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Six. Minerva, b. -. She married Jabin Snow Tay- lor of Pond Creek Valley, and brother of Elica A. Tay- lor on March 9, 1848. He was born in Grainger County, Tennessee, August 10, 1823. He died February 22, 1857.
Seven. Martha was born in 1828. She married J. C. Starrett on May 7, 1861. She died February 19, 1889.
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He was born in Bradley County (date not given) and died September 14, 1874. Their children were:
1. Jno Starrett, b. October 27, 1864. Married Emma Boggs September 25, 1889, of Lenoir City. No children. He was married a second time. By this second mar- riage there were three children, Katharine Louis, in 1911, eight years old; Randall McKnight, in 1911, six years old; infant son, Jno. M., in 1911, three months old. Second child of J. C. and Martha Starrett, was Flor- ence. She was born on October 12, 1868. She married Dr. J. T. Tillery, of Ebenezer, Knox County, on August 24, 1890. They had one son, Duncan E. Tillery.
Eight. Nancy E. Fine, b. October 15, 1836. Died April 9, 1857. From the time John Fine came to this country and built the old log house which now. stands at the loca- tion mentioned, there were no deaths at that residence for about 37 years, although there was a large family. But from January to April, there were four deaths in 1857, viz: Jno. Fine, January 26, 1857; Polly, d. Jan- uary 29, 1857 ; Jabin Snow Taylor, d. February 22, 1857; Nancy, d. April 9, 1857.
The disease which took them off was called pneumonia, but it occurs to me, or rather seems strange, that a whole family should have pneumonia, as I have never heard that it was a contagious or infectious disease. I believe that all of the family were attacked by some other disease and these four cases proved fatal. Now all the sons and daughters of Jno. Fine that were mar- ried in this country the Rev. Robt. Snead officiated at the ceremony with the exception of Martha, who married Starrett. She was married by Hughes W. Taylor, a brother of her brother-in-law, Jabin Tavlor. None of the Fines or their descendants ever belonged to any other church, than the Baptist except Mrs. Starrett who joined the Presbyterian Church, with her husband after marriage.
AUSTIN FRY
Was born in Monroe County and died at Sweetwater, at an advanced age, in January. 1880. He married Jane Brandon in 1833. He moved to MeMinn Coun- ty, near Reagan Station in 1839, and then to near
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the head of Conesauga Creek, in the 19th civil district. Not long after the Civil War he came to Sweetwater. He was the first recorder of the town after it was incor- porated. He was buried in the old cemetery at Sweet- water. His children were :
1. Hugh, b. January 9, 1834; d. 1895. He was a me- chanic and contractor, and was the editor and publisher of the first paper published in Sweetwater, called the "Sweetwater Forerunner." The first number of this paper was published September 21, 1867. He was mar- ried on November 8, 1855. Wife's name not known to me.
2. Sirena, b. 1835; 3. Kennedy, b. 1839; 5. Charlie, b. February 29, 1844; 6. Mary, b. August 6, 1846; 7. John, b. March 9, 1848. Married Sarah C. Young on Septem- ber 12, 1881; 8. Emma, b. August 4, 1850; 9. Nancy, b. March 1857. Married - Rose. Address, Spring City, Tenn.
4. William, b. about 1842. He married Mary Caro- line Orr on September 2, 1869. She was born August 28, 1848. He lives at Athens, Tenn. He is a mechanic. Their children are: 1. Minnie Laura, b. October, 1871; d. September 22, 1872; 2. Mary Etta, b. September 24, 1873; married H. A. McCambell, February 18, 1897; 3. Henry Mitten, b. April 6, 1876; d. January 19, 1877; 4. Willie Lee, b. March 27, 1878; married Agnes Under- wood, of Legrande, Ala., in 1904; 5. Charles Austin, b. April 23, 1880; d. February 18, 1901; 6. Anna Lou, b. June 25, 1882; married Thos. Tidwell, of Dalton, Ga., September 15, 1909. Residence, Bonifay, Ga.
