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THE LOWREY FAMILY.
" Lazarus Lowrey was born in Ireland, and came to Donegal in 1729 ; he was a member of Donegal Church. He owned the Clark farm, now Hon. J. Donald Cameron's ; his land joined Richard Allison's and others. He died in Philadelphia in 1753." His family and some of the descendants are as follows:
Lazarus Lowrey married Ist, -; 2d, Mrs Thomas Edwards. No is- sue with second wife
John Lowrey James Lowrey married Sus- annah Patterson Daniel Lowrey Joseph Lowrey married Ann Boggs Alexander Lowrey married Ist, Mary Waters ; 2d, Ann Aldricks; 3d, Mrs. Sarah Cochran
Children of Mary Waters, his first wife :
Alexander Lowrey, Jr., died young
Elizabeth Lowrey married Daniel Elliot Mary Lowrey married Arthur Hayes
Lazarus Lowrey
married Mary Evans
Margaret Lowrey married George Plummer
Daniel Lowrey died young, The only child of Ann Ald- ricks, his second wife :
Frances Lowrey married Samuel Evans Mrs. Sarah Cochran, his third wife, had no issue
"John Lowrey, son of Lazarus, was killed by the Indians at the Ohio River in 1750. He owned the farm, part of which is now Duffey's Park farm. James Lowrey married Susannah Patterson, daughter of James Patterson, the Indian trader ; he owned the farm back of Shock's mill. In 1748 he bought the farm lately owned by John Haldeman, below Locust Grove ; he sold it in 1757 and moved to Juniata County. Daniel Lowrey owned four hundred acres along the present road leading from Maytown to Elizabethtown ; in 1751, he sold it to his brother, Colonel Alexander Lowrey ; he moved to Juniata in 1759.
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Joseph Lowrey married Ann Boggs, daughter of Andrew Boggs ; he owned the farm above Bainbridge. He died in Maytown, in 1782.
" Colonel Alexander Lowrey, born 1726, died January 31st, 1805 (buried at Donegal, grave No. 60). He was a dis- tinguished Revolutionary soldier, was in a number of the battles of the War, and took a very active part in establishing the various organizations for the defence of the country. He was a very diligent business man and had acquired large tracts of land. In 1755 he bought his father's farm. He bought the present Duffy farm in 1759, where he died. He married first, Mary Waters ; second, Ann Aldricks, and third, Mrs. Sarah Cochran. His daughter, Elizabeth Lowrey, married Daniel Elliot, who owned Duffey's Island, opposite Conewago ; he died at Pittsburg. Mrs. John Haldeman was a granddaughter. His daughter, Mary Lowrey, married first, Arthur Hayes, of Chicques, a grandson of Arthur Patterson (No. 1). He was an ensign in Captain Hugh Pedan's Eighth Company, Third Battalion, under Colonel Alexander Lowrey ; they moved to Pittsburg. She married second, Mr. West ; the descendants of Mary Hayes became very wealthy, having sold land to Carnegie near Homestead. His daughter, Margaret Lowrey, married the Hon. George Plummer, member of Congress from Western Pennsylvania.
"His son, David Lowrey, died young. His daughter, Frances Lowrey, only child of his second wife, Ann Aldricks, married Samuel Evans."* (See chart of the Evans family. )
* Acknowledgment is made to Samuel Evans, Esq., of Columbia, for the above sketch.
THE EVANS FAMILY.
The descendants of Samuel Evans, who came to Donegal in 1773, embrace many distinguished persons, many of whom had no direct relationship to Donegal congregation except through their progenitor, who was born at White Clay Creek, July 14th, 1758. He was captain in the Revolution and was at the Battle of Brandywine. He was elected to the Legislature in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1791, and was appointed by Governor Mifflin
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First Associate Judge of Chester County, April 16th, 1793. He married Frances Lowrey, daughter of Colonel Alexander Lowrey, of Donegal, and moved to the residence of his father-in-law, thus becoming a factor in the future history of Donegal congre- gation.
