A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 174

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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them; Bernhardt and Adam are in the hardware business at No. 311 Chilli- cothe street; Frank J. and Henry are farmers on Carey's Run; Hermann is a clerk in a grocery at Freeport, Illinois; Charles A., is book-keeper for the Spring Lane Distillery. Of the brothers, George, Leo, Bernhardt, Frank J., Adam, Henry and Hermann are married. Frank J. has six sons; George, has one son; Adam, has one son; Henry, has one son and three daughters; Leo, has two daughters; Charles A., Aloysius and Mary are unmarried and reside to- gether. Leo was in the lumber business from 1883 for 11 years. Henry was in the same business for four years. All the members of the family are commu- nicants of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. In politics they are democrats. Those engaged in the hardware business are doing a large and extensive trade. George, the eldest son, has been in this business since 1876.

The Stockham Family.

I. WILLIAM STOCKHAM was b. in 1752 in Wales. He emigrated to New Jersey in 1767 and settled at Trenton, where he m. Susanah Paine. He afterwards was in Pennsylvania a short time, and then went to Kentucky for a while. He came to the Northwest territory in 1798 and in 1803 he settled in what was then Madison township, Scioto county, Ohio. His children were: (1) Anna, m. John Bennett; (2) Ruth, m. William Crull; (3) Rachel, m. Judge William Givens; (4) David and (5) Paine, sons; (6) Mary, m. Judge David Mitchell; (7) Joseph was b. June 25, 1784. (8) Aaron, afterwards Col. Aaron Stockham was b. August 3, 1787. William Stockham d. December 17, 1815, in his sixty-third year. His wife, Susanah Payne d. in 1826.

II. JOSEPH STOCKHAM was b. June 25, 1784. He d. July 7, 1833. He m. Hannah Bennett, March 29, 1808. She was b. April 16, 1786, and d. June 13, 1863. Their children were: (1) Aaron, b. May 28, 1809; (2) Eliza, b. November 26, 1810; (3) Rebecca, b. September 23, 1812; (4) Maria, b. January 4, 1815; (5) Joseph Harvey, b. March 23, 1817; (6) Isabinda, b. February 26. 1819; (7) Ma- tilda, b. September 10, 1821; (8) Samuel, b. October 3, 1823; (9) William J., b. January 13, 1826.

III. JOSEPH HARVEY STOCKHAM, was b. March 13, 1817, and was m. to Catharine Ann Dewey, March 7, 1843. She was b. February 13, 1823. They had the following children: (1) Joseph Dewey, b. December 30, 1843; (2) Caroline Matilda, b. Aubust 17, 1846; (3) Ann Louisa, b. July 16, 1848; (4) Abigail, b. July 6, 1850, d. at about two years of age; (5) George Washington, b. October 28, 1852; (6) Rosanna Ellen, b. April 10, 1855; (7) John Milton, b. January 1, 1857; (8) Maria Elizabeth, b. October 6, 1859; (9) Mary Katharine, b. May 20, 1860; (10) David Harvey, b. May 16, 1862; (11) Samuel Taylor, b. June 20, 1864; (12) Sarah Ella, b. April 18, 1867.

IV. JOHN MILTON STOCKHAM, above (7) was born January 1, 1857, on his father's farm, near Harrisonville, Ohio, has a separate sketch herein as does his brother, Joseph Dewey Stockham, No I above.

[The editor believes that there are more persons in Scioto and adjoining counties descended from William Stockham of New Jersey than from any other ancestor named in this work.]

The Towne Family.

The earliest Towne was in 1274 known as William de la Towne, of Alvely, in Shropshire. In A. D. 1459 William Towne, D. D. was a clergyman at Stow and was appointed Almoner to King Henry VI. December 10, 1470. John Towne, of Irby, county of Lincoln, made his will November 18, 1540. John Towne, of Ludborough, county of Lincoln, executed his will January 24, 1637. He had a brother Richard named as No. 1 herein.

The facts in this article are taken from a Genealogy entitled, "The De- scendants of William Towne, who came to America on or about 1630 and settled in Salem, Mass. Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne. Newtonville, Mass. 1901.'