HENRY GLAZE
Came to Sweetwater Valley in 1824 from Washington County, Tennessee. In crossing the Tennessee River at Blair's Ferry, the ferry boat sank and his household goods were lost, together with his family Bible. It is therefore difficult to give exact dates as to himself and wife. His wife's name was Susan Wilhoite. He settled near Reagan's Station on a quarter section of land. Of that and two hundred and forty acres more, his descend- ants still hold possession. The Glazes have been and are
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excellent citizens, quiet and unassuming; their names do not figure in courts either as criminals or litigants.
Henry and Susan Glaze were the parents of ten chil- dren :
One. Anna, Married Wm. Cate, brother of Elijah Cate. They moved to Cleveland, Tenn.
Two. Jefferson, b. May 1820; d. July 11, 1910.
Three. Lucinda, married Henry Martin and moved to Texas.
Four. Henry, married Miss Martin and moved to Texas.
Five. Emmaline, married Dr. Crow of Athens, Tenn.
Six. Lizzie, married Jos. Neil, the brother of Wm. and Sterling Neil. Neil's wife died. He married again and now resides at Niota, Tenn. He was born February 20, 1828. Their children were:
1. James Polk, married Mollie Garrison.
2. John, married Miranda Rockwell.
3. Melvin, married Angelina Moore.
4. Laura, married Isaac Orr.
5. Sallie, married Noah Lybarger.
Seven. William, d. in infancy.
Eight. John, married Kirkpatrick and went to Cleve- land, Tenn.
Nine. Ben, b. November 22, 1830; d. January 4, 1902. Married Lucy Reynolds of Chestua on August 20, 1856. She was born September 9, 1831; d. January 12, 1902. They had six children :
1. Marion J., b. September 7, 1857.
2. Mary, b. August 5, 1859.
3. James Henry, b. January 21, 1862. These three live on the Ben Glaze place and are unmarried.
Horace, Mattie and Hattie died in infancy.
Ten. Mary, married George Wilson, brother of Dot Wilson. He served in the Confederate army and died during the war.
Jefferson, second child of Henry Glaze, was married, first, to Miss Duggan. The children of first wife:
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1. John, L., b. October 1, 1853; d. at Chattanooga about 1905 or 1906. He was married to Sarah J. God- dard, daughter of "Unc" Hugh Goddard, July 11, 1878. Their children were: Hugh, d. n 1896; Carter, Eugene and Ben.
2. Julia Miranda, married Homer Thompson, son of W. H. Thompson. They had one child. Homer Thomp- son died and she was married then to Wm. Malone. The second wife of Jefferson Glaze was Martha Jackson, whom he married October 32, 1865. She died Septem- ber 17, 1902. Their children were:
1. Henry, b. November 16, 1866. He went to Kansas and was married there to June Orr, granddaughter of Wesley Orr.
2. Lura, b. July 17, 1870. She married December 12, 1905, Rev. D. M. Kerr of Greenback, Tenn. There was one daughter, born in 1907.
3. Horace, b. May 28, 1872. Married Edith Kratzer November 18, 1902. She was born August, 1880. They live on the farm adjoining James A. Reagan.
4. Grant, b. February 14, 1874. He married Mina Kratzer, who was born March 7, 1882. They were mar- ried September 28, 1904. Have one son, Carl Dean, born November 5, 1913.
5. Ella, b. September 22, 1876, d. June 20, 1896.
THORNTON GODDARD
Married Polly Cunnyngham in Knox County, Tenn., on February 3, 1817. Their children were :
One. William, H., b. December 17, 1817.
Two. Hugh, b. May 13, 1819; d. April 19, 1873.
Three. Elizabeth C., b. April 2, 1821; d. January 10, 1855.
Four. Jane M., b. April 3, 1823; d. August 4, 1859.
Five. John William, b. 13, 1825; d. October 5, 1896.
Six. Robert Avis, b. February 25, 1828; d. May 27, 1830.
Seven. Mary Ann, b. February 13, 1830; d. April 30, 1901.
Eight. Alvin, b. May 13, 1832; d. July 23, 1854.
Nine. Marcus Bearden, b. June 4, 1834; d. March, 1910.
