Josiah V. Thompson Uniontown, Pa Family Record Book No 16
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Sarah Jane Carothers, See Book 5 page 328, born in Dickinson Tp, Cumberland Co, Pa Feby 19, 1825 & died in Olena Tp, Henderson Co, Ills Sept 29, 1886 buried at Olena, Ills. Married Apr 13, 1848 in sd Olena Tp, John Burnham Fort born near Brownsville, Edmonson Co, Ky July 25, 1811 & died near Stronghurst, Henderson Co, Ills Mch 8, 1903, buried at Olena, Ills. They had 7 children born in said Olena Tp [children] John Marion Fort, B Feby 5, 1849 ob May 9, 1914 near Stonghurst, Ills. Married Mch 30, 1876 in Olena Tp to Sarah Ann Gaddis daughter of Robert White Gaddis & wife Ann Lowry McCoy who was born in sd Olena Tp Sept 1, 1852. Have 8 children born near present town of Stonghurst. She is living. Harry Burnham Fort, B Feby 20, 1877, married Mch 28, 1917 in Olathe, Kansas to Bessie Ann Davis born near Raritan, Ills Mch 18, 1880 daughter of William A. Davis & wife Gitty [sic] Ann Schenck. No issue. Marion Edward Fort, B Mch 7, 1879 ob Feby 22, 1915 near Stronghurst, unmarried. Victor Eugene Fort, B Feby 18, 1881 ob Jany 15, 1883 near Stronghurst. Gerald Quincy Fort, B June 1, 1883 married Dec 31, 1907 in Kirksville, Mo to Rose Shaine born Dec 21, near Dallas City, Ills daughter of Felix Shain & wife Mary Tucker. No issue. Annie Jane Fort, B Dec 21, 1885, my informant by mail for this record. At home single Eugenia Cornelia Fort, B July 16, 1888 ob Feby 12, 1909 near Stronghurst, unmarried. Wesley Hanna Fort, B Sept 5, 1891 ob Mch 11, 1894 near Stronghurst Wallace Chalmers Fort, b Feby 6, 1894 married Aug 24, 1918 at Evanstons Ill to Ethel May Smith born May 6, 1892 in Chicago, Ills daughter of John L. Smith & wife Christine M. Christensen. No issue. Caroline Virginia Fort [dau of John Burnham Fort] B July 17, 1850 unmarried. Myra Fort, B Jany 28, 1853 Married Oct 10, 1888 near Stronghurst, Ills Elias Wm Fort, son fo Burnell Jackson Fort & wife Charlotte Elizabeth Harrell who was born near Marion Junction, Ala Feby 28, 1833 & died there Mch 28, 1898. No issue. Charles Edward Fort, B Sept 7, 1856 married Feby 17, 1881 to Miss Ann Marie Marshall born Jany 25, 1858 at Olena, Ills daughter of John Marshall & wife Ann Maria Richey. Have 8 children born at Stronghurst, Ills. Gertrude Fort, B May 15, 1884 married Aug 11, 1908 to Robt Wesley Upton B Apr 6, 1874 at Greenville, Ill son of Hermann Lindsey Upton & wife Susan Minor. Have 5 children born at Stronghurst, Ills Wilson Vincent Upton, B Oct 18, 1909 Everett Lindsey Upton, B June 11, 1912 Katherin [sic] Upton, B July 9, 1916 Margaret Upton, B July 19, 1918 Robert Wallace Upton, B July 1, 1921. John Burnham Fort, B Jany 4, 1886 see page 237 [which I insert here for clarity.] B Jany 4, 1886 (see page 235) married Oct 15, 1925 to Pearl Estaline Clarke born May 21, 1899 at Rozetta? Ills daughter of Charles Edgar Clark & wife Alice Grace Pence Kathleen Louise, B Aug 1, 1926 Lyman Marian [sic] Fort, B May 24, 1887 married Aug 17, 1915 to Mildred Mae Dunsworth born in Stronghurst May 31, 1889 daughter of Steven A. Douglas Dunsworth & wife Isabella Bailey. Have 3 children born at Mitchell, South Dakota Donald Marian Fort, B Nov 21, 1916 Gerald Marshall Fort, B Mch 16, 1919 Richard Lindsey Fort, B July 6, 1922 Vida Fort, B Nov 27, 1888 married July 30, 1914 to Francis Allen Annegers born Dec 19, 1887 