Two of the daughters of William Towne No. II herein were hung for witches. His daughter Rebecca was b. February 21, 1621. She m. Francis Nourse of Salem who d. November 22, 1695. She was executed July 19, 1692

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She was innocent as was her sister Mary Estey b. August 24, 1634 and m. to Isaae Estey. She was executed September 22, 1692. Her petition protesting her innocence has been preserved.

I. RICHARD TOWNE b.

d. 1617 leaving a wife Alice. He had ten children, of whom William b. in 1600 was the ninth. He was baptised May 21, 1603.

II. WILLIAM TOWNE was b. in England in 1600, the son of Richard Towne of Braceby. He m. Joanna Blessing and emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635 and located at Salem. They had eight children. Jacob b. March 11, 1632 was the fifth child. William Towne was from Yarmouth, England. He was m. March 25, 1620, in the church of St. Nicholas. In 1640, he was in Salem, Mass. He died at Topsfield, Mass. about 1672. His widow died 1682. He be- came a freeman 1637 and was town clerk in 1639.

III. JACOB TOWNE son of William Towne and Mary Blessing, his wife, bapt. March 11, 1682 in Yarmouth, England, m. Catherine Simonds of Salem June 26, 1657. They resided in Salem twelve years. He d. November 27, 1704, aged seventy-three, leaving a will. He had six children. His son John b. April 2, 1658 was the eldest.

IV. JOHN TOWNE b. at Topsfield, Mass. April 2, 1658 m. Mary Smith, February 2, 1680. He spelled his name without the final "e." He was a select- man of Framingham when it was incorporated and often afterward. In 1712, he removed to Oxford and at the first town meeting was made selectman July 22, 1713. He was at the organization of the church there, made a Deacon and was such during his life. He d. in 1740, aged 82. He had ten children. His son Israel was the third child b. November 18, 1684.

V. ISRAEL TOWNE b. at Topsfield, Mass. November 18, 1684, m. Susan- nah Haven, dau. of Deacon Moses Haven of Farmingham. Oxford was settled in 1712 and he was one of the first settlers. He d. at Oxford October 29, 1771 and his widow at Belcherton in 1787. They had ten children. Their son Israel b. February 12, 1727 was the eighth child.

VI. ISRAEL TOWNE was b. at Oxford, Mass. February 12, 1727, m. Naomi Stebbins October 17, 1754. She was b. November 9, 1732, d. February 12, 1827. He d. at Belchertown, Mass., December 1805. He had eleven children. His son Amasa was the eldest b. May 18, 1755.

VII. AMASA TOWNE b. at Belchertown, Mass .. March 18, 1755, m. Margaret Smith, July 3, 1783. He died December 27, 1820. He had nine chil- dren. His son Abner b. April 28, 1797 was the seventh child.

VIII. REV. ABNER TOWNE b. at Belchertown, Mass., April 28, 1797, was a Presbyterian clergyman of note; graduated at Union College, Schenec- tady, New York. Studied divinity at Andover and was ordained pastor at Litchfield, July, 1825, and d. in less than one year. He m. Sarah Eliza Vinton of South Hadley, Mass., May 10, 1825. She was b. April 2, 1801. She m. a sec- ond time Doctor Robert Safford of Zanesville, Ohio.

IX. HENRY ABNER TOWNE b. at Litchfield, New York, January 5. 1826, m. Harriet Nye of Marietta, December 18, 1856. He has a sketch herein. Had an only son, Robert Safford Towne, b. September 17, 1858.

X. ROBERT SAFFORD TOWNE b. at Portsmouth, Ohio. September 17, 1858, son of Henry Abner Towne b. at Litchfield, New York.

The Tracy Family.

(Descent of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut from the Anglo-Saxon Kings of England.)

1. ECGBERHT, first Saxon King of all England, year 800.

2. AETHELWULF, Saxon King of all England, died January 18, 857.

3. ALFRED, the Great, Saxon King of all England, died October 28, 901.

4. EADWARD the Elder, Saxon King of all England, died in 924.

5. EADMUND the First, Saxon King of all England, assassinated May

26, 946.

6. EADGAR, Saxon King of all England, born 943, crowned 959.

7. AETHELRED II, Saxon King of all England, crowned 978.

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(King Aethelred II. by his second wife Emma had two sons and one daughter, as follows: Eadward the Confessor, crowned King in 1042. Alfred. who died in a monastery, where he was imprisoned.)

