Josiah V. Thompson Uniontown, Pa Family Record Book No 16

Eliza "Ida" McCoy, born Mch 13, 1856 at Chillicothe, O. Parents: Samuel Finley McCoy & Jane Carson. She [Eliza "Ida" McCoy" died May 17, 1902 at Oxford, O.

Their children:

1. Jessie Sproat born Jany 9, 1884 at Chillicothe, O married June 28, 1906 at Chillicothe, O by the Rev John McCoy to Jack Appleton Chapman who was born Feby 2, 1880. Their children:

1. Wm Chalmers Chapman born Apr 3, 1907

2. Annette Delano Chapman born Sept 19, 1908

3. Franklin Sproat Chapman born Dec 31, 1912

2. Annette Delano Sproat born Sept 16, 1886 at Chillicothe, O. Not married.

3. Samuel McCoy Sproat born Sept 10, 1889 at Chillicothe, O married Marjorie Story at Chillicothe, O Nov 22, 1917. Their children are:

1. Marjorie Denning Sproat born Mch 13, 1920 in San Francisco, Calif.

2. Benjamin Franklin Sproat born in San Francisco Nov 24, 1922

4. Malcolm Perrin Sproat born Sept 22, 1892 at Chillicothe, O, not married.

5. Emily Sproat born Oct 2, 1895 at Chillicothe, O, not married, died July 1896 at Chillicothe, O
B.F. Sproat, Annette D. Sproat & Malcolm P. Sproat live in Chillicothe, O. Mrs Jessie Chapman, her husband & children live near Bethel, Maine. Saml McCoy Sproat, wife & children live at Portola, Calif.
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A letter small env dated State School for the Deaf, Columbus, O June 22, 1926 fr Dr John William Jones see page 189 193 gives following record of the children of his father Samuel Jones see book 14 p 552 (one of the 18 children of Mathew Jones & his wife Sallie Thoroman, daughter of Samuel by his wife Ann Crawford) by his first wife viz 8 children: 1. Mary Jane Jones see page 190 married John Newton Holt. Their children:

1. Oscar Holt who married Kate Moore

2. Sophia Holt who married George Locke

3. America Holt who married Oder Moore

2. Matthew James Jones married Sarah Kathryn Holt. Their children:

1. William A. Jones who married a Miss Moore

2. Dora Jones who married a Eubanks

3. Mollie Jones who married a Eubanks

4. Nora Jones who married

3. Elizabeth Ann Jones married Frank Bradney. Their children:

1. Josie Bradney, oldest daughter married John Thurmon

2. Flora Bradney, married

4. Sarah T. Jones married Henry Jobes. Their children:

1. Oce Jobes who married Bard

2. Flora Jobes who married a Lauderback

3. Faye Jobes who has never married, but teaches school in Washington C.H. O

4. Selma Jobes does not know wife's name.
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5. Floyd Jobes do not know the name of his wife

6. Ursha Jobes do now know the name of his wife

He could perhaps give the record. He & most all of the boys live in Springfield, O.

5. Dr John Wm Jones, see page 192

6. Paul K. Jones married in Illinois. Don't know name of his wife. Raised a family of four children:

1. John Jones of Elmwood, Ills is one of them & might give the desired information

[other 3 not listed]

7. Dahlgren G. Jones see bk 18 pages 524 5 married 1 Lyde Wansley & had one child, Orris. Married 2 Mary Newman & had children:

1. Orris Jones, is in business at Xenia, O

2. Laura Jones, married

3. Emma Jones, married

4. a younger son

8. Edward Stanton Jones married Louise Blaire

1. Jewel Jones died aged 4 yrs

2. Edward Stanton Jones Jr unmarried professor at the Western Reserve Cleveland, O.
I thought I could get something more about the family of my Uncle Thomas Jones, but failed to get the desired information (he went to Iowa & left desc. get location) J.W. Jones.
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Oak Hill June 24, 1926 6:20 AM

A recent clipping says Archie Lawrence Wheat W & J 1897 was married recently in Los Angeles Calif to Mrs Mary Elizabeth Carlisle according to reports received by his family in Wheeling WVA. Mr Wheat whose home is in Wheeling is now prominent as a motion picture actor. After graduation, he went on the stage & became successful in musical comedies & in the "College Widow". He joined the "Gold Rush" for California, played with Thomas Meighen in some of the best of that star's pictures & is prominent in the Hollywood colony. He is at Beta Theta Pi.

