Jul 1819 in Virginia139,
and died Abt. 1872 in Illinois139. He married (1) KATHERINE DAY139
Bef. 1850. He married (2) MARY J. FRENCH 1851139. She was born 1823139.
More About JOHN SEE and KATHERINE DAY:
Marriage: Bef. 1850
More About JOHN SEE and MARY FRENCH:
Marriage: 1851139
Child of JOHN SEE and KATHERINE DAY is:
i. SUSAN7 SEE, b. Abt. 1850139.
Children of JOHN SEE and MARY FRENCH are:
ii. ELIZABETH7 SEE, b. Abt. 1851139.
iii. CORNER SEE, b. 1852139.
iv. FRENCH AN SOPHIA SEE, b. Abt. 1854139.
v. ELIZA SEE, b. 1854139.
vi. NANCY CATHERINE SEE, b. Abt. 1856, Marion County, IL139.
vii. SHEADE SEE, b. Abt. 1857139.
viii. JOHN SHULL SEE, b. 02 Apr 1858, Alma, Marion County, IL139.
ix. MASON GREENLEE SEE, b. Abt. 1860, Alma, Marion County, IL139.
x. RICHARD ELDRED SEE, b. Abt. 1862, Alma, Marion County, IL139.
xi. WILLIAM HENRY SEE, b. Abt. 1864, Alma, Marion County, IL139.
20. MICHAEL6 SEE (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born 18 Mar 1824 in Mason County, VA139. He married (1) NANCY JANE CORRIGAN. She was born 10 Dec 1831 in Marion County,
IL139. He married (2)
ELIZABETH ALLMAN139
Bef. 1849.
More About MICHAEL SEE and ELIZABETH ALLMAN:
Marriage: Bef. 1849
Children of MICHAEL SEE and NANCY CORRIGAN are:
i. SAMUEL R.7 SEE139.
ii. VIRGINIA SEE139.
iii. SARAH A. SEE139.
iv. LEANDER SEE139.
v. NANCY SEE139.
vi. FLORENCE SEE139.
vii. CORNELIA SEE139.
viii. HARRIET SEE139.
ix. CLARA SEE139.
Child of MICHAEL SEE and ELIZABETH ALLMAN is:
x. HENRY WILLIAM7 SEE, b. 1849139.
21. WILLIAM SEE6 WILSON (LEAH5 SEE, GEORGE4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)140. He married SARAH L. MIDDLECOFF140.
Child of WILLIAM WILSON and SARAH MIDDLECOFF is:
29. i. WILLIAM H.7 WILSON.
Generation No. 5
22. PHILENA7 WHITTAKER (LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born
May 1834 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA, and died 27 Jul 1909 in Charleston,
Kanawha, WV. She married FIELDING STARK141 14 Nov 1849 in Lawrence County OH142. He was born Feb 1823 in Kanawha County VA143,144.
Notes for PHILENA WHITTAKER:
She lived at 512 Court Street, according
to her obituary, which appeared in the Charleston
Gazette on July 27
1909. She was buried at Spring Hill
Cemetery. Her husband probably
preceded her in death,
as he was not listed among the surviving relatives: Mrs. Murray Groves
of Fort Worth TX, Mrs.
H. A. Stark of Charleston WV, Norris Stark of Charleston WV, Mrs. Kitty
Whittaker of Elk City,
Mrs. Lena Tompkins of Charlotte NC, Mr. B. F. Stark of Charleston WV,
Paul Stark of Dallas
TX, and Morris Stark of Charleston WV.
More About PHILENA WHITTAKER:
Name 2: Philena
Frances Whittaker
Notes for FIELDING STARK:
Fielding Stark served as a private in the
Confederate Army, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Company D.
In civilian life, he
worked as a carpenter. He is buried in
the Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston
WV.
More About FIELDING STARK and PHILENA WHITTAKER:
Marriage: 14 Nov 1849,
Lawrence County OH145
Children of PHILENA WHITTAKER and FIELDING STARK are:
30. i. KATHERINE8 STARK, b. 1865,
Kanawha County WV; d. Abt. 1910, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
ii. BETTIE B. STARK, b. 1852, Charleston, Kanawha, VA.
iii. MARY L. STARK, b. 1853, Tennessee.
iv. HENRY A. STARK, b. 02 Aug 1855, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 13 Apr
1935, Charleston, Kanawha County, VA146.
v. NORRIS S. STARK, b. Jul 1860, Tennessee.
vi. CHARLES STARK, b. 1863, Kanawha County VA.
vii. LENA E. STARK, b. 1868, Kanawha County WV.
viii. ALLICE STARK, b. 1869, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
ix. BRISBANE FIELDING STARK146, b.