at Stronghurst, son of Hermann Gerrard Annegers & wife Julia Taylor. Mildred Frances Fort, B Feby 1, 1916 born at Stronghurst, Ills Charles Edward Fort Jr, B Jany 10, 1890 see page 237 [which I insert here for clarity] B Jany 10, 1890 married Apr 2, 1925 to Dorothy Grace Foster. Elbridge Carothers Fort, B Sept 11, 1891 married Sept 27, 1916 to Bessie Porter Allison born at Stronghurst May 30, 1893 daughter of Andrew Carter Allison & wife Harriet Rankin. Have 2 children born at Stronghurst, Ills. Elbridge Allison, B Oct 20, 1917 Lyman Rankin, B June 8, 1922 Grady Vincent Fort, B Apr 28, 1892 married Aug 24, 1920 to Consuelo Jawart born at Wausau, Wis Nov 21, 1895 daughter of Richard Wm Jawart & wife Anna Graff. Evelyn Mae Fort, B Oct 25, 1900, single. Mary Eugenia Fort [dau of John Burnham Fort] B Mch 25, 1859 ob Apr 28, 1888 near Stronghurst, Ills married Apr 13, 1887 near Stronghurst to Francis Miller Davis son of Andrew J. Davis & his wife Clarissa Miller who was born abt 5 miles fr Stronghurst on Aug 18, 1858. No issue. Florence Fort, B Sept 27, 1861 unmarried. Anna Burnham Fort, youngest B Aug 3, 1865 & married Feby 19, 1885 to Isaiah Smiley Barnes born in Ills Oct 7, 1862 son of Wm Phineas Barnes & wife Maria Jane Brooks. Both living in Oct 27, 1922 at 4219 W. Prospect Place, Kansas City, Mo See B 8 p 327 9. Have 8 children first two born in Linn Co, Ks next two in Kansas City Mo & last four in Rosedale, Kan. All single in 1922 but the 2d & 3d. Nellie Barnes, B Mch 1, 1886 Mary Eugenia Barnes, B May 8, 1888 married Dec 1918 at El Paso, Texas to Robert A. Cochrane & live at 806 E. Manor Drive Englewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, Calif. No issue. John Smiley Barnes, B May 26, 1890 married Nellie Jones & live K.C., Mo No issue. Anne Barnes, B Nov 26, 1892 Florence Barnes, B June 12, 1895 Marian Barnes, B Sept 29, 1897 Myra Caroline Barnes, B Sept 14, 1900 Dorothy Barnes, B June 3, 1906 V16 Page 236 Oak Hill Mch 29, 1926 11:46 AM Under date of Mch 20, 1926, Hon Guy W. Brown mailed me his immediate record as follows: See Book 6 p 173 Guy W. Brown son of Samuel Brown & his wife Sarah Frances Watson was born in Jefferson Tp Mch 23, 1884, married Sept 4, 1911 to Cora Edna Patterson daughter of John S. Patterson & his wife Cora J. Harris, who was born Nov 5, 1888 in Rostraver Tp, Westnd Co, Pa. Their five children born in Fayette City, Pa are as follows: 1. Frances Lucile Brown born Dec 30, 1912 2. Mary Virginia Brown born Sept 18, 1914 3. Samuel Watson Brown born June 11, 1916 4. Guy Wilson Brown born Feby 3, 1919 5. Gordon Thomson Brown born Aug 17, 1921 Guy was elected State Senator 32d dist in 1922 Term Expires Dec 1, 1926. Apr 13, 1926 He writes under date of Apr 12 in large envelope giving record of his brother & sister as below: Jesse R. Brown was born in Jefferson Tp Fayette Co, Pa Feby 7, 1887. He married June 22, 1911 in Jefferson Tp, Miss Estella Elliott born in Jefferson Tp on Sept 26, 1886 daughter of Wm Forsythe Elliott & wife Anna Laura Cook. & have one child born in Jefferson Tp: 1. William Elliott Brown born Mch 16, 1912
1. H. Clifford Carlson Jr born June 7, 1919 2. Mary Ruth Carlson born Jany 2, 1923