Although great grandfather James started to school so late in life, he had a good education for that day & time. Was a good surveyor & went to the Legislature more than once. Grandfather (ie Josiah Kilgore) was Surveyor General of the State, member of the Legislature, Trustee, of schools, Magistrate for a number of years, studied law, but never practiced. He & Philip Lester owned & ran the first factory in the upper part of the state, now Pelham Mills. He owned a deal of land & had a number of slaves. His idea was to take these slaves west & make cotton. This is a grain country but the farmers will plant some cotton. He owned a part of & helped build the first railroad to the up country from Columbia to Grainville. He died in 1854.

Benjamin's children live in Woodruff:

Janie married Wells Simpson

Annie married Amon Stallworth

Belton

Sam

Cousin Harriet died last summer never married

I dined with Annie Stallworth during Christmas. In the evening, we looked over some old ambrotypes & found one of you & great Uncle Ben taken together. You have on a blue silk dress trimmed in velvet. It looks like low neck, tight waist & full skirt. Can you give me the address of ex congressman Buck Kilgore? Is he a branch of your family or does he go back to a brother of William Kilgore who came from Ireland & settled in Penna. William (it should be James) is the one we descend from & his son Benjamin was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. James was his son. Josiah his son & on down. Your cousin M.D. Kilgore Woodruff, Spartanburg Co, S.C.

This is evidently Mary, daughter of Jesse Clayton who married her 1^st cousin Josiah son of Wm C. see page 347.

supposed to have it & he is dead.

I want to see some of his children this summer & I may find it. There were fifteen children of my great grandfather Joseph Thompson, some, or most of them had families. Great grandfather was buried at Pleasant Unity, West Co, Pa also his second wife. I have an old book with Thompson names in all boys but I do not know who they re. Date written in 1737. It is a book of the wars of old country & some notes on the Revolution of this country. I will give you a copy of grandfather's & great grandfather's pension papers.
The War of 1812 pension claim cft No 26320 it appears that Joseph Thompson, her great grandfather, enlisted in Butler Co, Pa at the age of about 22 yrs & served from Feby 19, 1814 to Mch 22, 1814 as a private in Capt John McCullough's Co, Penna militia. He died June 11, 1863 in Cherry Tp, Butler Co, Pa. Soldier. Married the first
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time, Ann Smith who died May 27, 1824. He married Nov 28, 1826 in Slippery Rock Tp, Butler Co, Pa Mary Patton or Pallen who was allowed pension on her application executed June 7, 1878 while a resident of Cherry Tp, Butler Co, Pa aged 72 yrs.

This is dated Jany 23, 1925 & is evidently fr the pension dept.

Another paper says John Thompson, (her grandfather) was enrolled Aug 1, 1861 at Clairton, Pa in Co F 63^ndd Pa Inf & was mustered into the service at Alexandra, Va Oct 9, 1861. Reported "missing" in action Aug 29, 1862 as shown by a report from the records of the War Dar [sic] Dept.

A cft signed by Geo W. McCulloch, Captain Co F 63 Pa Infantry at Camp near Brandy Sta, Va Dec 29, 1863 states that the above named soldier was killed in action at the Battle of Bull Run, Va Aug 29, 1862

1. James Thompson, children

2. Jane Thompson, children

3. John Thompson, my grandfather, six children

Second wife Mary Patton called Polly children as follows:

4. Samuel Thompson, dead, no children.

5. Mary Thompson, dead, no children

6. Margaret Thompson Bell, living, children

7. Joseph Thompson, dead, non
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8. Anna Thompson, dead

9. Oliver Thompson, living, children

10. Taylor Thompson, living Erie, children

11. Rebecca Thompson Dobson, dead, 2 children

12. Robert Thompson, dead, children

13. Martha Jane Thompson, dead, children

14. Nancy Thompson, dead, none

15. William Thompson, dead, children.

1. John

3. Perry

5. Jennie

6. Caroline, my mother, dead married Samuel Montgomery, dead 6 children 2 dead, 4 living.
There are only 3 children left of great grandfather Joseph Thompson, Uncle Oliver Thompson is on the Town Council at butler, Pa. He is 76 yrs old. Then there is Uncle Taylor P. Thompson & Margret [sic] Thompson Bell. Address of Oliver Thompson 232 Clay St Butler, Pa. Address of Mrs J.J. Bell 2^d Montgomery, Mount Vernon, State of Wash.

I married Geo A. Hous. Have one son, Geo A. Hous Jr. He is married to Marie Ihmson & have one son Henry A. Hous. Mr Hous says I have this letter too scattered, but I guess you can make it out. Signed Ruth Hous.