8. PRINCESS GODA, daughter of King Aethelred II. by his wife Emma of Normandy held lands in Gloucestershire, in the reign of her brother, Eadward the Confessor, which lands remain in possession of some of her descendants at this time. She married Dreux, Count of Vixin, in France, called by Eng- lish historians, Walter de Mantes, Count of Mantes. They had four sons. 9. RUDOLPH de MANTES, second son of the Count of Mantes by his wife the Princess Goda was lord of the Manor of Sudeley and Toddington, which he inherited from his mother. He was created Earl of Hereford by his uncle Eadward the Confessor. In the year 1051 he was admiral of fifty ships of the King's Navy.

10. HAROLD de MANTES, Earl of Hereford and only son of Rudolph de Mantes, married Matilda, daughter of Hugh Lupus, a Norman nobleman, and a nephew of William the Conqueror. Their eldest son, John inherited the lauds of his father in Gloucestershire, and became lord of Sudeley and Todding- ton and was called,

11. JOHN de SUDELEY. He married Grace de Traci, daughter and heiress of Henri de Traci, feudal lord of Barnstable in Devonshire. They had two sons. Ralph, who became the heir and successor of his father and William, who inherited from his mother and, taking her family name, became Sir Wil- liam de Traci. He was one of the four knights who, in 1170, at the instigation of King Henry II. assassinated Thomas a Becket.

II.

Ancestors of GRACE de TRACI.

1. The SIRE de TRACI was a Norman baron, and an officer in the Army with which William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He was in the bat- tle of Hastings, October 14, 1066 and his name is on the Roll of Battle Abbey.

2, HENRI de TRACI, son of Sire de Traci, died in 1146, leaving a . daughter.

3. GRACE, who married John de Sudeley, great-great-grandson of Aethelred II.

4. SIR WILLIAM de TRACI, whose father was John de Sudeley and men- tioned above.

5. SIR HENRY de TRACY, son of Sir William. Changed the name from Traci to Tracy.

6. SIR HENRY de TRACY, his son died in 1296.

7. SIR WILLIAM TRACY, his son omitted the "de."

8. SIR WILLIAM TRACY, his son, was sheriff of Gloucestershire.

9. WILLIAM TRACY, Esquire, of Toddington.

10. SIR JOHN TRACY, of Toddington, died in 1363.

11. SIR JOHN TRACY. Member of Parliament and sheriff of Glouces- tershire. 12. WILLIAM TRACY. Esquire, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1395.

13. WILLIAM TRACY, Esquire, Privy Councillor of Henry IV.

14. WILLIAM TRACY, Esquire, married Margery Paunafort.

15. HENRY TRACY, Esquire, married Alia Baldington.

16. SIR WILLIAM TRACY made a famous Will.

17. RICHARD TRACY, Esquire, married Barbara Lucy.

18. SIR PAUL TRACY, Baronet. He was created a Baronet June 29, 1611 by King James I,, being the 13th baronet created in the Kingdom. He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Sharkerley, and they had twenty-one children, Their son Thomas Tracy, born in 1610, emigrated to America in 1636, and was the Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut.

(The facts above were taken from a work entitled "The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Conn., by Lieutenant Charles Stedman Ripley, U. S. Navy, 1895.)

19. LIEUENANT THOMAS TRACY was a son of Sir Paul Tracy, Baro- net, of Stanway, and was born in 1610 on the Tewksbury Estates in Gloucester- shire, England. He emigrated to America in 1636 and arrived at Salem, Massa- chusetts, in April of that year and removed to Wethersfield, Conn. the follow-

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ing February. There he married in 1641, Mary, the widow of Edward Mason, and they subsequently removed to Saybrook, where she died in 1659. There was born to them six sons and one daughter. He and his family removed to Norwich, Conn., in 1660, and he was one of the thirty-five original proprietors of that town. He held many local offices, only a part of which we mention. He was a member of the Legislature from Norwich in 1667, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1675, 1676 and 1678. In 1673, he was commissioned Lieutenant of the New London County Dragoons, raised to fight the Dutch and Indians. He died at Norwich, November 7, 1685. He was well educated for the times, and was a man of consequence in the community, a thorough business man and of the very best personal character.