15 May 1869, Charleston, Kanawha, WV146; d. 03 Feb 1937,
Charleston, Kanawha County, VA146.
x. PAUL W. FIELDING STARK, b. 1873, Kanawha County WV.
xi. MORRIS C. STARK, b. 1876, Kanawha County, WV.
23. ROXALENA JANE7 WHITTAKER (LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)147
was born 10 Nov 1838 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA147,148, and
died 17 Aug 1907 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV149. She married JOHN WINCHESTER GARCELON150 Abt. 1860 in Kanawha County WV150,
son of ISAAC GARCELON and MARY MOORE. He was born
May 1833 in Oak Bay, St. David, NB150, and died 10 Apr 1912
in Charleston, Kanawha, WV151,152.
More About JOHN GARCELON and ROXALENA WHITTAKER:
Marriage: Abt. 1860,
Kanawha County WV153
Children of ROXALENA WHITTAKER and JOHN GARCELON are:
i. ISAAC NORRIS8 GARCELON, b. 20 Oct
1860, Charleston, Kanawha, VA154; d. 31 Mar 1880, Charleston,
Kanawha, WV.
ii. CLIFFORD M. GARCELON, b. Oct 1867, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 19 Jul 1951.
31. iii. WILLIAM STANLEY GARCELON, b. 1879, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 10 Apr 1936,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
iv. HENRY GARCELON, b. 1863, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 10 Jul 1864,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
24. WILLIAM WALLACE7 WHITTAKER (LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)155
was born 1842 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA156, and died 19 Apr
1890 in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio157. He married VIRGINIA F. HIGH158 14 Jul 1860 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA159,
daughter of JOHN HIGH and ELLANOR SHIELDS. She was born
18 Sep 1842 in Putnam County, VA160,161, and died 02 Aug 1930
in Charleston, Kanawha, WV162.
Notes for WILLIAM WALLACE WHITTAKER:
The 13th Regiment of the West Virginia
Infantry was organized in October of 1862, when
William W. Whitteker
began his service in the Union Army.
Within only a few months, he was
injured by a box
falling on his leg and dislocating his knee; and was discharged with a
disability
in March of 1863.
During his service, the 13th Regiment
served in the Kanawha Valley, mostly doing guard duty
and scouting. After his discharge, the Regiment went on to
fight in many skirmishes and event-
ually fought in the
Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Lynchburg. They displayed conspicuous
gallantry in the
Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
He is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery at
Portsmouth Ohio, in the Soldiers' Circle, Section A,
Row 4, Grave 9.
Notes for VIRGINIA F. HIGH:
Lived at 209 Tennessee Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia. According to her death
certificate, she died
of senility, contributing cause was heart failure. Undertaker was
John Barlow.
Buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in
Charleston, West Virginia in the Hall & Edmunds Addition,
Section J, Lot 39.
OBITUARY: THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL (Newspaper) 07 Feb
1930
MRS. VIRGINIA WHITTAKER Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia
Whittaker, who died at her home
on Tennessee Avenue
Wednesday evening, were to be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 O'Clock at
the residence. Reverend W. B. King of Central Methodist
Church was to officiate and burial was
to be in Spring Hill
Cemetery.
She is survived by three sons, John,
William and Albert Whittaker; 16 grandchildren and 14
great
grandchildren.
More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and VIRGINIA HIGH:
Marriage: 14 Jul 1860,
Charleston, Kanawha, VA163
Children of WILLIAM WHITTAKER and VIRGINIA HIGH are:
32. i. WILLIAM W.8 WHITTAKER, b. 27
Jun 1861, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 29 Apr 1933, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
ii. NORRIS S. WHITTAKER, b. 05 Apr 1863, Charleston, Kanawha, VA.
33. iii. BENJAMIN E. WHITTAKER, b. 25 Nov 1865, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 07 Aug
1924, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH.
iv. KATIE WHITTAKER, b. 1866, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 1867,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
v. JOHN T. WHITTAKER164, b.
31 Dec 1867, Charleston, Kanawha, WV164; d. 11 Jan 1940,
Charleston, Kanawha County, WV164.