A letter, large env filed dated Scooba, Miss June 22,1926 from Capt Guy Jack, states that he will not be able to come to the Sesquicentennial, but that some of his family will. He enclosed first leaf of "The Charlotte (N.C.) News" of May 16, 1926 stating that the children's American Revolution Chapter of Charlotte are erecting a granite boulder with a bronze tablet on the site of the home on May 20, 1775 of Capt James Jack, who was then living with his father, Patrick Jack. Mrs E.L. Mason, Pres. of the chapter, after careful search of the records at the court house selects with the approval of her associates, the present location of lot 130 block 17 on West Trade St now know as the T.W. Wade Bldg which is occupied by Statens Store & is opposite the First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, NC

He is survived by a son Earl F. Axton of Fairchance Pa & four sisters: Mrs Elizabeth Z. Wells of Dayton, O, Mrs Helen Britten of Washington, Pa, Mrs Margaret Crawford of West Brownsville, Pa & Miss Effie Axton of West Brownsville, Pa. Funeral services Sunday afternoon 13^th inst.

Mrs Louella Markte [sic does he mean Markle?] Garrett & her husband, Martin Luther Garrett of Anderson, Ind here with us tonight having driven here in their 7 yr old Ford. He says he was born in Stoney Creek Tp Madison? Co, Ind 5 miles west of Anderson, Ind on Mch 6, 1874 son of Welcome Garrett & his wife Margaret Gift. He weighed 166 lbs & she 124 & I 183. They started for the Centennial (Sesqui) but burned out their brakes on Wheeling WVA hill & concluded they would return home.

I found several Finleys here & among them find "David Edward Finley No 1911 I St NW" which is the same name I believe as was mentioned in the Edw C. Finley correspondence as an American descendant & I must write him. Were also Caruthers, Jacks, Kilgores, Markles, & Rothermels here.

Mrs Maloney wished to stop here to see about her mother's ancestors, her mother having been the daughter of George Gregg who went from here to Fayette Co, Pa. We found many Greggs in the index viz:

*Gregg, Samuel S 1 328

Gregg, Enoch, Ad. S 1 474

*Gregg, William G 1 477

*Gregg, Samuel I 1 195

Gregg, Thomas

Gregg, Harman G 1 68

Gregg, Henry G 1 89

*Gregg, Simon K 1 110

*Gregg, Ann K 1 134

Gregg, Joseph ad L 1 58

Gregg, John D. T 1 101

*Gregg, Beeson T 1 282

*Gregg, Joseph C. ad U 1 192

Gregg, Mary V 1 442

Gregg, George V 1 443

Gregg, Jesse X 1 67

Gregg, Jesse Ad Y 1 400

Gregg, Thos D. Z 1 102

Gregg, Jehu copy G 2 429

Gregg, Sarah Ann H 2 218
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Will Book K Vol 1 Page 134

* Will of Ann Gregg of Christiana Hundred, Delaware Co, Del Dated Apr 4, 1774 Proven May 18, 1774 made son Joseph Exr & further gave to son John a colt etc. Gave to son Samuel a colt etc. Gave to Thomas 60. Gave to daughters Betty, Sarah, Hannah, & Mary the balance of estate.

Admr on estate of Simon Gregg late of Mill Creek Hundred was granted to his widow Mary Gregg on Aug 15, 1774.

Will of Elizabeth Gregg widow of Wilmington, Del Wills:

To John File for use of my daughter Eliza Ann File & at her death to go to her daughters Elamina Lucretia File & Leonzer Griffin File, my home on 8^th St. Dated Mch 8, 1843. Proven Mch 16, 1843
*The will books H, I & J were burned by the British during the Revolutionary War, so I had Mr Moore, Deputy get original will record
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*Will Book I Vol 1 page 195 which was

Will of Samuel Gregg of Christiana Hundred Yeoman & he read & I wrote down as he read it to me at the start, then I took it & copied viz:

To wife Ann Gregg one third of personal estate, also use & benefit of plantation given to my sons Samuel & John & of the marshes to them belonging until said sons are 21 yrs of age, if she remains my widow so long in consideration of her educating & bringing up all of my children that are under age.

Had a son Joseph

Directs that land known as Harman Greggs Mill be sold & gives:

To son Joseph certain lands

To son Samuel present dwelling plantation on Brandywine Creek when he comes 21 yrs of age

To son John balance of land on Brandywine Creek

To Son Thomas land in said Christiana Hundred bought of John Smith adjg Christiana River when he comes 21 yrs of age

To my four sons, Joseph, Samuel, John & Thomas my Midle Bor Marsh ctg 12 1/2 A

To my four daughters Betty, Sarah, Hannah, & Mary all apparently under 18 yrs of age.