Genealogical Chart of the Evans Family
Thomas McElderry Evans McElderry
[ Aun Evans mar- ried John Mc- { Frances McElderry mar- Elderry
ried John Gill John McElderry
Thomas McElderry Gill Richard W. Gill Esther Gill Aunie Gill George Gill John Clark Frances Lowrey Clark
Elizabeth Zell married John W. Clark
Thomas Zell Clark James Brice Clark Samuel Evans Clark Thomas B Zell William T. Zell Josephine P. Zell
Frances Evans married Jacob Zell
Thomas Zell married Josephine P. Thomp- ‹ Elizabeth J. Zell
Margaret L. Zell
son
Theodore S. Zell Lucian M. Zell
Alexander L. Evans married Hannah Slay- 1 maker
L Samuel Evans1 married Ist, Elizabeth Ander- son; 2d, Mary S. Schock
Francis A. Evans, dec'd
Fanny Evans, dec'd
Lilian Evans
Samuel Evans, dec'd
Samuel Evans married Frances Lowrey
Amos Slaymaker Fanny Slaymaker mar- ried Rev. Solomon Mc- 3 Nair
No issue
Samuel E. Slaymaker married Charlotte { John T. Slaymaker
Taite
Jane Slaymaker, dec'd Jasper Slaymaker Jasper Slaymaker, dec'd
James B. Slaymaker married Mary A. Wil- son
Fanny McNair Slaymaker, dec'd Annie Slay maker
Evan Rice Evans married Val- eria T. Collins
Jasper Slaymaker mar- ried Sarah Isabel Elder Sarah F. Evans married Alfred B. McCalmont
Jenny E. Slaymaker and Samuel E. Slaymaker Sarah L. McCalmont Lydia C. Mc Calmont Robert McCalmont
Elizabeth Evans married John Hoogewerff
John Hoogewerff Sophia Hoogewerff Samuel E. Hoogewerff married Elizabeth Deure Frances E. Hoogewerff
John A. Hoogewerff and Virginia R. Hoogewerff
1 Samuel Evans (to whom the writer is greatly indebted for material relating to the Evans family) and family are the only representatives of the Evans family connected at present with the Donegal congregation. He is the grandson of Samuel Evans and great-grandson of Col. Alexander Lowrey. He was born January 20th, 1823 .; is a member of Historical and other societies. He rendered prominent services in the War of the Rebellion, and is a member of the G. A. R. He is at present Justice of the Peace in Columbia, where he resides, and one of the trustees of Donegal Church. His daughter, Miss Lilian Evans, is a prominent member of the Daughters of the Revolution and took an active part in conjunction with the Sons and Daugh- ters of the Revolution in erecting the monument at Donegal to the memory of the heroes of the Revolution, many of whom are resting in the old graveyard.
Fanny T. Slaymaker, dec'd Emma T. Slaymaker, dec'd
Jane Howell Evans married ‹ Jasper Slay- maker
Andrew W. Slaymaker Mary B Slaymaker, dec'd
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THE WHITEHILL FAMILY.
John Whitehill, Jr., was the son of John Whitehill, of Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pa., who died about 1773. His name first appears January 8th, 1778, on the records of the Trustees of Donegal Congregation, where he signs as John Whitehill, Jr. He was Trustee and Secretary of the Board for a number of years. "He was an ensign in the war of the Revolution in Captain David Whitehill's Second Company, Seventh Battalion, Associated Militia."-( Penna. Archives, vol. xiii. ).
A Partial Chart of the Whitehill Family
Jane E. Redsecker married Samuel Slaymaker
Rebecca J. Slaymaker Samuel R. Slaymaker Henry C. Slaymaker Anna C. Slaymaker
Anna M. Red-
secker George S Red- ( secker married < Samuel Redsecker
Carrie Haas
Margaret E Red- (Georgiana Redsecker,
Sarah S. Redsecker Jane C. Redsecker secker, died in infancy JohnW. Redsecker dec'd married Bella { William Redsecker,
Ann Whitehill died un married
James Whitehill married Mary
Curran John M. Whitehill married Eliza- beth Cameron David C. Whitehill married Mary
William White- hill died un- married Anna M. White- hill died un- married John M. White- hill, Jr., mar- ried Elizabeth Seltzer; died Aug. 18, 1900 SamuelC. White- hill, dec'd
Stamm
dec'd Bert. W. Redsecker
Margaret E. Red- secker, dec'd Horace D. Redsecker
Arabella W. Red- { secker 1
Wilbert Redsecker
Boyd
Abigail Whitehill married Robert McIlvain
James C. White- hill married Ada Fulwiler Anna M. White- hill married
Robert Whitehill died unmarried Kitty M. Whitehill married Andrew Caldwell Jane Whitehill married James Wilson
Dr. F. Hinkle
Margaret E. Whitehill, dec.
