Nevil & Eldridge History

Thomas Sumner Eldridge

Son of Samuel E. & Rebecca "NEVIL" Eldridge picture was taken in 1920. Grandson of John Sr. & Sarah "Mark" Nevil

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NEVIL & ELDRIDGE HISTORY

The earliest Neville that as been traced to is JOHN NEVIL, Sr. { March 6, 1808, Kentucky, February 1, 1867, Ohio}who married SARAH MARK, { April 16, 1799, Kentucky-March 20, 1888, Ohio} on June 24, 1830 in Fleming County,Kentucky. He was said to be Scottish while she was said to be Irish. Sarah was the sixth child of at least fifteen children of WILLIAM MARK {?-?} and SARAH SCHOFIELD {?-?}. It has been said that John was born in Carter County,Kentucky, which did not exist until 1838.

Since Carter County was not formed from Greenup County, it is probable that John was actually born in Greenup County, which was itself formed from Mason County in 1803. John and Sarah lived for a time in Carter County, where they homestead on Little Sinking or Sinkey Creek. It seems that this is where at least five of their children were born. They had the following children: WILLIAM {1831, Kentucky-1897, Ohio}; JOSEPH {1833}, Kentucky-1911, Washington}; REBECCA {December 20, 1835, Kentucky-October 15, 1915, Ohio}; SARAH {1837, Kentucky-1854, Ohio}; JOHN Jr. {December 11, 1838, Kentucky-December 28, 1906, Ohio}; and MARY ANN {August 6, 1841,Ohio-March 12, 1901, Ohio}. In the winter of 1841, they migrated across the Ohio River on the ice to Adams County,Ohio.

John and Sarah were the first settlers of Peach Mountain, Ohio. They purchased several parcels of land from Nathaniel Massie, all on Peach Mountain. Here they built their "Big House" from logs off the farm. It was twenty feet wide by forty feet long, with two large rooms-running length of the house. This house was large enough to provide for newcomers to the community until they could build themselves. As sincere and commited Christians, they built their Big House to be used for church services intil a separate place of worship could be built.

John was of the Old Christian Church and the first minister of the Gospel of Peach Mountain and the surrounding neighborhoods, serving the early settlers in all of their spiritual needs until his death. Today, the Peach Mountain or Nevil Cemetery is still accessible but much of this area is occupied by the GeneraL Electric Company Proving Grounds.

John and Sarah "Mark" Nevil Children as listed: {1} WILLIAM NEVIL {1831,Kentucky-1897, Mineral Springs, Adams County, Ohio} married August 4, 1853 in Adams County,Ohio to RACHEL PENCE {1828-September 4, 1885, widow of

William Nevil and Rachel Pence had the following children: 1. MARY A. MATHENY [March 19, 1849,Ohio-April 17, 1868, Ohio}, by Rachel's first husband. 2. JAMES WILLIAM NEVIL {May 25, 1854, Adams County, Ohio-February 19, 1856, Adams County, Ohio}. 3. ELIZABETH NEVIL {May 18, 1857, Adams County, Ohio-MaY 23, 1857, Adams County, Ohio}. 4. JOHN W. NEVIL {August 1857, Meigs Township, Adams County,Ohio-1912, married in 1883 to RUTH EMMA WALKER {February, 1862-1957}. 5. INDA JANE NEVIL {{1859, Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio-?}. 6. JENNIE NEVIL {September 13, 1861, Adams County,Ohio-September 16, 1887, Jeffersonville, Ohio, married February, 1893 to CHARLES A. KELLEY {1855, Ohio-?}. 7. THOMAS HENRY NEVIL {October 14, 1863 in Adams County,Ohio-October 5, 1941, Greenfield,Ohio} was married February 20, 1893 in Adams County, Ohio to EMMA JANE LAWRENCE {August 5, 1872, Adams County,Ohio-July 26, 1954, Cincinnati,Ohio}. 8. ROBERT NEVIL {May 16, 1864, Peach Mountain, Adams County,Ohio-June 18, 1937, Cherry Fork, Adams County, Ohio} was married May 28, 1889 in Tick Ridge, Scioto County, Ohio to ANNA ELIZABETH WALLACE {July 2, 1872 in Arnheim, Brown County,Ohio-March 17, 1960 in Lawshe, Aadams County,Ohio}.