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Ten. Harriet Campbell, b. February 9, 1839; d. Jan- uary 10, 1855.
One. William H. Goddard moved to Missouri. He died at Versailles, Morgan County, Mo .- His son, John J., lives at Clinton, Henry County, Mo.
Two. Hugh Goddard. There were several Hugh God- dards. This son, I think, first married Isabella Wilson, date not known. He afterwards married the widow Taylor, formerly Mary Ann Weathers, on August 5, 1857.
Three. Elizabeth, C., married W. F. Lenoir, whom see. Four. Jane M., married George McCulley who lived near Charleston, Tenn.
Five. John W., married Margaret Bogart, daughter of Solomon Bogart, on December 23, 1852. He was a sol- dier in the Mexican war. In 1853 he was a partner in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, W. F. Le- noir, at Philadelphia, Tenn. In 1854 he moved to Sweet- water and became a partner of J. H. Patton, under the firm name of Patton and Goddard. He was a first cousin of J. H. Patton. After the Civil War he did business with A. M. Dobbins as a partner, under the firm name of J. W. Goddard & Co.
He died at Dancing Branch, on a farm in the 6th Civil District of Monroe County. The children of J. W. and Margaret Bogart Goddard were:
1. Betty Cornelia, b. October 8, 1853. (See Mayes).
2. Susan Addie, b. June 4, 1857. On December 25, 1879, she was married to Joseph H. Dickey, who was the son of Samuel H. and Sarah Wright Dickey, formerly of Madisonville, Tenn. Joseph H. was born at Rhea Springs, Tenn., August 12, 1855. He came to Sweet- water January 1, 1874. Was in the employ of D. B. Chil- dress for five years. He moved to Fort Worth, Texas, June 1, 1883, where he still resides. Their children are :
(1) Joe Hubert, b. in Sweetwater Valley, March 11, 1882; m. Rose M. Hardin of Fort Worth, November 12, 1902. They have two children, J. Hubert and Margaret.
(2) Nellie, b. at Fort Worth, January 8, 1889. She is unmarried. She lives with her parents and is a teacher of kindergarten.
(3) Anna Eva, the third child of J. W. and Margeret
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Goddard, b. June 23, 1861. She married T. A. Frierson, of Chattanooga, October 23, 1884. She died -. They were the parents of four children whose names I do not know.
(4) John Newton, son of J. W. and Margeret God- dard, b. January 30, 1867. He married Mary Nicholson, of Atlanta. He is a broker with offices in the Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Seven. Mary Ann, daughter of T. C. and Polly God- dard, was married (first) to Solomon L. Stowe of Mc- Minn County, in 1840. He died at Ellijay, Ga. Is buried there. Their children were:
1. Julia, b. October 26, 1847; 2. Florence, b. 1849; 3. Doss, b. 1851; 4. Frank, b. 1853. All of these dates, ex- cept Julia's, are approximated. Julia married A. Q. Orr on September 1, 1880. His first wife was a daughter of Hugh Goddard. She died June 12, 1880. Their chil- dren were: Hugh, b. March 1866; Florence, b. January 27, 1868; May, b. June 10, 1870, and Ida, b. November 25, 1872.
A. Q. Orr was the son of John W. Orr who came to this country from Virginia when a boy. His father entered land at the head of Sweetwater Creek. The chil- dren of A. Q. Orr and Julia, his second wife, were: Berta Leith, b. August 1, 1882; Dawson, b. February 28, 1884, and Irene, b. November 18, 1885. A. Q. Orr died at Chat- tanooga. Mrs. Julia Stowe Orr died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. R. E. McLean, Longview, Texas, No- vember 15, 1914. The other daughters, who are all mar- ried, reside in Texas. They are Mrs. H. B. Zigler, Hous- ton, Texas. Mrs. F. C. Engall, Cooper, Texas; Mrs. A. J. Robinson, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. C. F. Windall, Longview, Texas. I cannot state which girls married these persons.
2. Florence Stowe, married J. W. D. Williams. Whom see.
3. Doss Stowe married Artie Hutsell. Their children were Harvey, Doss and Harry.
4. W. Frank m. Lucy Mattox, of Bristol, Tenn. Their children were: Pauline, Fred, Raymond and Beatrice. Do not know their residence or history.