He appoints wife Anne & son Joseph

Will of Samuel Gregg of Christiana Hundred Delaware Co gives:

To my son Samuel Gregg Jr plantation adjoining the DuPont land

To my son Jesse Gregg mansion farm

To my wife Dinah Gregg household furniture half the garden, milk house, one cow & wood for one fireplace.

to my daughter Mary Robinson int on $1000 to be pd by Thomas Gregg on bond of $2000 dated Dec 12, 1810 to revert to John Robinson which bond I entered in Prothys office July 3, 1811 vs him in Fayette Co, Pa. On Oct 12, 1820 at request of son Thomas I executed P of A to John Strickler directing him to sue & sell out on said bond & recover amt of same

To my grandson, Samuel Hoops $300 to be pd by Exr in one year.

To my two sons Samuel & Jesse all my personal Estate & directs Samuel to pay to wife Dinah $60 per year & directs Samuel & Jesse to pay to Mary Robinson $60 yearly. signed Mch 13, 1821. Appoints sons Samuel & Jesse Exrs. Samuel Gregg. Witnesses John Simmons, Peter Henderson, Sam Wilson Nehemiah Delaplain. Codicil

To son Thomas $200 in money to be paid by Exrs to be his full share with what he had had signed Aug 25, 1823 Samuel Gregg Witnesses Samuel Kirk, Peter Henderson Nehemiah Delaplaine [sic] Proven Jany 18, 1830 Letters Testamentary Jany 19, 1831

Will of William Gregg made Aug 14, 1737 executed Apr 13, 1747 gives:

To sons, Harmon & William Gregg all my land

To sons John Jacob & Abraham one third of the use of the orchard & £200 each.

To wife Ann Gregg one third of personal estate & privileges of Roof from cellar to garret 1/3 of produce 1/3 of profits real & personal

To sons Harmon, William, John & Jacob the grist mill, land & utensils equally.

To son Abraham £50 yearly from age of 21 to be paid by William

To two daughters Elizabeth & Hannah £100 each.

To three youngest sons to be put out to trade when they reach 14 to 15 yrs of age.

To daughter Margery £100 to be pd by Harmon £20 yearly until paid commencing when she is 18 yrs old.

William Gregg.
Will Book T Vol 1 P 282

Will of Beeson Gregg of New Castle Co, Wilmington, Del. Gives To my brother Joseph Gregg $100

To John, Joseph & Bayard, sons of my brother Benjamin $300 each

To Beeson Gregg, son of my brother Benjamin $300

To Margaret, dau of Betsy Gregg $50

To James Havlen & wife $500 in acknowledgment of care & attention.

Many other bequests, including one to Friends Meeting House in Wilmington to be given to the poor.

Appoints James Cranley Exr Dated Jany 30, 1837 Beeson Gregg
The dates shown at wills of Wm & the first Samuel & the fact of his appointing his nephew Harmon a trustee shows that this Samuel & William were brothers.
The index references checked off are the only ones we got to look at as it came 5 o'c their closing time.

Left 5:33 PM

1832

1748, John Wagner 1832

1760, Mary Wagner 1839

1789, Susan Byerly 1851

1826, William Byerly 1851

1838 Julia Wells Crosby 1866

1823 Edmund Byerly 1898

1818 Mary Retz Wells 1843

1842 Capt Andrew Byerly Wells 1904

1826 Susan E. Meredith 1906

1842 Sarah Dutton Wells 1917
Transcribed finished July 6^th 1926 1:30 AM
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Waldorf Astoria Hotel Room 683 New York City, NY July 8, 1926 2:46 PM

I went up yesterday at 2:15 PM to the Life Extension Institute at NO 25 W 43^d St & from 3:10 to 3:50 was examined by Dr Merriam a fine tall handsome even featured man of about forty. He advised wearing a truss for my natal rupture saying that someday I would have stangulated hernia & a gangrenous gut. This examination was made on arrangements of Union Central Life Ins Co, Cincinnati. He said my measurement was 66 1/2 inches in my bare feet & I weighed 166 lbs stripped. He said he was from Atlanta, Georgia & when I told him about my contemplated trip there, he said to go & see the Stone Mountain memorial 20 miles out reached by trolley or better to see Fred Hauser? Prest or head of the Chamber of Commerce there who wd take me out in his own car. The papers yesterday morning reported the death, with his photo of Markle cousin Edward Russell Thomas aged 53 yrs at the Harbor 61^st ST & Madison Ave, after an illness of three days. Says he was born in Columbus, O son of Gen Saml A. Thomas southern RR man who died in 1903, leaving his son abt twenty million dollars. The panic of 1907