Joseph Nevil and married in 1855 to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mitchell and had the following children: 1. JOHN WILLIAM NEVIL {1857,Peach Mountain, Adams County ,Ohio-January 1, 1928, Groveton, Texas} married MARY JOSPHINE GALLEY {?-?} of Mississippi. 2. JAMES H. NEVIL {1858, Ohio}. 3. NOLA NEVIL {1860, Peach Mountain, Adams County,Ohio, Ohio-? Tusla, Oklahoma}. After Lizzie's death, Joseph Nevil remarried in 1860 to Suzannah Newman {1837, Ohio-after 1880, Pomeroy, Washington}. 4. ERR NEVIL {1865, Ohio-?}. 5. JOSEPH M. NEVIL {1865, Ohio-July 26, 1869}. 6. CYRENNA NEVIL {1866, Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio-?, New Orleans, Louisiana}. 7. SAMUEL D. NEVIL {1867, Ohio-after 1880]. 8. SARAH S. NEVIL {1869, Ohio-after 1880}. 9. LILY NEVIL {1876, Arkansa-after 1880}. 10. ESTELLE NEVIL {1878, Arkansa-after 1880}.

Rebecca Nevil and Samuel E. Eldridge had the following children: 1.MARY ELDORA ELDRIDGE {October 15, 1848, Worcester, Massachusetts-February 21, 1941, Clinton County ,Ohio} by Samuel's first wife, married March 8, 1865 to John Mathias Nichols {September 1846, Scrub Ridge, Adams County, Ohio-February 22, 1932, Clinton County, Ohio. 2.SARAH ABIGAIL ELDRIDGE {July 21, 1861, Adams County, Ohio-December 22, 1951, Warren County, Ohio} married April 12, 1881 to LAFAYETTE WATSON CLINE {January 14, 1857, Seaman, Adams County, Ohio-November 11, 1939, White River, South Dakota}. 3.JOHN LINCOLN ELDRIDGE {February 27, 1864, Adams County, Ohio-November 22, 1946, Peebles, Adams County, Ohio} married in 1890 to EMMALINE WARREN {1869-1920}. Lincoln married second time April 30, 1903 in Adams County, Ohio to EVALENA JOHNSON {1869-1906}. Lincoln married a third time in 1909 to MARY F. KELLEY {1865-1943}. 4. SAMUEL SHERIDAN ELDRIDGE {May 4, 1866, Adams County, Ohio-October 30, 1878, Adams County, Ohio}. 5. ULYSEES NEM ELDRIDGE {June 17, 1868, Adams County, Ohio-March 11, 1891, Adams County, Ohio}. 6. THOMAS SUMNER ELDRIDGE {November 18, 1869, Adams County, Ohio-June 11, 1957, Adams County, Ohio}, married December 24, 1891 to RUEY ELLEN LAWRENCE {August 5, 1872, Adams County, Ohio-December 21, 1930, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio}. Sumner married again December 24, 1938 to RUTH A. BAYES {August 18, 1877, Ohio-April 20, 1952 in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio}, widow of John Nichols. 7. MARTHA JANE ELDRIDGE {January 13, 1872, Adams County, Ohio-1912} married in 1889 to JOHN MAFFET MILLER {April, 1868-November 14, 1895, Adams County, Ohio}. RACHEL ANN ELDRIDGE {May 23, 1874, Adams County, Ohio-May 14, 1895, Adams County, Ohio}. 9. MARGARET A. {Nora} ELDRIDGE {November 18, 1876, Adams County, Ohio-February 11, 1900} married to SAMUEL SALVADORE JONES September 22, 1895 in Adams County, Ohio.