[his son] Isaac Finley, youngest child that lived born at sea on their way to America about the year 1816 as he died of typhoid fever Apr 16, 1863 in his 47th yr & is buried in Baptists graveyard Huntingdon Tp, Ross Co, O. See Book 14 P 259, married Mary D. Henness born probably 1819 as she died of typhoid fever June 2, 1863 in her 44th year & is buried by her husband in the Baptist graveyard Huntingdon Tp, Ross Co, O. Mrs Lenox sd she died of childbed fever. Their 12 children as given Sept 25, 1925 see book 14 p 222 7 by his granddaughter, Mrs Margaret E. Finley Lenox at Masseyville, O are tabled below. [children] John Finley, ob, was in Co B. 26th Ohio Infantry, Civil War. Died of tuberculosis shortly after his return from the war. Unmarried. Buried at Baptist graveyard. William Finley, ob, killed in Civil War, unmarried. James Finley, B Sept 22, 1843 ob Dec 27, 1863 Co B 63d Reg O.V.I. 17 A.C. wounded in Civil War. Died of Consumption. Buried at Baptist graveyard, unmarried. Moses Finley, B Nov 30, 1846, married 1, married 2, married 3. Now living at Lyons Kansas in firm of Finley & Nordstrom R.E. Ins & loans 103 West Ave North. Had scarlet fever when young & did not get an education. See B 21 p 57. Scott Finley, B June 28, 1848 married Sept 28, 1868 to Mary S. Wiltshire born Jany 27, 1851 in Scioto Tp, Ross Co, O daughter of Wm Wiltshire & wife Lydia Stinson. She is still living. He died Apr 19, 1924 aged 75 yrs 9 mos & 21 days. They had 11 children all born in Scioto Tp, Ross Co, O see book 124 p 225 7 William H. Finley, B July 4, 1869 married Sept 16, 1897 Minnie Rohe b May 10, 1872 ob June 27, 1922. He lives Dayton, O see book 18 p 570. Wm Howard Finley, B Jany 8, 1899 see book 18 p 570 Hattie Finley, B Feby 1, 1871 married Sept 28, 1893 Leroy Limle see Book 14 page 278 Lydia Finley, B July 27, 1873 & died same day Isaac Finley, B Aug 31, 1874 ob Nov 13, 1899 of typhoid fever married Aug 31, 1899 to Mrs Emma Everhart nee Brown. No issue. Horace Finley, B Aug 15, 1876 ob July 14, 1918 unmarried Buried in family graveyard on Wiltshire place Mary Lydia Finley, B June 24, 1878 married Oct 1896 see book 14 p 226. Margaret Elizabeth Finley, B Sept 7, 1881 married Apr 25, 1909 see book 14 p 227 Jno Scott Finley, B May 8, 1883 married Jany 10, 1903 see book 14 p 227 Bessie Finley, B Jany 16, 1887 married Apr 11, 1909 see b 14 p 227 Leroy Foster Finley, b July 29, 1892 married Dec 20, 1913 to Cecil Yoho see book 14 p 227, B Aug 15, 1893 daughter of Solomon S. Yoho & wife Agnes Finley, B Mch 9, 1915 Marguerite Finley, [dau of Isaac] B Mch 26, 1850 ob Feby 17, 1902 in Chillicothe, O married 1870 in Neb. to Levi Guess born in Rocking, Ohio July 7, 1847 & died in Downs Kan Nov 25, 1918 of "flu", son of Benzalla Wells Guess & wife Jane Martin. Had 3 children born in Osborne, Kan separated. She took boy & went back to Ohio & left girls with him. This data of Marguerite & her descendants made largely from letter from her oldest child Ida M. Harvey. He remarried abt 1880. Ida M. Guess, B Mch 11, 1873 married Mch 2, 1890 to Jackson W. Harvey born Mch 19, 1870, son of Oliver M. Harvey & wife Martha E. Lorton. Had 4 children. P.O. Box 317 Osborne, Kansas. Ralph Earl Harvey, B Mch 18, 1891 married Apr 5, 1909 to Maretta Wilson, b May 18, 1893 at Covert, Ks daughter of Wm Henry Wilson & wife Sara Virginia Ford. Have 6 children all born different places. He is now pastor for 4 yrs of M.E. church Helena, Okla. Velma Pearl Harvey, B Sept 5, 1910 at Covert, Kan Lester Clyde Harvey, B May 18, 1913 at Osborne, Kan Lulu Lee Harvey, B Aug 13, 1917 at Cedar, Kan