Notes for JOHN T. WHITTAKER:
John T. Whittaker's death certificate
shows that he lived at #1 Mary Street in Charleston at the
time of his death; and
he was a widower. I have not yet
discovered the name of his wife or
any children they may
have had. He was a painter by
trade. He is buried in Spring Hill
Cemetery.
vi. LENA WHITTAKER165, b.
08 Sep 1871, Charleston, Kanawha, WV165; d. Abt. 1929,
Charleston, Kanawha, VA166.
Notes for LENA WHITTAKER:
Information has been give by Sylvia
Whittaker of Fairview, WV, that Lena married one Fred
Isley; however, when
she died and her estate was settled, she was designated as "Lena
Whittaker,
deceased". Also, when she bought
the grave in which Burlew was interred at
Spring Hill in 1924,
she was listed on the deed as "Lena Whittaker".
Information that Lena had lived in Ohio
was first forthcoming from Probate Records of her
mother's death. In fact, in the 1900 Census she was living
in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
She was listed as
having been divorced and having one child born of which one child lived.
However, the child does
not appear in the census with her.
She was named in her brother, Burlew
Whittaker's, obituary of 1924 as Lena Bernie, living
in Columbus Ohio. She does not appear either under the name of
Bernie or the name of Whittaker
in the 1920 or 1930
Census of Columbus, Ohio.
vii. BURLEW WHITTAKER167, b.
08 Oct 1875, Charleston, Kanawha, WV168; d. 17 Sep 1924,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV169; m. DELILAH KIDD170, 05 Jul 1905, Charleston, Kanawha, VA170;
b. Bet. Jun 1890 - 1892, Charleston, Kanawha, WV171.
Notes for BURLEW WHITTAKER:
Remembrances of Dolores
Burlew was my Mom's favorite uncle. She mentioned him quite a bit. I think he may have
traveled around,
because, in order for her to be so familiar with him, He would have had to
visit Benjamin, Neva
and the kids both in Benwood and Cincinnati.
A warrant was issued for
his arrest in 1911 for
misdemeanor trespass on a Rail Road Train (Kanawha County Court
Case No. 1911-3. There was a complaint of felony larceny
brought against him as well in the
same year (Kanawha
County Court Case No. 1911-11).
Burlew married Delilah Kidd in 1905, when
he was 29 years old; and, she was only 15,
according to the
Marriage Record. However her birth date
in 1900 US Census is given as
June 1892, which
actually would have made her really 13 years old at the time they married.
There is no trace of
what happened in this marriage. There
is no record of any children born
to Burlew and
Delilah. By the time of the 1910 Census
she was back living at home again.
During the World War I Draft, in 1918,
Burlew registered; and, showed that he was
working in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He put his mother's
address, 209 Tennessee Avenue,
Charleston, West
Virginia as his permanent address, though.
His death certificate which
was issued in Kanawha
County, No. 11009, states that he was a steamboat and iron worker.
When Burlew died in 1924, just a few
weeks after my Grandfather, Benjamin Whittaker,
his brother, the death
record stated that he was single. Lena
Whittaker, his sister,
bought the plot in
Spring Hill Cemetery where he is buried.
I bought the head stone 81 years
later, as well as the
one for my Grandfather, Benjamin. Both
Burlew and Benjamin died of
pneumonia.
Charleston Daily Mail,
17 Sep 1924, Page 11:
BURLEW WHITTAKER
Burlew Whittaker, 48 years of age, died
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Virginia Whittaker, 209
Tennessee Avenue, last
night. He is survived by his mother,
three brothers; William, John, and
Albert Whittaker, all
of Charleston, and one sister Mrs. Lena Bernie of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held from the
home tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'clock. Burial will be made
in the Spring Hill
Cemetery.
Notes for DELILAH KIDD:
Delilah appears to have been named after
her grandmother, Delilah Kidd, who was living with
another of her sons,
Willie S. Kidd, in the 1900 US Census of Charleston WV.
More About BURLEW WHITTAKER and DELILAH KIDD:
Marriage: 05 Jul 1905,
Charleston, Kanawha, VA172
viii. HENRY WHITTAKER, b. 25 Jan 1878, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 27 Mar
1883, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
34. ix. CHARLES FRANCES WHITTAKER, b. 28 Mar 1880, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
35. x. ALBERT TEED WHITTAKER, b. 08 Mar 1882, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 08 Apr
1954, Wadestown, Monongalia, WV.