John Nevil Jr. and Mary Ann Wallace were the parents of the following children: 1. JOHN LEONARD AUSTIN {1850, Adams County, Ohio-1931, by Mary Ann's first husband, was married July 28, 1871, Adams County, Ohio, to MARY F. BUTZ {1851, Adams County, Ohio-?} 2. MARY JANE AUSTIN {October 14, 1852, Adams County, Ohio-February 23, 1924, Lansing , Michigan}, by Mary Ann's first husband, married March 2, 1875 to ISAAC JEFFERSON NEWMAN{May 24, 1855, Adams County,Ohio_October 14, 1900} 3. JACKSON AUSTIN{1854 in Adams County,Ohio-?} by Mary Ann's first husband, married ISABEL McCHESNEY on May 22, 1880, Adams County, Ohio} 4. FRANKLIN NEVIL{1862, Adams County, Ohio-August 10, 1925} married ETTA WISECUP {1885-?} about December 24, 1903, Adams County,Ohio. 5. SARAH REBECCA NEVIL{October 19, 1860 in Adams County, Ohio-February 24, 1949, Paulding,Ohio} married JAMES D. CADWALLADER March 10, 1881, Peach Mountain, Adams County,Ohio. 6. AMERICA A. {Meck} NEVIL {1864 in Adams County, Ohio-May 12, 1894, Ohio} married JOSEPH BURGETT October 25, 1883, Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio. 7. WILLIAM W. NEVIL {March 26, 1866, Adams County, Ohio-July 30, 1867, Ohio.

SARAH JANE NICHOLS {September 12, 1860, Ohio-January 23, 1895, Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio} was married to ELMER MATHENEY December 18, 1880. 2. SAMUEL W. NICHOLS {April 27, 1862 in Ohio-December 16, 1950, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio}was married December 24, 1890 to UNA MADGE WATSON {October 13, 1871-April 8, 1917, Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio}. Samuel married again to OLA SMALLEY{1868-1927, Washington}, a widow with the previous married name of Brown. Samuel married third time in 1929 to MARY BRENDT. 3. MARY ALICE NICHOLS {October 9, 1864, Adams County, Ohio-January 5, 1867, Adams County, Ohio}. 4. JAMES M. NICHOLS {April 8, 1867, Adams County, Ohio-March 10, 1868, Adams County, Ohio}. 5.LAURA BECCA NICHOLS {February 4, 1869, Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio-May 10, 1960, Peebles, Adamds County, Ohio} married August 14, 1887 in Peach Mountain, Adams County, Ohio to ELMER ELLSWORTH SMALLEY {April 15, 1866, White Oak, Adams County,Ohio-May 16, 1936, Peebles, Adams County, Ohio}. 6. JOHN M. NICHOLS{August 1, 1871, Ohio-May 15, 1937, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio} married May 12, 1895 to RUTH A. BAYES{1877,Ohio-April 20, 1952, Portsmouth, Ohio}. 7. ESSIE MAE NICHOLS {November 9, 1973-August 31, 1886, Adams County, Ohio}. 8. DANIEL E. NICHOLS {July 22, 1876, Ohio-June 23, 1942, Blue Creek, Adams County, Ohio} married in 1897 to ANNA BELLE JACOBS{?-May, 1899}. Daniel married again about May 18, 1905 in Adams County, Ohio to MARGARET "MAGGIE" BREWER {1882-January 16, 1964, Blue Creek, Adams County, Ohio}. 9. STELLA FRANCIS NICHOLS{August 24, 1879, 0hio-June 30, 1901, Adams County, Ohio} married August 23, 1900 to SAMUEL J. WITTENMYER {December, 1872, Ohio-?} 10. JOSEPH ALLEN NICHOLS {September 16, 1881, Ohio-October 9, 1958, Adams County, Ohio} married November 21, 1900 to IVA ELIZABETH SHOEMAKER {March 24, 1881, Ohio-March 30, 1951, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio}.