Esther Nanomia Harvey, B May 2, 1920 at Zurich, Kan Margaret Louise Harvey, B Sept 28, 1921 at Clearmont, Wyo Ralph Earl Harvey Jr, B Nov 24, 1922 at Helena, Okla Pearl Harvey, B May 22, 1893 ob Mch 10, 1907 Eva L. Harvey, B July 22, 1895 married Aug 14, 1919 at Osborne, Ks to Walton W. Bell born Aug 22, 1895 at Beattie, Ks, son of Benj Merton Bell & wife Edith Adeline Collins. Have 2 children born at Osborne, Ks. Live now at Luray, Ks where he is supt of schools. Elizabeth Louise Bell, B June 21, 1920 Virginia Frances Bell, B Apr 23, 1923 Roy Milton Harvey, B July 13, 1896 married Dec 25, 1918 at Osborne, Kan to Edith Luella Bliss born May 12, 1899 in Mich, daughter of Charles Ariel Bliss & wife Virginia Warleman. He is a farmer 4 1/2 miles S.E. of Osborne, Ks Lois Arleen Harvey, B Aug 30, 1921 at Osborne, Ks Ollie Guess, [son of Marguerite Finley & Levi Guess] B Nov 22, 1875 see book 14 p 271 Edward Harvey Guess, B Sept 12, 1877 see book 14 p 270 1 Martha Finley [dau of Isaac] ob married 1 Wm Wilson ob, married 2 Thorton Hastings, ob. Had 2 boys, 4 girls. Nancy Finley, ob unmarried Ellen Finley, ob d.y. Mary Finley, ob d.y. Ida Finley, ob being struck by lightning in Nebraska & killed. Married Clinton Hurst. Had two daughters. He remarried. She was next to youngest. Isaac Finley, the youngest b May 11, 1863 as his mother died of child bed fever when he was 3 weeks old. His brother Moses writes that he was in Texas when he last heard from him & thinks he is still living. Married Lizzie Raines of Frankfort, a fine woman. He was a drinking man & went off & left her & his two children. Charles Finley, a good citizen at Chillicothe, O Maud? V16 Page 240 Oak Hill Mch 30, 1926 8:22 AM I worked last night on Finley table on the two pages preceding made up from data gathered in Chillicothe, O last week of Sept, 1925 & from letter from Ida M. Harvey, Box 317 Osborne, Kan small envelope, filed. I now have letter, small envelope, filing from Ross Carrithers 1336 North Meridian St Brazil, Ind dated Feby 11, 1926 & am making new table commencing on page 242 extending table gotten in Joplin, Mo Nov 16, 1922 see book 8 p 520 extending the line of Ross's grandfather & giving the additional information he has sent of his great grandfather, Thomas Carithers 1783 1868. Our Morning Herald of yesterday announced the death of Albert Wheeler at his wife's home 159 Morgantown St on Sunday afternoon Mch 28, 1926 at 1:30 o'c aged 72 yrs, survived by his wife Deborah (daughter of Elliott Hibbs & wife Mary Ann Campbell) & one daughter, Mrs Geo D. Johnson of Uniontown, Pa & one sister, Mrs Jane Wood. Says he was a member of Second Pres. Church. Funeral to be 2 PM today & burial in their family lot Oak Grove, Cemetery. V16 Page 241 An article in a recent issue of the West Newton Times Sun announced the marriage at San Rafael, Calif of Thomas M. Markle (son of 2d cousin Capt Cassius C.) & Miss Vivian Kelly on Saturday Feby 20, 1926. Says she is prominent socially, daughter of a pioneer family being daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Kelly & the late William Kelly & a sister of county auditor Wm Kelly. Also that he is a son of Mrs Mary A. Markle of Montclair NJ & a native of West Newton, Pa. Says they well establish their home in Fresno, Calif where he is successfully engaged in business. I find among the accumulated letters, one from Rev David Finley route 