Sarah Ann White- hill married Rev. William Houston Margaret Whitehill married Joseph McDowell
1 The writer is indebted to Miss Redsecker for valuable information for the genealogy of the Whitehill family.
John Whitehill, Jr., married Mary Middle- ton
Jane C. White- hill married Samuel Red- secker
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John Whitehill, Jr., married Mary Middleton, and died December 10th, 1806, in his fifty-third year, and is buried at Donegal (grave No. 101). His wife survived him. She died March 22d, 1829, in her seventy-first year. She is buried at Donegal (grave No. 102).
John Middleton Whitehill, son of John, Jr., owned and resided on the farm about one mile west from Donegal Church, at present owned by Barr Spangler. He was a highly respected citizen and took a prominent part in the interests of the Church, was a trustee for a number of years. He married Elizabeth Cameron, of Virginia. He died July 17th, 1866, in the seventy- ninth year of his age. His wife died April 5th, 1860; both buried at Donegal (graves No. 107 and No. 108). Their daughter, Jane Cameron, married Samuel Redsecker, who bought his father-in-law's farm ; they had seven children. Mrs. Red- secker is at present living in Columbia, Pa., in her eighty-ninth year, with her son, George S. Redsecker, and her two daughters. She and her daughters are regular worshippers in Donegal Church.
THE CLARK FAMILY.
John Clark, the first settler, came to America prior to 1760 from County Derry, Ireland, and located in Newcastle County, Delaware, where he died. Brice Clark, Sr., and his brothers left Delaware on account of the unhealthiness of the location ; they moved to Leacock Township, Lancaster County, and from there to East Donegal Township, where they died. The brothers of Brice Clark, Sr., were William and John; the former is buried at Donegal (grave No. 6); of the latter, the writer has no knowledge. John Clark, son of Brice Clark, Sr., resided on and owned the place, now Hon. J. Donald Cameron's, situated about one mile south of Donegal. He was for many years an elder in Donegal Church. His brother, Brice Clark, Jr., died unmarried.
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Genealogical Chart of the Clark Family
Martha Bladen Clark 1 Eugene Clark, dec'd Harriet Hacker Clark Catherine B. Clark Virginia B. Clark
William Clark
Sarah Clark married James Curran
[James Brice Clark mar- ried Catherine Bladen
Alfred D Clark Clarence Clark
Mary H. Clark married Orlando O. Clark
Elizabeth Clark unmarried
John W. Clark married Emma F. Taggart
John Clark mar- ried Mary Hamilton
Elizabeth J. Clark married Thomas B. Marshall
Jane Clark mar- ried Rev. Sam- uel Porter
Margaret Jane Clark
John Clark married Emily Williamson
John Clark
Brice Clark, Jr., unmarried
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Frances L. Clark, dec'd
Thomas Zell Clark, dec'd
Esther Clark un- married
John William Clark married Elizabeth Zell
1
James Brice Clark married ist, Ella Eastman; 2d, Lillian Walsh
Samuel Evans Clark
THE COOKE FAMILY.
James Cooke (No. 3) and David Cooke (No. I), of the following charts, were brothers, grandsons of the James Cooke, who came to this country from England about the time of the restoration of Charles II., whose anger on account of the behead- ing of his father, Charles I., led him to wreak vengeance upon the judges who condemned his father. The High Court of Justice, who passed sentence upon his father, consisted of one hundred and thirty-five members, but of these no more than about eighty ever sat in it. They were called rebels and regicides. At the restoration of Charles II., "twenty-four of these judges were
1 I am indebted to Miss Martha B C'ark for her kind assistance and valuable material relating to the Clark family.
Family of John Clark, the‹ first settler
Brice Clark, Sr., married ist, Mary Craw- ford ; 2d, Mar- garet Ander- son, widow of Robert Ander- son, of Lea- cock Town- ship
[ Mary Clark mar- ried John Bris- bin
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dead, Cromwell among the number, sixteen had fled from the country ; the remaining nineteen, with the lawyers, executioners, etc., were excepted from the promised indemnity, and were sentenced to death ; a few were reprieved by the King ; some were imprisoned and ten ordered to immediate execution ; among these was Gen. Harrison, an ancestor of our President Harri- son." John Cooke was solicitor for the people of England ; the charges against the King were read to him, reciting the alleged offences, which concluded in these words : "And the said John Cooke doth for the said treasons and crimes, in behalf of the people of England, impeach the said Charles Stuart as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and a public and implacable enemy to the commonwealth of England."