"CONCLUSIONS"

It is somewhat of a mystery who John's parents were. The only Nevil in the 1820 census for Greenup, County, Kentucky, is WILLIAM NEVIL {before 1775-after 1820}. Although William had a male child of the right age to have been John, no proof has been found. A William Nevilis found on the Mason County, Kentucky, tax list dated August 25, 1800. So William probably resided a number of years in this region. There was a William Nevil who married PENELOPE WALLACE on December 16, 1813 in Adams County, Ohio. No connection has been established, descendant of a John, Joseph, or William since he named children with those names. In 1783, the Simon Kenton party travelled to Kentucky from Fauquier, County, Virginia, where the families of WILLIAM NEVILLE {ca. 1739-ca. 1810/1813 and WINIFRED OLDHAM {ca. 1738-ca. 1808} and JAMES NEVILLE {ca. 1741-1834} and JOYCE "SARAH" BLACKBURN {1741-1840} had lived. WILLIAM NEVILLE {1766-?} who married MILLY HOLZCLAW {?-?} doesn't fit because they had a daughter born the same month as JOHN NEVIL, Sr. WILLIAM NEVILLe {1767-?} who married MARANN McKINNEY {?-?} would have been the right age but they married after John's birth. Both of these Neville Families did settle in Kentucky around this time. None center around the eastern area where John Neville Sr. was born. WILLIAM NEVILLE {1872-1822} the son of JOSEPH NEVILL, Jr. {1733-1819} and AGNES NANCY BROWN{?-1816},would seem to be an appropiate fit especially as it has been shown that the WILLIAM {1732-1822} who married CASSANDRA DAVIS{1786-1855} is of a different family. Another possibility is that John, Sr. could have been the son of JOSEPH{?-?}, brother of William who married Milly Holzclaw. The Kenton party came to Limestone {now Maysville}, Mason County, Kentucky. Of course, this was a common migration route for many pioneers and William Nevill could have come from anywhere. It is also possible that William Nevil, who is thought to be John, Sr,'s father, could have been a SCOTTISH immigrant and not related to any of the above.

"SOURCES"

Mary Damaris Marcum Smalley {April 6, 1906 - September 23, 1993}, was the wife ofJoseph Franklin Smalley{1900 - 1983}, son of Laura Becca Nichols {1869 - 1960}, daughter of Mary Ann Nevil {1841 - 1901}, daughter of John Nevil, Sr., {1808 - 1867. Her articles were written in 1961 or 1962.

Census 1850: Meigs Township. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Census 1870: Meigs Township, West Union, Adams County, Genealogical. 1-See Jan Faulkner's post to the Neville E-Mail List of August 20, 1997. 2-Due to a court house fire in 1909, many records were lost. Some of these have been restored from other sources by the Adams County Genealogical Society. Brush Creek Township Cemeteries. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Carter County, Kentucky, Deeds. Eldridge Family Bible. Franklin Township Cemeteries. West Union,Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Jefferson Township Cemeteries. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Male Enumeration List, Volume II: 1831 & 1847. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Meigs Township Cemeteries. West Union,Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society. Ohio Death Certificate Index. Smalley, Mary Damaris Marcum, "Early History of Peach Mountain "-The Nevil, Eldridge, Nichols and Other Families"* Thompson's Historical Collection of Adams County, Ohio, Volume II: General History. West Union, Ohio: Historical Society, 1991. Smalley,Mary Damaris Marcum, "The Samuel Wallace and Samuel Nichols Families." Thompson's Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio, Volume I: Genealogical and Obituaries. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Historical Society, 1982. Smalley, Mary Damaris Marcum, "The Nevil Family in Adams County." Thompson Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio, Volume I: Genealogical and Obituaries. Wesy Union, Ohio: Historical Society,1982. Smalley, Mary Damaris Marcum, "The Peach Mountian Church". Thompson's Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio Volume II: General History. West Union, Ohio: Adams County Historical Society, 1991. Some Marriage Records of Adams County,Ohio 1834-1910 Vol II. West Union,Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society, 1995. U.S CENSUS: Columbia County, Washington, 1880. U.S CENSUS: Meigs Township, Adams County,Ohio, 1860. U.S CENSUS: Carter County, Kentucky, 1840. U.S CENSUS: Mason County, Kentucky, 1830. Wayne Township Cemeteries, West Union, Ohio: Adams County Genealogical Society.

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