Mary Ann Goddard Stowe was married (second) to
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Archibald M. Dobbins on March 17, 1861. He was born in Knox County, May 30, 1831. He came to Sweetwater in 1856. He was first in the carriage business with Wm. McClung. Later he was a partner of his brother- in-law, Jno. W. Goddard, in the mercantile business in 1869. He moved to Knoxville in 1874. He now lives with his son-in-law, C. H. Gardner, who is a traveling man residing at 1213 West Landvale St., Baltimore, Md. The children of Mary Ann and A. M. Dobbins were:
1. Lula, m. James T. Cater; 2. Margaret, m. C. T. McClung; 3. Barbara, m. W. H. Lennon; 4. Henry, m. Mabel Willy; 5. Nina (first), m. - Fuller; second, m. G. H. Gardner; 6. Charles Henry.
Nine. Marcus Bearden Goddard married Clementine Amanda Hutsell on Angust 5, 1858. She was born Decem- ber 15, 1839, the fifth child of Andrew Hutsell, b. Jan- uary 2, 1805, and Polly Earheart, b. July 14, 1814. They resided near County Line and at Sweetwater until the year 1887, when they moved to Steptoe, Wash. Their children are:
1. Andrew Floyd, b. July 15, 1859; married Hattie Finley of Meigs County. Their children were Mary Cray, b. January, 1892; Andrew, b. June, 1894, and Doro- thy. Andrew Floyd is a farmer living at Rosalia, Wash.
2. Hattie Goddard married Finley. He is a farmer and lives at Rosalia, Wash.
3. Mary Ellen, b. October 23, 1860; married J. W. Ray- mond November, 1892. They have one son, George, b. May, 1894. Mr. Raymond is a grain dealer. Address, Elm Flats, Spokane, Wash.
4. Robert Henry, b. April 2, 1863, unmarried. He is Claim Agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad and lives at Missoula, Mont.
5. Grace Ophelia, b. December 20, 1864, married John B. Finley, of Meigs County, March 4, 1891. Their chil- dren are: Rex Goddard, b. December, 1891, and Isaac Raymond, b. March, 1894. They own the Finley Islands, in the Tennessee River, near Decatur, Ala., which is their address.
6. Charles Avis, b. October 1, 1866; d. July 26, 1890.
7. Hutsell married Miss Mustard in Dayton, Wash.
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They had two sons, one of whom, Charles was killed on a railroad and another born August, 1897.
8. Artie Isabella, youngest child of Marcus and Cle- mentine Goddard, b. April 16, 1876. She married Cal F. Godfrey, capitalist, Roseland, Ill. Their children are: Maurine and John; the latter born January, 1908.
Ten. Harriet Goddard, the youngest child of Thornton C. and Polly Goddard, married LaFayette Osborne and, I think, moved to Missouri.
FEW HALL GREGORY, M. D.
Was born in Culpeper County, Va., October 4, 1781. He came to Philadelphia, Monroe County, Tenn., in 1820. He died August 18, 1872 in Sweetwater Valley at his home.
He married Martha Lynn Reynolds, June 1, 1841. She was the daughter of James Reynolds of Philadelphia. She was a member of the Baptist Church on Sweetwater. She died on February 2, 1884, in Marion County, Florida, on Lake Gregory.
Dr. Gregory enlisted in the war of 1812 from Virginia. He studied medicine in Petersburg, Va., Philadelphia, Penn. For 30 years he practised medicine and farmed. He was a legislator from Monroe County in 1839. He was a commissioned colonel of the State militia. He was called upon to act as Brig. Gen. Vol., in the Mexican war, but declined on account of his wife's health.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, South, at Bat Creek (Hiwassee College). He owned a large amount of land. The Eli Cleveland, Jr., place, and the H. E. Martin place. He was a wealthy man for his day and time.