20. CAPTAIN JOHN TRACY, eldest son of Lieutenant Thomas was born in 1652, at Wethersfield. He married June 10, 1670, Mary Winslow, niece of Gov. Edward Winslow.

21. JOHN TRACY, second son of John the 1st and Mary Winslow, was born January 19, 1673, and married Elizabeth Leffingwell, of Norwich.

22. JOHN TRACY, eldest son of John the 2nd and Elizabeth Leffing- well, was born at Norwich, June 27, 1700. He married January 21, 1724, Mar- garet Hyde.

23. DAVID TRACY, fifth son of John, the 3rd, and Margaret Hyde, was born at Norwich, March 14, 1738, married September 16, 1762, Mary Johnson, a daughter of Ebenezer Johnson of Norwich.

24. HON. URI TRACY, eldest son of David and Mary Johnson, was born at Norwich, Conn .. February 8. 1764, graduated at Yale College in 1789, removed to Oxford, New York in 1791, where on August 28, 1793 he married Ruth, daughter of Gen. Benjamin Hovey. Mr. Tracy was the first Postmaster of Oxford, the first sheriff of the county from 1798 to 1801, County Clerk from 1801 to 1815, a member of Congress from 1805 to 1807, and again from 1809 to 1813. He was the first Judge of the county till he was sixty years of age, the constitutional age limit for holding that office. He died at Oxford, July 21, 1838. The following is an extract from his obituary notice at that time: "As a private citizen no man was more universally esteemed, and few have filled so many important public offices and trusts with equal fidelity." He had six children, three of whom appear below.

(1). Samuel Miles Tracy. the eldest son of Hon. Uri, was born in Oxford, New York, August 20, 1804. He came to Portsmouth in 1826, and has a separate sketch on page 283.

(2). Uri Tracy, Jr., another son of Hon. Uri, was born in Oxford, New York, January 24, 1800. He married January 15, 1826, Persis Packer, daughter of William Packer, Esq., of Preston, New York. He passed his life on the old estate in Oxford and died there April 6, 1856. They had four children. (1) Susan Hosmer, (married John H. Morris), mother of Mrs. William M. Pur- sell, of Portsmouth, Ohio. (2) Charles Packer, of Portsmouth, born at Oxford. December 5, 1829; died Jan. 15, 1874. See sketch page 1,162. (3) Henry Read. of Boston, Mass., born at Oxford, December 9, 1833. See sketch page 1,163. (4) John Bailey, late Treasurer of Scioto county, born at Oxford, April 12, 1838. See sketch page 1,163.

(3). Charles Oscar. the youngest son of Hon. Uri was born in Oxford, N. Y. August 20, 1804. He came to Portsmouth in 1826. See sketch page 285.

The Tremper Family.

The earliest Tremper emigrant so far as we know, was Jacob Tremper, b. about 1683 in Upper Germany, and came to New York about 1713.

The following article is taken from "American Ancestry: giving the name and descent in the male line, of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776. Vol. XI. Embracing Lineages from the whole United States. 1898. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York. 1898."

1. JACOB TREMPER b. in Upper Germany about 1683, came to this country about 1713. He m. Christina Welker and had two children, of whom Jacob b. about 1712 was the eldest.

2. JACOB TREMPER of New York, b. in Upper Germany about 1712. He was a soldier in the New York militia under Captain Gerard Beekman 1738. He m. May 1, 1738 Anna Maria Peffer, dau. of Michael Peffer, freeman of New

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York 1715 and Anna Maria Hoffman. He had five children of whom Michael was the fourth.

3. MICHAEL TREMPER was b. in New York March 13, 1745, admitted a freeman of New York, 1769. He removed with his family to Fishkill after the evacuation of New York 1776, and served in the Duchess County militia under Colonel Abraham Brinkerhoff. He m. March 15, 1767 Leah, dau, of Daniel and Lea Hertje Van Deusen and had eight children. Daniel b. in New York, was his second child.

4. DANIEL TREMPER of New Richmond, Ohio, was b. in New York, bpt. April 15, 1770. He m. May 16, 1791 Ariette Kieffer and had twelve children, of whom Johnson was the tenth. Daniel Tremper d. in New Richmond, Ohio, March 20, 1833.