25. HENRY B.7 WHITTAKER (LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)173
was born 1845 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA174, and died Aft.
1880 in Putnam County, WV. He married SARAH A. KINDER175,176 30 Jun 1869 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV177,178,
daughter of HENRY KINDER and MARY. She was born
Abt. 1840 in Ohio179,180, and died Aft. 1900 in Putnam
County, WV.
Notes for HENRY B. WHITTAKER:
At the end of 1871 on the 16th of
December Henry B. and Sarah A. Whittaker sold their
house and property and
transferred the deed to Bushrod Creel.
They moved to Winfield in
Putnam County, West
Virginia, where Henry was a jeweler.
LAND HOLDINGS:
Henry B. only bought one lot which was
situated on Dickinson Street from William A. Quarrier
and his wife in 1874
which was recorded in Deed Book 29 on Page 512.
Notes for SARAH A. KINDER:
When Sarah A. Kinder married Henry B.
Whittaker, she was already a widow at the age of
29. The writing on the Kanawha County Marriage
Record of 1869, Page 66, is very hard to read;
but looks like her
last name when she was married was "Overalls". However, this marriage
record provided the
names of her parents, Henry and Mary Kinder.
LAND HOLDINGS:
Sarah bought two lots in Charleston. The first, on Third Street, was bought in
1869 from B.
H. Smith, Deed Book
26, Page 124. The second, was purchased
in 1871 from William A. Quarrier
and his wife and
recorded in Deed Book 29, Page 512.
More About HENRY WHITTAKER and SARAH KINDER:
Marriage: 30 Jun 1869,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV181,182
Child of HENRY WHITTAKER and SARAH KINDER is:
i. ADA8 WHITTAKER, b. 1870,
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
26. ELIZABETH7 WHITTAKER (LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)183
was born Abt. 1851 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA183, and died
Aft. 1880 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
She married PHILLIP REECE184
Abt. 1868 in Kanawha County WV. He was
born Abt. 1823 in Charleston, Kanawha,VA185, and died in
Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
More About PHILLIP REECE and ELIZABETH WHITTAKER:
Marriage: Abt. 1868,
Kanawha County WV
Children of ELIZABETH WHITTAKER and PHILLIP REECE are:
i. ALICE8 REECE, b. Abt.
1869, Charleston, Kanawha, WV185.
ii. RUTH REECE, b. Abt. 1878, Charleston, Kanawha, WV185.
27. SARAH F.7 WATTS (ELIZABETH A.6 RINGSBERRY,
FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1) was born Abt. 1848 in Iowa186. She married WALTER JOHNSON187, son of ROBERT JOHNSON and MARGARET BEST. He was born
1838 in Harrison County, Ohio188.
Child of SARAH WATTS and WALTER JOHNSON is:
36. i. GENES8 JOHNSON.
28. BURROWS SHERMAN7 RINGSBY (GEORGE FIELDEN6 RINGSBERRY,
FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)189 was born Nov 1867 in Iowa190, and
died 1930 in Denver, Colorado191. He married ESTA CAROLINE SURBER191. She was born 1879.
Child of BURROWS RINGSBY and ESTA SURBER is:
37. i. GEORGE FIELDEN8 RINGSBY, b. 04 Jul
1894, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. Nov 1967, Lakewood, Jefferson Co.,
Colorado.
29. WILLIAM H.7 WILSON (WILLIAM SEE6, LEAH5 SEE, GEORGE4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)192. He married SARAH PARTHENIA MEADOWS192.
Child of WILLIAM WILSON and SARAH MEADOWS is:
38. i. GEORGE ALBERT8 WILSON.
Generation No. 6
30. KATHERINE8 STARK (PHILENA7 WHITTAKER,
LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)193
was born 1865 in Kanawha County WV193,194, and died Abt. 1910
in Charleston, Kanawha, WV195. She married WILLIAM W. WHITTAKER196,197,198 1887 in Kanawha County WV199, son of WILLIAM WHITTAKER and VIRGINIA HIGH. He was born 27 Jun 1861 in Charleston,
Kanawha, VA200,201, and died 29 Apr 1933 in Charleston,
Kanawha, WV202,203.
Notes for KATHERINE STARK:
Information provided
by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV
Both William and Katherine are buried in
Springs Hill Cemetery at Charleston WV.