The cruel and barbarous death inflicted upon some of these judges by Charles II. caused many of those who had sympathized or taken part with Cromwell, to flee to America, most of them to New England, where many had preceded them. Those whose names were not on the list of the promised indemnity were obliged to remain in seclusion. John Cooke, the solicitor, was one of the ten who were ordered to immediate execution. He was the third to suffer in the most barbarous manner, a fit revival of all the horrors of the Dark Ages. James Cooke. a descendant, came to America and settled in the eastern part of the Province of Pennsylvania, within the limits of Lancaster County. His son, James (the father of James No. 3 and David No. 1), settled near the present site of Marietta. The descendants of James Cooke (No. 3) are numerous in the western part of Pennsylvania, especially in Washington County. James Cooke (No. 4), the son of James (No. 3), rendered distinguished service in the Revolution as captain. He married Esther Galbraith, daughter of Colonel Bartrem Galbraith, and left Donegal about 1786, as the following certificate fully establishes : "These do certify that the bearer hereof, James Cooke and Esther, his wife, were both of them born in the congregation of Donegal, Lancaster County,
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and State of Pennsylvania, where they resided from their infancy, until about three years ago, when he left it, and his wife about a twelve-month ago. That during the whole time of their residence among us they maintained unexceptionably moral characters and free from public scandal or church censure, consistent with our knowledge. Given at Donegal this twenty- fifth day of June, Ano: Dome: 1789, and is attested by Colin McFarquhar, Minister." His brothers and sisters all settled in Washington County, Pa. Many of his descendants occupy prominent positions in the State and learned professions.
David Cooke (No. I), the grandson of James Cooke, the pioneer, and brother of James Cooke (No. 3), resided on a farm about one mile west from Donegal Church. This place was patented by James Fulton in 1767, and sold to David Cooke (No. I). It contained three hundred and nine acres ; after David's death, his son Samuel came into possession, and after Samuel's death, his executors sold a part to the Rev. William Kerr, pastor of Donegal Church. The farm has been divided. The writer remembers the old stone mansion before its alteration; the place is at present owned and occupied by Mr. Jacob Souders. James Cooke, the oldest son of David (No. 1), moved to Spring Mills, Center County, Pa. ; his descendants are numerous, many of them occupy prominent positions in law, medicine and theology. David Cooke, son of David (No. 1), married the Rev. Colin McFarquhar's daughter, (Pastor of Donegal), and is buried at Hagerstown, Md., with his wife, daughter, granddaughter, and his father-in-law-as far as known there are no surviving descendants. His brother, Samuel, died without issue-of the other members of David's (No. 1) family the writer has no data. From these indications the descendants of the Cooke brothers are so very numerous, and so widely dispersed throughout the West that the writer can only call attention to a few ; all have dis- appeared from the vicinity of Donegal, as far as the writer knows, except the family of Dr. Henry Carpenter, of Lancaster. James Cooke (No. 4), son of James (No. 3), and James Cooke
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(No. 5), son of David (No. I), left Donegal soon after the Revolutionary War. James (No. 4) settled in Washington County, Pa .; the Rev. Silas Cooke, D. D., of Iowa ; Oliver R. Cooke, Esq., of the Pittsburg Bar ; Josephine Cooke, wife of the Rev. A. M. White ; Marietta Cooke, wife of Professor S. C. Farrar, of Allegheny City, and Mrs. J. A. Cooke Lyle, wife of Captain W. K. Lyle, Superintendent of the "Washington County Children's Home," are great-grandchildren of James Cooke (No. 3).
James Cooke (No. 5), son of David (No. I), settled in Center County, Pa. He and his family were members of the East Penn's Valley Presbyterian Church. He died in 1818. His children were David Cooke (No. 3), Martha Cooke and Margaret Cooke. David Cooke (No. 3) married Mary Speer, whose son, James Cooke (No. 6), married Mary Schneck, whose descendant Hon. Benjamin S. Cooke, moved to the terri- tory of Minnesota in 1856. He occupied various positions of public trust, and is at present the Vice-President of the National Farmers' Bank, of Owatonna, Minn. David W. S. Cooke, son of David (No. 3), married Evelyn Hammond, whose daughter is the mother of Evelyn H. Riddell, the wife of Dr. Joseph H. Huston. Margaret, the daughter of James Cooke (No. 5), married Andrew Hanna, who are the ancestors of a very numer- ous and distinguished progeny.