5 Centralia, Wash, dated Feby 15, 1926 which says his father, James Finley married his cousin Susan Finley. Says he left Virginia at age of 5 yrs & will be 78 on Feby 25, born then on Feby 25, 1848. He mentions "lome [sic home?] and Parkersburg some 50 miles". Am writing him for further information. JVT 11:27 PM V16 Page 242 & V16 Page 243 [descendant chart] Thomas Carrithers See Book 8 page 520 born say 1783 & died Sept 15, 1868 in Sullivan, Co, Indiana, went from Penna to Ky & from there with his younger brother Adam to Indiana. Married Sarah Hill born say 1791 as she died July 10, 1867 aged 76 in Clay Co, Indiana. The tradition in the family is that her father was stolen by the Indians when a small boy & kept by them until he was almost grown. She was born in Ky & he in Penna. His death occurred at his brother Adam's at Shelburn, Sullivan Co, Ind. Mrs Kennedy says they had ten children. [children] Alexander Carrithers, ob killed in the Mexican War, Unmarried. William Porter Carrithers, B Mch 11, 1821 ob Sept 2, 1866 see book 8 p 520 James Thomas Carrithers, B Apr 12, 1827 in Vigo Co, Indiana & died in Clay Co, Ind Dec 26, 1897 & is buried at Centerpoint, Ind, being the last survivor of the family. Married 1849 to Mahala Ellen Walker born Feby 9, 1829 & died May 17, 1881 & is buried at Center Point, Ind daughter of Nathan Davis Walker & his wife _____ Thomas. See page 480 for complete list of their 8 children. She was born in Clay Co, Ind as were their 8 children. Oswald Theodore Carrithers, B Aug 15, 1850 ob Nov 29, 1918 buried in Jackson Tp, Clay Co, Ind in graveyard near old homestead. Married 1874 to Mary E. Kennedy born in Ohio Mch 22, 1856 & still living. Had 9 children. Ross Carrithers, B Mch 9, 1875 at Center Point, Ind, my informant by letter, small envelope married Oct 26, 1902 to Tillie France Born in Clay Co, Ind Feby 4, 1882. Have 3 children. Vallie Carrithers, married Feby 1, 1922 to Lester Somerfield. Frances Jean Somerfield George Theodora Carrithers, B Dec 31, 1906 at Brazil, Ind. At home, single Mary Lavina Carrithers, B Dec 22, 1908 at Knightsville, Ind. At home, single Susan Bell Carrithers, B Jany 1, 1877 married 1908 John Booth. 4 children at home. Harriet Booth James Booth Mary Booth Ross Booth Clara Estelle Carrithers, B Mch 22, 1879 married 1899 Elmer C. Latham 4 children all at home. Lenora Latham John Latham Margaret Latham Maxine Latham Margaret Ellen Carrithers, B Apr 8, 1885 married 1906 John Payne. 3 sons. Everett Payne, Clyde Payne Morris Payne Katie Gertrude Carrithers, B Mch 8, 1889 married Dec 1908 Len Love 5 children Lucile Carrithers, Wayne Carrithers Porter Leo Carrithers, B July 9, 1882 ob Mch 3, 1903 single Nathan Hardy Carrithers, B Dec 23, 1860 ob 1915 in Jackson Tp in same graveyard as his brother. Married Ora Emma Gilbert. No issue. Mahala Florence Carrithers, B Sept 4, 1856 ob Mch 1923 at her home in Indianapolis, Ind No 321 E. 17th Sts, married Jim Witte who died. Had one daughter Hardy H. Carrithers [son of Thomas] B July 12, 1816 ob Feby 29, 1860 near Poland, Ind married Sept 14, 1843 to Rebecca Knight born Oct 15, 1815 & died May? 1892 abt 3 miles west of Poland, Ind & she & her husband are buried in "Richeys graveyard" near their old home in Clay Co, Ind. Their children are buried there. She was daughter of Thomas Knight & wife Elizabeth. They had 5 children. William Alexander Carrithers, B