Information provided
by Ruby Whittaker
William worked for Wards Engineering
Company, boat builders. He lived in
Berleu Heights,
Charleston WV.
Notes for WILLIAM W. WHITTAKER:
William W. Whittaker, the son of William
W. & Virginia High Whittaker, must have died between
30 Sep 1930, when he
was listed as a witness in the Fiduciary Settlement of the Estate of
Virginia High
Whittaker, and the 18th day of Jul 1931, when the final settlement was made.
He was listed as the administrator of the
Will of his sister, Lena, on 21 Nov 1929, which
was completed 25 Jan
1930.
So, he must have died between the end of
the year 1930; and, the 02 May 1933, when his
estate was finally
settled. This settlement states that
there were $17,072.62 in property not
subject to debts
obtained on account of death by wrongful act.
Exactly what this wrongful
act was is not
explained.
Since the above was written, the death
certificate of William has been located.
It was
mistakenly filed under
the name William B. Whitaker. He died
of Bronchial Pneumonia on April
29, 1933. Information on the certificate was given by
a Mrs. N. W. Crummitt of Charleston.
The pneumonia was a
result of an auto accident in which his 3rd and 4th ribs were fractured.
His profession was
boiler maker; and, the certificate states that he was a widower at the
time of his death.
More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and KATHERINE STARK:
Marriage: 1887,
Kanawha County WV204
Children of KATHERINE STARK and WILLIAM WHITTAKER are:
i. FRANCES9 WHITTAKER, b. Abt.
1890, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
ii. MORRIS WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1893, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
iii. CLARENCE E. WHITTAKER205, b.
23 Jul 1899, Charleston, Kanawha, WV205; d. 04 Dec 1945,
Dunbar, Kanawha, WV205; m. (1) JANE205; m. (2) BLANCHE RAY206; b.
28 May 1905, Romance, West Virginia206; d. 12 Nov 1933,
Union, Kanawha, WV206.
Notes for CLARENCE E. WHITTAKER:
The Cause of Clarence's death, according
to his death certificate was "hemorrhage of G. I. tract
due to Cirrhosis of the
Liver". He worked for the Gravely
Power Mower Company. He is buried in
Spring Hill Cemetery.
Notes for BLANCHE RAY:
Blanche died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis as
stated in her death certificate. She is
buried in the
Ray Family
Cemetery. Blanche and Clarence lived in
Guthrie, West Virginia at the time of her death.
iv. MARGARET WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1903, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
v. HELEN WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1907, Charleston, Kanawha, WV.
31. WILLIAM STANLEY8 GARCELON (ROXALENA JANE7 WHITTAKER,
LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)207
was born 1879 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV207, and died 10 Apr
1936 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV207. He married ELSIE RUTH RAINES208. She was born 1881 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV208,
and died 03 Nov 1965 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV208.
Children of WILLIAM GARCELON and ELSIE RAINES are:
i. ROXALENA9 GARCELON208, b. 17 May 1907, Charleston, Kanawha, WV208;
d. 18 Sep 1994, Charleston, Kanawha, WV208; m. IVORY COCHRON JONES209; b. 08 Feb 1904, Charleston, Kanawha, WV209;
d. 05 Nov 1982, Charleston, Kanawha, WV209.
ii. RALPH B. GARCELON, b. 16 Jan 1909, Charleston, Kanawha, WV; d. 30 Jun
1947, Guam; m. MARIE KAUTZ.
iii. WILLIAM CLIFFORD GARCELON210, b.
1905, Charleston, Kanawha, WV210; d. 1966, Charleston,
Kanawha, WV210; m. MARGARET WHITE210.
iv. ISAAC ARNOLD GARCELON210, b.
1910, Charleston, Kanawha, WV210; d. 30 Jul 1962, Charleston,
Kanawha, WV210; m. KATHERINE COMBS210.
32. WILLIAM W.8 WHITTAKER (WILLIAM WALLACE7, LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)211,212,213 was born 27 Jun 1861 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA214,215,
and died 29 Apr 1933 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV216,217. He married KATHERINE STARK218 1887 in Kanawha County WV218,
daughter of FIELDING STARK and PHILENA WHITTAKER. She was born
1865 in Kanawha County WV218,219, and died Abt. 1910 in
Charleston, Kanawha, WV220.