5. JOHNSON TREMPER, son of Daniel Tremper and Arietta Kieffer, his wife, was b. in Esopus, February 9, 1809. In 1830, he m. Laura Jeffiries, dau. of John Chapman Jeffries and Deborah Starkweather, dau. of Samuel Stark- weather. She was born in Auburn, New York in 1814. He was the father of Dr. William Davis Tremper of Portsmouth, Ohio.

6. WILLIAM DAVIS TREMPER son of Johnson Tremper and Laura Jeffries, his wife, was b. in New Richmond, Ohio, May 9, 1851. (See his sketch on page 580.)

The Vance Family.

I. WILLIAM VANCE, father of John Vance, was a Revolutionary soldier. He served in the War of the Revolution as Captain in the 12th Virginia, af- terwards designated as the 8th (Eighth) Virginia. He was in the service from March, 1777, to March, 1781.

II. JOHN VANCE was a soldier in the War of 1812.

III. ALEXANDER VANCE was a native of Virginia. His parents brought him to Ohio in 1815, three years after his birth. His father was John Vance and his mother's maiden name was Mary English.

Alexander came to Gallipolis in 1832 and resided there the remainder of his life. He was active in public affairs and held many positions of honor and responsibility. He was in Texas when the Texas Revolution occurred. He took an active part in some of the battles. He entered Co. I., 4th W. Va. Inf., as its Captain August 21, 1861. He resigned on account of ill health February 16, 1863, but during his service he was in all the battles in which his regiment participated. He was Provost Marshal General of the Kanawha Division of the Army of West Virginia during the summer of 1862. His son,

IV. John L. Vance, who has a sketch herein, was Captain of Co. B, of the same regiment. His son, Reuben A., was a Sergeant in the same regiment, entering the service at the age of fourteen years, August 22, 1861, and was dis- charged for disability September 1, 1864, at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

Eliza A. Shepard, the wife of Alexander Vance, was a daughter of Col. Luther Shepard, a native of Massachusetts, whose father, William Shepard, was a Revolutionary soldier. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of Danielson's Mas- sachusetts regiment; later, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3d Continental Infantry, and Colonel of the same Regiment. He was wounded at Long Island. He was mustered out of service January 1, 1783.

Col. Shepard came to Ohio soon after its settlement, and was among the early settlers at Gallipolis. He always took a great interest in the progress of the town and county. He was one of the founders of the Gallia Academy in 1809. He was an officer of the war of 1812. At one time he was in command of the post at Chillicothe, with six hundred English prisoners in his charge. His wife was Margaret Entsminger, of Virginia, whose father was a Revolu- tionary soldier.

General John L. Vance's great-grandfather on the paternal side, Samuel English, served in the Revolutionary War as Second Lieutenant of the 5th New York in 1776. He was made First Lieutenant in 1778; retired, 1781.

Alexander Vance was County Auditor and Surveyor of Gallia county; Mayor of Gallipolis for several terms; Justice of the Peace, four terms; mem- ber of the Board of Education several terms. He was one of the officers de-

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tailed at Vicksburg to survey and construct a canal and it was in this service that he contracted disease which caused his resignation in 1863.

The Vanmeter Family.

came from Bommel in South Holland in New Amsterdam, in 1663. The emi- grants were:

I. JAMES GYSTERSIN VANMETEREN and his son aged ten, Kyrn Jan Vanmeteren. The name of the emigrant's wife has not been preserved. He settled in Utrecht, in Kings county.

II. KYRN JANSEN VANMETEREN married Neltje Van Cleef, Septem- ber 9, 1683. Their children were Jan (John) baptized April 24, 1687, Engelje, Gysbert, Kyrn, Benjamin, Eyda, Joseph, Cyrinius and Janitze.

III. JOHN went to Virginia in 1739 on an exploring expedition and ex- amined the valley of the South branch of the Potomac. The name of his wife has not been preserved. In 1740, he and his four sons, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and John settled in Virginia.

IV. ISAAC VANMETER married and had four children, Henry, Garret, Mary and another daughter who married Jacob Hite and died without issue. He located in Hardy county, Virginia, in 1744. In 1757, he was killed by the Indians outside of the Fort where he resided.