Children of F. H. and M. L. Gregory were:
1. Susanna Virginia, b. May 13, 1842. P. O. 1913, Nashville.
2. Jas. Few, b. January 27, 1844; d. April 30, 1897 at Citra, Fla. Married to Georgia Dallas January 19, 1876.
3. Mary Elizabeth, b. February 1, 1846. Married to Daniel J. Fogg, January 19, 1885 at Lake Gregory. P. O. Belleview, Marion County, Fla.
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4. William Richard, b. 1848. Died November, 1870, at Ocala, Fla.
5. Geo. Washington, b. January 12, 1851; d. February 3, 1855.
6. Martha Georgiana, b. January 17, 1857; d. in in- fancy.
7. Ann Eliza, b. October 15, 1858; d. an infant.
8. Cora Francis, b. January 1, 1861; d. December, 1887, at Livyville Fla. She married Wm. Brown Jan- uary 1, 1885.
Jas. Few Gregory was a student at Hiwassee College when the Civil War began and enlisted from there in 1861, C. S. A. Daughters of James F. G .: Lula Lynn, b. October 26, 1876. P. O. (presumably) Citra, Fla .; George Dallas, b. February 21, 1878.
Children of James and Susanna Hilton. They were married in 1866.
(1) Robt. Reynolds H., b. April 25, 1868. Now in Colo- rado.
(2) Geo. Gregory, b. September 18, 1870. (Dead.)
(3) Wm. Andrew H., b. June 5, 1873. P. O., Nash- ville.
These children were all born in Sweetwater Valley. Above information was obtained from Mary E. Fogg, of Belleview, Marion County, Fla.
DANIEL HEISKELL.
We often hear mention of a family as being an "old family." Strictly speaking, if we are derived from a common ancestor whether we accept the Biblical or Dar- winian theory, one family is just as old as another. It may sometimes mean one which has been for long years to the same manor born ; oftener I take it to mean the ma- jority of whose members have acted in such a manner as to bring credit to themselves and to the country where they reside. This can be of a truth said of the Heiskells. An interesting and instructive book could be written of them, but it is beyond our space and province to speak at any length except of those who had their home in our valley or moved from here to other sections. The history of the Heiskells so far as is known to us
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reaches back to the time of William the Conqueror, the Norman who invaded England and overcame King Har- old of the Danish dynasty in the 11th century. After the battle of Hastings, which was fought in Sussex on the 14th day of October, 1066, William proceeded to parti- tion out the island to his principal followers, or reward them in other ways and started new orders of dukes, lords, carls, barons, knights, et cet. Rouget Heiskell, rather a Frenchy kind of a name for a Heiskell, was a knight under that monarch, what we might term now a "soldier of fortune." He had a coat of arms which he was entitled to, being a knight. It is related that, dur- ing the hard fought and uncertain battle of Hastings, which raged incessantly from morning till evening, Wil- liam complained much of thirst. There was an apple tree loaded with apples on the hill of Senlac within Har- old's, the enemy's lines. Observing this Rouget true to the Heiskell motto, "Dread Shame; Love Loyalty," dashed through the lines and gathering the fruit in his helmet returned to William and relieved his suffering. For this act of valor he was allowed to add an apple tree to the crest of the coat of arms with the word "fruc- tus" (Latin for fruit) engraved thereon. It is a tradi- tion also that when William ate the apples, his strength was renewed and Fortune from that time on favored the Normans. So the eating of the fruit of that difficult, if not forbidden, tree, did not prove as unfortunate to pos- terity as the event in the Garden of Eden. It may have been the turning point in that decisive battle and settled the fate of the island; and what would England or for that matter our own America have been without the civil- izing influence of the Normans.
Some of Rouget Heiskell's descendants afterward drifted back across the channel to Holland. From Am- sterdam or Rotterdam, uncertain which, Christian Heis- kell sailed and landed on our own shores in the year 1700. He married Katherine Hampton, grand aunt of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. He or some of his people lived and died at Hagerstown, Maryland, as a number of the Heiskells were buried in the Lutheran Churchyard, they being members of that church. This Christian Heis- kell was the father of five sons, one of whom was named Frederic. This Frederic was also the father of five sons,
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George, William, Frederic, Samuel and Daniel and four daughters. Three of these brothers, William, Frederic and Daniel finally came to Tennessee. The father Fred- eric moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, near Winchester, and died there.