Notes for WILLIAM W. WHITTAKER:
William W. Whittaker, the son of William
W. & Virginia High Whittaker, must have died between
30 Sep 1930, when he
was listed as a witness in the Fiduciary Settlement of the Estate of
Virginia High
Whittaker, and the 18th day of Jul 1931, when the final settlement was made.
He was listed as the administrator of the
Will of his sister, Lena, on 21 Nov 1929, which
was completed 25 Jan
1930.
So, he must have died between the end of
the year 1930; and, the 02 May 1933, when his
estate was finally
settled. This settlement states that
there were $17,072.62 in property not
subject to debts obtained
on account of death by wrongful act.
Exactly what this wrongful
act was is not
explained.
Since the above was written, the death
certificate of William has been located.
It was
mistakenly filed under
the name William B. Whitaker. He died
of Bronchial Pneumonia on April
29, 1933. Information on the certificate was given by
a Mrs. N. W. Crummitt of Charleston.
The pneumonia was a
result of an auto accident in which his 3rd and 4th ribs were fractured.
His profession was
boiler maker; and, the certificate states that he was a widower at the
time of his death.
Notes for KATHERINE STARK:
Information provided
by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV
Both William and Katherine are buried in
Springs Hill Cemetery at Charleston WV.
Information provided
by Ruby Whittaker
William worked for Wards Engineering
Company, boat builders. He lived in
Berleu Heights,
Charleston WV.
More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and KATHERINE STARK:
Marriage: 1887,
Kanawha County WV220
Children are listed
above under (30) Katherine Stark.
33. BENJAMIN E.8 WHITTAKER (WILLIAM WALLACE7, LETITIA6 MORRIS, FRANCES5 SEE, MICHAEL4, FREDERICK MICHAEL3, JOHANNES GEORGE LUDWIG2 ZEH, JOHANNES1)221 was born 25 Nov 1865 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV222,
and died 07 Aug 1924 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH223. He married NEVORA "NEVA" PORTER224,225 12 May 1890 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV226,
daughter of JOHN PORTER and MARY (?). She was born
04 Jul 1872 in Kentucky or West Virginia227,228, and died 04
Feb 1926 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH229.
Notes for BENJAMIN E. WHITTAKER:
I never knew my grandfather, Benjamin
Whittaker, face to face; but, my mom's tales of him
made him seem bigger
than life. He was a tall, husky man,
with prematurely gray hair. It was
he who was the
disciplinarian of the family; especially doling out justice to my mother's twin
brothers, John and
Lawrence, who, according to her were the hellions of the family. They
were strapped by Ben
for such deeds as throwing their twin sisters in the Ohio River and
telling them
"Swim or Drown!", pushing my mom off of the hay loft into a pile of
hay so she hit
so hard that her front
tooth came out in her knee; and, many other such things. Ben was also
the hard worker of the
family, working in the foundry as a fireman, working on construction
projects, piloting
boats on the river, and even painting houses in order to support his family.
Benjamin was the one
who gave the nickname "Neva" to my grandmother; and, it was given
to her so well that it
is the name which appears in all of her documentation; even on her
tombstone.
Benjamin died in 1924 of pneumonia. His body was shipped to Charleston, West
Virginia to be
buried at Spring Hill
Cemetery. I don't think that my mother
ever went to the funeral or burial, both
of which were held in
Charleston. She never mentioned where
he was buried, if she even
knew. I tend to think she did not know because
when I found his resting place, I also found that
he was in an unmarked
grave. My mother would never have let
that stand, no way! So, I took
care of it for her and
got him a simple head stone, along with his brother, Burlew, and mother,
Virginia, who also
were in unmarked graves at Spring Hill.
I have since found his obituary in the
Charleston Daily Mail of 09 Aug 1924, page 2:
BEN WHITTAKER
Funeral services for Ben Whittaker, who
died at the St. Francis Hospital in Cincinnati, were held
this afternoon at 4
O'clock at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Virginia Whittaker, 209 Tennessee
Avenue. Burial was made in the Spring Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Whittaker is survived by
his widow, his
mother, five children,
and five brothers.
I can say, with authority, that two
pieces of information given in the above obituary were false.
The first fact is that
he had six still living children, not five.
The second fact is that he was survived
by four brothers;
William W. Whittaker, John T. Whittaker, Albert T. Whittaker, and Burlew
Whittaker,
who died himself less
than six weeks later. He had a
surviving sister, Lena Whittaker Bernie, as
well.
