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Col. Silas AXTELL

5 Apr 1769 - 29 Sep 1823

Repository ID Number: I24252

Original Submitter (General Source): ^[S1040]

TITLE: Col.
BIRTH: 5 Apr 1769, Mendham Township, Morris County, NJ, USA ^[S1138]
DEATH: 29 Sep 1823, Zanesville, OH, USA

Father: Henry AXTELL
Mother: Phoebe CONDIT

MARRIAGE: 9 Jun 1791

                                             _Daniel AXTELL _________+
                                            | (1673 - 1735) m 1702   
                       _Henry AXTELL Sr.____|
                      | (1715 - ....) m 1737|
                      |                     |_Thankful PRATT ________+
                      |                        m 1702                
 _Henry AXTELL _______|
| (1738 - 1818) m 1767|
|                     |                      _ LEONARD ______________
|                     |                     |                        
|                     |_Jemima LEONARD _____|
|                        m 1737             |
|                                           |________________________
|                                                                    
|
|--Silas AXTELL 
|  (1769 - 1823)
|                                            _Peter CUNDITT _________+
|                                           | (1670 - 1714) m 1695   
|                      _Peter CONDIT _______|
|                     | (1698 - 1768) m 1725|
|                     |                     |_Mary HARRISON _________+
|                     |                       (1672 - 1738) m 1695   
|_Phoebe CONDIT ______|
  (1740 - 1829) m 1767|
                      |                      _Daniel DODD ___________+
                      |                     | (1679 - 1748) m 1702   
                      |_Phebe DODD _________|
                        (1703 - 1768) m 1725|
                                            |_Elizabeth Brown RIGGS _+
                                              (1681 - ....) m 1702

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[S1040]

[S1138]

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Gen. Batteal HARRISON

1780 - 31 Oct 1857

Repository ID Number: I3466

TITLE: Gen.
RESIDENCE: Sweetbryer Co.VA ; Fayette Co.OH
OCCUPATION: Captain, War of 1812; Ohio House of Representatives
BIRTH: 1780, Sweetbryer Co., VA
DEATH: 31 Oct 1857, White Oak, Fayette Co., OH ^[S537]
BURIAL: Cook Cem., White Oak, Fayette Co., OH
RESOURCES: See: ^[S164] ^[S537]

Father: Benjamin HARRISON
Mother: Mary NEWELL

Family 1 : Elizabeth SCOTT

MARRIAGE: 3 Feb 1814, Chillicothe, OH

Notes

According to Dr. William Harrison, "Batteal had the whooping cough and, as his father had decided to descend the Ohio River and go up the Kentucky River to what was then Bourbon County, KY. The Indians were on the warpath and they had to travel in boats at night, so they thought it would be very dangerous to take the boy with them. ... He was left by his parents at Wheeling Virginia about 1783 or 1784 with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vance, who was a teacher in the school at that place. ... In six years the Indian trouble subsided and Captain Benjamin Harrison went back for his son Batteal, but as the boy did not know him and did not want to go to Kentucky, his uncle, Wm. Vance, said he would keep him and educate him, as there were no schools in Kentucky at that time. ... His [Gen Batteal Harrison] father, Captain Benjamin Harrison, served as a Continental officer in the Revolutionary War of 1776, under General George Washington. The Harrison family are descendants from the brave Major Benjamin Harrison, who feared not to place his name upon the Declaration of Independence. He was the honored father of General Wm. H. Harrison, late President of the United States." Batteal was at Wm H HARRISONs inauguration, they hugged, kissed and cried.

Here is another version of the story interesting for its similarities and differences. It is from History of by R.S. Dills.

General Batteal Harrison was born in Warfield, Virginia, in 1780. His father's name was Benjamin, a cousin to the father of W. H. Harrison, whose name was also Benjamin. Batteal's father was a soldier in the Revolution, fought under Washington; was a descendant of the illustrious Benjamin Harrison, who led the army of Cromwell in his long and blood struggle. when quite a child Batteal and his parents started for the wilds of Kentucky. While waiting at his aunt's, in WHeeling, where they were to take the boat, she prevail upon his parents, on account of the great danger from Indians, to leave the boy with her until the family were located and the danger had subsided. Two years after they returned to him, but he had become so attached to her that he refused to leave her; they even undertook to force him to accompany them, but she persuaded them to let him stay and they returned without him, and he remained with her until he was grown to be a man. Wishing to see his parents he started, first going to St. Clairsville, Ohio, then to Chillicothe, where, learning that his mother was dead, he abandoned the idea of going to Kentucky, recruited a company and entered the war of 1812, during which, in 1812 or 1813, he married Miss Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Dr. Joseph Scott, of Chillicothe.

Tombstone lists date of death October 31, 1857 and age of 77 years. Cook Cemetery, White Oak, Fayette County, Ohio. ^[S164]

                                                _Andrew HARRISON Jr__+
                                               | (1666 - 1753) m 1710
                       _Lawrence HARRISON _____|
                      | (1720 - 1771) m 1748   |
                      |                        |_Elizabeth BATTAILE _+
                      |                           m 1710             
 _Benjamin HARRISON __|
| (1750 - 1808)       |
|                     |                         _____________________
|                     |                        |                     
|                     |_Catherine MARMADUKE ? _|
|                       (.... - 1772) m 1748   |
|                                              |_____________________
|                                                                    
|
|--Batteal HARRISON 
|  (1780 - 1857)
|                                               _____________________
|                                              |                     
|                      ________________________|
|                     |                        |
|                     |                        |_____________________
|                     |                                              
|_Mary NEWELL ________|
  (.... - 1812)       |
                      |                         _____________________
                      |                        |                     
                      |________________________|
                                               |
                                               |_____________________