THE MEWHIRTER/MCWHIRTER FAMILY
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Here is a brief beginning to our family history.
My family's line of descent is marked with a **.
Our Mewhirter line can be found to
have many variations in records throughout the years - McWhirter,
McWhorter, Mewhirter, Mewhorter, etc.
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William MCWHORTER
was born about 1748. It is believed he was the son of Robert McWhorter
and Sarah Johnston of Pennsylvania, but this researcher has seen no
proof of this. He was married first to Jane BOYD on 24 March 1768 in
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA. Jane BOYD died in 1772.
William MCWHORTER and Jane BOYD had the following children - Robert
MCWHORTER, Sarah MCWHORTER, and John MCWHORTER.
William was married second to Jane BARR on 14 June 1774 in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, USA in St. James Church. Jane BARR was
born in 1756. William died on 19 May 1823 in Harrison County, Ohio,
USA. Jane (Barr) McWhorter died on 31 May 1836. William MCWHORTER and
Jane BARR had the following children:
1.
William MCWHORTER was born about 1775. He died about
1849.
- Henry MCWHORTER
was born about 1779. He died in 1849 in Marion County, Ohio, USA.
- Margaret
MCWHORTER was born about 1783. She was married to James
TOLAND. She died about 1825.
4.
**James MEWHIRTER. (see below)
- Susanna
MCWHORTER was born about 1793. She was married to William
MCDOWELL on 10 Aug 1810.
- John Barr
MEWHIRTER was born in 1797. He was married to Mary Ann REED
(daughter of J Frederick REED and Mary Eve GROVES) on 30 January 1821
in Harrison County, Ohio, USA. Mary Ann REED was born on 17
October 1798 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. John Barr
Mewhirter and James were brothers and their wives, Mary Ann and
Lydia, were sisters. John Barr MEWHIRTER and Mary Ann REED had the
following children: James MEWHIRTER, Frederick MEWHIRTER, and
William MEWHIRTER. John Barr Mewhirter died in 1826 in
Harrison County, Ohio, USA. Mary Ann and her sons, with sister and
brother-in-law James and Lydia (Reed) Mewhirter moved to Van Wert
County, Ohio and she eventually moved to Iowa with some of her
children. Lydia died on 7 November 1885 in Griswold, Cass County,
Iowa, USA. She was buried in Smith Cemetery, Griswold, Iowa, USA.
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**James
MEWHIRTER was born on 10 April 1791 in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Lydia REED (daughter of J
Frederick REED and Mary Eve GROVES) on 18 June 1818 in Harrison County,
Ohio, USA. Lydia REED was born on 27 September 1794 in
Pennsylvania, USA. He appeared on the census in:
- 1820 in Green
Township, Harrison County, Ohio, USA (page 53)
- 1830 in One Leg
Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA (Page 44)
- 1850 Jennings
Township, Van Wert County, Ohio (Household #688)
They moved to Van
Wert County between 1830-1840 and moved to Iowa before 1869. James
died on 31 December 1869 in Iowa, USA. Lydia died on 24 February 1877
in Iowa, USA. James MEWHIRTER and Lydia REED had the following
children:
1.
**Eva Ann MEWHIRTER (see below). |
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**Eva Ann MEWHIRTER was born on 20 December
1819 in Harrison County, Ohio, USA. She was married to Jacob DIBERT
(son of John DIBERT and Catherine WALLICK) on 21 May 1837 in Goshen
Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA by J.P. John Butt. See
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Dibert Family page for their descendants. |
This is only the first couple generations of
our family tree. For more information about the Mewhirter family, check
out my
WorldConnect database.
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