Aug 22, 1844 ob Dec 2, 1847 Thomas Porter Carrithers, B Sept 7, 1846 ob Nov 17, 1847, Sarah Candacy Carrithers B Aug 27, 1848 ob Feby 1891 married June 2, 1864 to Thomas B. Burns son of Frederick W. Burns & wife Susan. They had nine children born in Clay Co, Ind except James L. my informant who was born in Putnam Co, Ind. Hardy W. Burns, B Mch 18, 1867, married Rebecca J. Burns, B Nov 2, 1867 ob Apr 23, 1869 James L. Burns, B Sept 18, 1870 married Sept 11, 1892 Atlantic Point, Ind to Cordelia B. Jenkins. Have 4 children. See 308 Ray L. Burns, B Jany 29, 1894 married 1917 Verna C. Burns, B Apr 10, 1895 a teacher Dana E. Burns, B Dec 2, 1904 James Dudley Burns, B Nov 6, 1907 Lucretia E. Burns, B July 18, 1873 married William C. Burns, May 23, 1876, married Susan B. Burns, B Apr 25, 1880 ob 1915, married Candacy C. Burns, B Sept 27, 1883 unmarried, lives Albuquerque, New Mexico Mary A. Burns, B Aug 19, 1886 ob abt 1917 married Sarah A. Burns, B Sept 21, 1889 unmarried lives Albuquerque, New Mexico Margaret Ann Carrithers, B Nov 30, 1849 ob Oct 8, 1859 Mary Jane Carrithers, B Feby 18, 1856 ob Sept 1, 1863 John A. Carrithers, ob Apr 12, 1865 at Jacksonville, Fla & was buried there. Married. No issue. Patsy Carrithers, ob Mch 5, 1878. Married 1 Brock. Married 2 Nicison? Amanda Brock, married Norris Polly Ann Brock, married Walker Adley Brock, living at Minouk, Ills when last heard from. Margaret Carrithers, ob Oct 14, 1879. V16 Page 244 Oak Hill Mch 31, 1926 11:11 PM Mr Benj W. Kilgore of the American Cotton Growers Exchange, Raleigh, N.C. writing Mch 1, 1926 in answer to my letter of Jany 29 says that both his father & grandfather was Benjamin Kilgore. He says his grandfather went from the Greenville Spartanburg Section of A.C. to Mississippi & that his recollection is that the S.C. Kilgores came from Penna. He advises me to write to Mrs James Jackson, Tuscumbia, Ala who can straighten me out or refer me to someone who can. He says too he had just returned from Arizona where he met a Mr Jack whose mother, he thinks was Anne Kilgore & he advises me to write him c/o Arizona Pima Cotton Growers, Phoenix, Arizona. I am writing Mr Kilgore again tonight & to Mrs Jackson & Mr Jack. See page 265 Apr 16, 1926 Mrs Jackson sends card giving: Miss Hattie Kilgore Montpelier, Miss to whom she wrote Mrs Maggie Johns Corinth, Miss to whom she wrote Mrs A.V. Stallworth, Spartanburg, S.C. to whom I wrote.
I have a letter dated Feby 18, 1926 in answer to one I had written, from Rev James Kilgore of the Department of Philosophy of Religion of the Southern Methodist University School of Theology, Dallas, Texas. He says his father was James Thomas Kilgore, son of William Kilgore. He says he was born in a small town in Maryland & reared in the Southwestern part of Ohio. He married Caroline Elizabeth Bookwalter of that section & went to Texas in 1848. He says he knows but little about the record but refers me to his younger sister, Mrs John Alford, no 1301 Topeka Blvd, Topeka, Kan who he says has the old family bible with the names of the ancestors back for a number of generations. I am writing her tonight. He says he is interested to know what I learn as he desires to know more about his ancestors. V16 Page 246 & V16 Page 247 [fermata mark appears here] [descendant chart] Download 2.12 Mb. Share with your friends:
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