Mary Ann Cooke, a granddaughter of James Cooke (No. 3), married Henry Carpenter, of Lancaster City, a surveyor and civil engineer ; they had seven children. Three of their sons were physicians-Dr. Henry Carpenter, with whom the writer was well acquainted, and had frequent professional intercourse, enjoyed a large and lucrative practice in Lancaster City, and was highly respected as a successful and skilful surgeon. Dr. Carpenter was married three times; his only children were with his first wife, three daughters who survive him-Mrs. Mary E. Carpenter, Mrs. Katherine Mathiot wife of Dr. R. M. Bolenius and Mrs. Sarah Porter Hubley.
A Partial Genealogical Chart of the Family of James Cooke (No. 3)
( Catherine Esther Carpen- [ Mary Elizabeth Carpen-
ter James Cooke Carpenter Henry Carpenter, M. D., married Ist, Anna Louisa Mathiot ; 2d, Laura M. Miller ; 3d, Sarah Billings Board- man
Alex. Hamilton Carpen- ter, M. D.
Maria Louisa Carpenter Andrew Jackson Car- penter, M. D., married Louisa Withers
( Isaac Anthony Carpenter ( John Cooke married { Oliver P. Cooke married Lucile Carter
Margaret McCullough
Xenophon Cooke married Jane Galbraith
Bella X. Cooke married L. M. Stevenson
f Reed Cooke Stevenson and Edwin L. Stevenson
Aaron Lyle
Josephine A. Lyle Harriet S. Lyle
Wilfred Cooke Lyle
E. Jeanette Lyle
Josephine Cooke mar- ried Rev. Alex. M. White
John Cooke White mar- § Alvan J. White and Clement ried Margaret Johnson C. White
Grace R. Cooke Clarence M. Cooke
Sarah E. Cooke
Hellene A. Cooke
Charles A. Farrar married Estelle E. Andrew
Caroline E. Farrar and Charles C. Farrar
Preston C. Farrar
S. Clarke Farrar
David C. Farrar Josephine A. Farrar
Mary G. Cooke married Rev. J. E. Walker
Claire Cooke Homer Cooke Lola Cooke
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Oliver P. Cooke mar- ried Eliza Lyle Martha Cooke mar- ried David Gault
Moses Lyle Cooke mar- ried Mary E. Welch Samuel C. Cooke William F. Cooke { Julianna Cooke
ter married Clair C. Carpenter
Katherine Mathiot Car- penter married Robert Miller Bolenius, M. D.
Sarah Porter Carpenter married John E. Hubley
Joseph A. E. Carpenter
Henry Carpenter and Anna Louisa Carpenter
Emma Miller Bolenius Henry Carpenter Bolenius Adolphus William Bolenius Mary Carpenter Bolenius Robert Miller Bolenius Katherine Carpenter Bolenius ( Henry Carpenter Hubley Paul Mathiot Hubley Robert Bolenins Hubley John Arnold Hubley Sarah Helen Hubley
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James Cooke, No. 4. married Ist, Esther Galbraith; 2d, Martha McCoomb
James Cooke, No. 3, married { John Cooke Mary-
David Cooke mar- ried Agnes Ritchie David Cooke Dorcas Cooke mar- ried Samuel Clark [ Margaret Cooke
Julianna Cooke mar- ried Col. James McDonald Samuel Cooke Jane Cooke married Joseph Vance Dorcas Cooke mar- ried Moses Lyle
Rev. Silas Cooke, D. I)., married Elizabeth Musser
Marietta Cooke married Prof. S. C. Farrar
Oliver R. Cooke, Esq., married Katherine Mc- Cuskey
1
1
Mary Ann Cooke married Henry Carpenter
Jane A. Cooke married Capt. W. K. Lyle
Stanley Carter Cooke
Joseph Cooke
John Cookemarried Elizabeth Tettle David Cooke, No. f Eliza Cooke married 2, married Mary ( McFarquhar
- Boggs Eliza Boggs Isabella Cooke, un- married Robert Cooke married Christina Lindsay
Samnel Cookemar- ried Ann Allison
David Cooke, No, I, mar- ried Martha
Mary Cooke mar- ried James Wilson
Pedan Cooke
James Cooke, No. 5, married -
Martha Cooke mar- ried Ist, Rohert Craig; 2d, Robert McClelland : 3d, James Duncan
David W. S. Cooke married Evelyn Ham- mond
Margaret Cooke married Andrew
Hanna
1 Isaac Hanna married Ann Mussina David Hanna James Hanna married Clementina Miles Samuel Cooke Hanna married Susan Miles Robert Hanna Susan Hanna married Kennedy Martha Hanna Mary Hanna married Leonard Leidy
David H. Cooke, unmar- ried
Mary Cooke married