Notes for NEVORA "NEVA" PORTER:
THE GRANITE BRICK WALL
PORTERS
My maternal Grandmother, Geneva Porter,
has turned out to be the greatest brick wall of my life.
I never knew her
because she died twenty years before I was born. Thank God, I did ask some
questions of my mother
about her; although, back then, I didn't really know what questions to ask.
Today, more than
eighty years after she died, she is still a big question to me. I wish with all my
heart that I had known
her. I was so upset that I didn't have
but one grandparent when I was a kid
that I asked my
cousins' grandmother, Anna Zimmers, if she would be my Grandma, too. And she
was the only Grandma I
ever knew.
Where to start with Geneva? Her name.
First, my mother was adamant that her real name was
"Geneva". Mom said that her nickname was
"Neva". This was a name
which Benjamin Whittaker,
Neva's husband, called
her. Most all of her existing
documentation lists her as either "Neva Porter"
or "Neva
Whittaker". Even her grave marker
and her death certificate list her first name as "Neva".
There is only one
place that her name is noted differently.
That is on the 1910 US Census of
Benwood, Marshall
County, West Virginia. Here her name is
stated to be "Amelia". I
believe this
to be a mistake
because a) this name appears no where else b) it cannot be another wife because
Benjamin and Neva were
married in 1890 and I have the marriage record, and c) I have tried to
uncover any record of
her under the name of Amelia Porter and no one matches her other
qualifications such as
age, parents, and birth place.
Birth Place is the other sticky
wicket. She supposedly was born 04 Jul
1872 "somewhere" in
Kentucky to John and
Mary Porter. So, somewhere in the big
state of Kentucky, with a common
last name like Porter,
was born my Grandmother, Neva. Try to
prove that. Kentucky has had more
court house fires than
I have seen in any other state, in a myriad of different years, all of which
encompass the time my
Grandmother Neva was born. Neither she
nor her family show up any-
where in the censuses
of 1880 in Kentucky. This was the only
census where you were going
to catch her because
by 1890 she had already married my Grandfather, Benjamin Whittaker. I am
not even sure of this
birth year because of the different ages she has been reported to be in her
documentation. I believe it is just the year I am concerned
with.....who would forget a birthday like
July the 4th? It seems to be off just a year or two at
times. So, say we are talking about a
birth date of 04 Jul
1871-1873. This was a very bad time for
record keeping in Kentucky.
Birth parents were not written in stone
either. I tend to hang on to the names
John and Mary Porter,
though, because this
was the information, although still tentative, that her sons gave both, on her
death certificate and
on her interment record at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also
must remember that she
had a son named John and a daughter named Mary. I would think that
if she had named them
after her parents, she may have stated this fact to them or to the other
children. For that matter, though, none of the names
which she named her children match any
names in the Whittaker
family. I have tried looking for these
names in the Porter families of Kentucky
to no avail. If, however, the sons were wrong about the
names of her parents, I do have one
candidate which could
be her in the 1880 US Census of Riverside, Hamilton County, Ohio. There
was one Geneva Porter
aged 6 (could have been born in 1873) whose parents were William H.
Porter b. Kentucky and
America Porter b. Massachusetts, with brothers Decatur, Nevada, and
Americus. This census states that the children were
born in Ohio, however I know just how
messed up the census
takers can be on this question. There
was one other interesting census in 1880.
The Charleston, Kanawha County, Census for 1880 had a "Nevora"
Porter living with her widowed mother, Mary, and 4 black men out on Estill Road
in South Charleston. Nevora was the
right age, 8 years
old, and the mother was the right name; but I couldn't reconcile in my mind the
name "Nevora". Also both the
daughter and mother plus the child's father were listed as having been born in
Virginia/West Virginia. I still kept
both of these families at the back of my mind, though I couldn't prove or
disprove either one.
When my mother's sister, Ethel Whittaker
Bastian, died last year at 96 years of age, on her death
certificate it stated
that she was born in Green River, Kentucky.
I thought I had hit pay
dirt; and that this
would be the connection I was looking for.....that Neva had gone home to have
her
baby in 1909. This turned out to be one of the biggest
wild goose chases involving Neva yet.
It
turns out that there
is no town called "Green River" in Kentucky. There is just a river named "Green
River" in Kentucky. I followed it around on the map of Kentucky
and it meanders like a snake
across over half the
state of Kentucky. So, even if she was
born on a boat traveling on the
Green River, which is
not out of the question because the family had been know to live on boats