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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