He was 1^st married in 1901 to Miss Linda Lee of Lewisville, Ky. In 1912 she obtained a divorce here. He married shortly thereafter at Newport R.I. Miss Elizabeth R. Finley of Minnesota. To this union a son was born in 1913. In 1924, she got a divorce in Paris, France & he settled one million dollars on her. He married 3^d the former Lucy Cotton shortly after in Paris & last year 1925 a daughter was born to them. The Herald Tribune from which this is taken says he was the first motorist to kill a child in this city & in all his machines brought death to three people & made a cripple of him for life. See page 14 filed with my newspapers. He lived at 320 Park Ave from where he is to be buried tomorrow & had homes at Palm Beach, Fla & Newport RI which he owned jointly with his sister, the late Mrs Eleanor Beeckman, wife of the former Governor of Rhode Island. He was a member of the Union, Union League, Ardsley & Turf & Field Clubs & Loyal Legion. Is survived by his widow, two children & a brother, Orlando F. Thomas. Burial to be private in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

I bought the Times Herald of yesterday when I came in last night at 11 o'c & will look through them on the train over to Phila & see if anything additional worthy of record is given. It is now 4:50 PM & I will pack up & take first train I can get.

The NY Times of yesterday 7^th has on page 25, filed with my papers, a column article on the death of Edwd R. Thomas & a good photo of him. It says that the day the first Mrs Thomas obtained her decree of divorce, he married Elizabeth Finley, daughter of Mrs Henry Finley of this City & that she divorced him in Florida. Their son, 14 yrs old is Samuel Finley Thomas.
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The article in the World on pages 1 & 8 states that his second wife Elizabeth Rebecca Finley was an artist. Also says that his 3^d marriage to Miss Lucy Cotton, an actress, formerly of Houston, Texas was on Oct 10, 1924 & that their daughter is Miss Lucy Cotton Thomas.
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At residence of Mrs Ruthanna Elizabeth Corson No 5403 Catharina St West Phila, Pa July 9^th, 1926 1:40 PM

I arrived here 20 minutes ago & Mrs Corson is daughter of Thomas McKenzie Finley son of David, son of David. Both Davids were born at Pennsville, Salem Co NJ. Mrs Corson's investigations show that the elder David's father, whose mane she thinks surely was John, settled there before Penn's coming to America. She don't know where they came from, whether from Ireland or Scotland. They were Presbyterians & then turned to be Baptists & Methodists. She says her grandfather David Finley who died when she was bout 15, was born Feby 10, 1781 & died in 1864 was a tall slender man over 6 ft high & told her that his own father, David kept a hotel in Pennsville, NJ & died there & his widow continued to run the hotel & her son David assisted her. Say her 2^d cousin, Miss Lou Camp, living here in the City, but born in Salem, granddaughter of John & older than Mrs Corson went with her a few years ago to the graveyard across the creek fr Salem to see the tombstones of their common ggfather David Finley which they saw but when Mrs Corson

Samuel Finley aged 87 son of Andrew who was son of Samuel a son of the elder David, died abt 3 yrs ago in West Phila on 64^th St but is buried in Meth Cem at Salem NJ & his wife died a few weeks later & is also buried there. They had three sons & two or three daughters married, one son is named Samuel. Mrs Corson says Mrs McGlathery of Norristown, Pa died in March last about the 22^d.

Mrs Corson says she attended the funeral of four of the daughters of her cousin William Finley's but could not? got to that of Maggie Harris. Says her grandfather told her that in his father's family, the older child was Mary Casperson & the youngest
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Rebecca Goslin & he was the middle one of the seven boys who died singularly ie an older boy than himself & then a younger in succession until the six boys were gone & he & the two girls alone survived. Mrs Corson says there are many Finleys at Bridgeton NJ & there is a station called Finley on the PRR this side of Bridgeton & are also Finleys at Cape May, Point NJ

Leaving 7:07 PM

A letter dated Oct 17, 1926 from V.N. Gildea (Mrs John B. Gildea) 9 Frazer Ave Collingwood NJ) says in answer to my letter of Sept 16, to her brother, whose name she says is Winfield S. Ayres, says she has no Finley records, but has some of the Ayres. I am writing to know if the Ayres in the record are Finley descendants & if so, to let me have them. JVT Jany 20, 1927. See above.

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