V. GARRET VANMETER was born in New York, in 1732. He married Mrs. Ann Sibley whose maiden name was Ann Markee, in 1756. He was a Colonel of the Militia in the war of the Revolution and intimately acquainted with Gen. George Washington. He had children, Isaac, born, December 10, 1757, Jacob, born May 8, 1764, Ann, born, April 15, 1767.

VI. ISAAC VANMETER, b. 1754, m. Bettie Inskeep and among their children was John Inskeep Vanmeter, No. 7 below. Isaac Vanmeter died De- cember 13, 1837, in Hardy county, Va. A picture and sketch of him is given in "Genealogies and Sketches of Old Families, etc." by Benjamin F. Vanmeter, of Kentucky, published 1901, by John P. Morton and Company, Louisville, Ken- tucky. Isaac Vanmeter was a strict Presbyterian and a model citizen. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature when it ratified the Federal Constitution. VII. JOHN INSKEEP VANMETER was b. in Hardy Co., Virginia, Feb- ruary 1798, son of Isaac in No. VI. He attended William and Mary College and afterwards at Princeton, N. J. where he graduated in 1821. He studied law in the celebrated school of Judge Gould, at Litchfield, Conn, and was ad- mitted to the Bar of Virginia in 1824. He commenced the practice of law at Moorefield, Virginia. In the same year he was elected to the House of Dele- gates from Hardy county. April 11, 1826, he was married to Mary Harness, a daughter of Joseph Harness and took up his residence in Pike county, Ohio, on a farm of 3,000 acres his father had purchased in 1801. From December 5, 1836 to April 3, 1837, he represented Ross, Pike and Jackson counties in the lower house of the Ohio Legislature. From December 4, 1837 to March 19, 1838 he represented the same counties in the House, and from December 3, 1838 to March 18, 1839, he representd the same counties in the Senate. In 1840, he was a Whig Presidential elector from Ohio. From March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1845, he was a member of the 28th Congress for Pike, Jackson, Hocking and Ross counties. In 1855 he removed to Chillicothe where he resided until his death in August, 1875. He had seven children who grew to maturity Elizabeth H., Jo- seph H., Isaac, John M., Eliza and Sarah twins, and Mary. Of these only John M. and Mary are surviving. Mr. Vanmeter was a whig during this existence of that party, afterwards he acted with the Democratic party. He was a citizen respected and beloved by all who knew him and possessed of all the civic vir- tues.

VIII. JOHN MARSHALL VANMETER, son of John Inskeep Vanmeter in No. 7 was born in Pike county, Ohio, in September, 1836. He attended the University of Virginia and graduated from Jefferson College, Pa., in 1854. He graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1857 and began the practice of law at Chillicothe the same year. In January, 1861, he married Miss Eliza Irwin Sisson, daughter of Dr. Peleg Sisson. There were three children of this mar- riage, John I., Eliza I. and Marshall Sisson, who died in young manhood .. Mrs. Vanmeter died in 1865. In 1872, Mr. Vanmeter married Miss Susan Cunning-

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ham, of Moorefield, Hardy county, W. Va. There were three children of this marriage, William Streit, Mary Harness, and Sally Cunningham. The son died in childhood. From January to October, 1876, Mr. Vanmeter served as Common Pleas Judge of his sub-division by appointment. In 1881, he retired from the practice of the law and devoted his entire attention to his property interests. He conducts his large farm in Pike county and is President of the Savings Bank of Chillicothe, Ohio. In his political views, he is a democrat.

The Waite Family.

The word "Wait" originally spelled "Wayghte" or "Wayte" is derived from the old High German "Wachten"-to keep watch. The original "Waytes" were found in England immediately after the Norman Conquest.

I. RICHARD WAITE, the immigrant ancestor of the Wait family, be- came a proprietor of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1637, and resided there many years. From him descended three sons: (1) John, (2) Thomas and (3) Joseph. From Thomas sprung Henry M. Waite, Chief Justice of Connecticut, who was the ancestor of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States. Most, if not all, the grandsons of this immigrant ancestor, were soldiers of the Rev- olutionary War. Some of these distinguished themselves in the French and Indian War, previously, and history records their sufferings and privations while on the march and in prison.

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 174

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612