Archibald Allison James L. Cooke married Mellisa Fulerton Wm Speer Cooke Margaret J. Cooke Robert Cooke, Jr Elizabeth S. Cooke Henry C. Cooke married Mary E. Reifsnyder Mary E. Cooke married Samuel Brown Benj S. Cooke married Isabella Groger Adeline L Cooke married James P. Byers David S. Cooke married Mary Webb
( Florence E. Cooke Emma T., dec'd No issue f Mary J. Cooke married Samuel H. Knobloch
Mary W Cooke
James C. Chase Theodore S. Chase John C. Chase Franklin A. Chase Victor Chase
No issue
Moses L. Himrod Evelyn A. Himrod Lee Himrod Alfred C. Himrod Frank H. Himrod Belle Himrod Carl H. Himrod ( Thomas B. Hus- ton married Mabel Bennett ton Evelyn C. Hus- Evelyn H Riddell mar- ried Dr Joseph H. { Isabella H. Hus- Huston Catherine P. Riddell Jennie Cooke Himrod 1 ton
A Partial Chart of the Family of David Cooke (No I)
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David Cooke, No. 3, married Mary James Cooke, No. 6, Speer Mary
married Schneck
Sophia P. Cooke married John J. Chase James D. Cooke Rebecca R. Cooke mar- ried Thomas J.McGuire Alfred J. Cooke, dec'd
Mary Jane Cooke mar- ried Aaron M. Himrod
Isabella Speer Cooke married, Ist, Samuel Riddell; 2d, J. W. Himrod
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A Partial Chart of the Cameron Family
[ William Cameron married { Eleanor McGlauchlin
Rachel Jane Cameron married James Burn- side
John Cameron Mary Schultz
married
Ann Eliza Cameron died in childhood Mary Cameron died in childhood
Charles Cameron married Martha Pfoutz
Simon Cameron married
Margaret Brua
James Cameron married Rebecca Lehman
James Donald Cam- eron married Ist, Mary McCormick ; 2d, Elizabeth Sher- man
Ist wife's children : Eliza Cameron Virginia Cameron James M. Cameron Mary Cameron Margaretta Cameron Rachel Cameron 2d wife's child : Martha ( ameron
Daniel Cameron
James Buchanan Cam- eron died in child- hood
Eliza Cameron married Anthony B. Warford
Margaret Cameron married Richard J. Haldeman
Jane Cameron
Catherine Cameron married Dr. John S. Bobbs
Virginia Cameron mar- ried Wayne McVey Simon Cameron
Charles Cameron's name appears on the records of Donegal Church as a member of the congregation in 1790. His son, the Hon. Simon Cameron, was appointed Adjutant General by Governor Schultz ; he was chosen United States Senator from 1845 to 1851, and from 1857 to 1861, when he was appointed Secretary of War by President Lincoln, and afterwards as Minister to Russia. He was again chosen United States Senator from 1867 to 1877. Mr. Cameron was a self-made man in a true sense, as, without the advantages of early educational facilities, he rose to be a man of marked ability ; his long and patriotic services in the affairs of State is a conspicuous example for our American boys, an example of what may be attained by in- defatigable perseverance and untiring zeal. In his will he bequeathed two thousand dollars to Donegal Church, the income of which should be expended for the care and planting of trees and for the care of the grounds around the Church.
His brother, Col. James Cameron, was killed in the Rebellion, at the first Battle of Bull Run, thereby adding another name to the list of the patriotic descendants of old Donegal who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country and flag.
John Colin Cameron died in childhood Brua Cameron married Elizabeth Bastedo
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His son, the Hon. James Donald Cameron, served with distinction as United States Senator from 1877 to 1897, and as Secretary of War under President Grant. At the death of his distinguished father, he came into possession of the original Stephenson property contiguous to the Glebe land, which is beautifully situated north of the Church. He has improved and beautified it, having added largely to the original domain by the purchase of surrounding property.
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