Of the Heiskells who came to this State and their de- scendants many were prominent and well known public characters. Frederic, son of the Winchester Frederic, was one of pioneer newspaper men of our section, being editor and proprietor for years of the Knoxville Regis- ter, and was elected to the upper house of Tennessee Legislature in 1846. That same year William Heiskell was defeated in Monroe County by Col. John Ramsey for a seat in the lower house, an account of which has been given. Frederic Heiskell had distinguished sons, Joseph B. Heiskell and Carrick Heiskell. Joseph was a member of the Confederate Congress from the first dis- trict of Tennessee, elected in 1861. He was afterward Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Ten- nessee. Carrick is a distinguished lawyer and a judge in Memphis, Tenn. He, for a long time, has been promi- nent and influential there. "Ned," his son, was for a short time U. S. Senator from Arkansas.
Win. Heiskell represented Monroe County in the Leg- islature and was prominent in politics. His son, S. G. (Samuel Gahagan) has been a Legislator and several times Mayor of Knoxville. He is a lawyer and one of the best known men in the State.
Pride of birth and inherited wealth when considered as a responsibility, and not as an asset to cause you to look down on your neighbors, is all well enough. If it is expected by the-possessor that he be toadied to on that account he invites the fate of a haughty spirit. Even pride is not objectionable if it prevents one from doing a mean thing; otherwise it is contemptible. That one's ancestors were honored in the past is at least a satisfac- tion to the descendants. The Coat of Arms of the Heis- kell's as mentioned above may be described as a helmet on a field of sable and argent between two leopards and surmounted by an apple tree with the word "fructus," aove and underneath the shield the motto (Norman French) "Craignez Houte, Aymez Loyaute." (Dread Shame, Love Loyalty).
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Never do anything to be ashamed of and be loyal to your king or government. Daniel Heiskell was as far as any man from boasting of his ancestry. He was a simple citizen of the republic. He was born March 7, 1799, probably in the Shenandoah Valley near Winches- ter, Virginia. Exactly when he came to the State of Ten- nessee is not known but likely when he was a minor. Much to the disappointment of the members of the family, who chose rather the learned professions, he determined to learn the tanner's trade; deeming that this was a more certain avenue to competency than the learned profes- sions. He never aspired to office as the many other Heiskells did. He was, however, Justice of the Peace for a number of years. I have heard it said that he did not pay strict attention to the code always if he thought jus- tice pointed in another direction. For example he might give judgment in favor of the holder of a note, though out of date, if he was satisfied that the note was still un- paid and let the courts above on appeal correct the de- cision.
He married Elizabeth McBride near Greeneville, Tenn., on March 4, 1823, and came to the neighborhood of what is now Sweetwater, as one of her daughters has told me, when William M., the oldest child, was near a year old. He (William) was born May 2, 1824. This tract is the one on which Edgar Heiskell now resides, having been in the family now for ninety years. He did not purchase this land direct from Matthew Nelson, Treasurer for East Tennessee. He purchased from Robert Shaw. At the time Mr. Heiskell came to this sec- tion there were no saw mills except those using the up and down straight saw; consequently most of the houses first built were of hewed logs and in many instances the floor of puncheons. A few of these are still standing, one on the rise above the Sweetwater water works spring and another one and a half miles south of town on Mrs. Love's farm.
The Heiskell tan yard was just across the creek from where the Woolen Mill now stands. Mr. Heiskell also purchased some other tracts of land and was a success- ful farmer and tanner until his death, which was on July 23, 1875. He was interred in the Heiskell burying ground near his residence.
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As has been stated the Heiskells in Maryland belonged mostly to the Lutheran Church. Daniel Heiskell was an ardent Cumberland Presbyterian. He may have joined that church on account of the absence of Lutheran churches in our valley and that was the nearest approach in doctrine to the Lutheran Church. This is rendered more probable from the fact that one of his sons was named Luther Melancthon, after the two great German reformers.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church had its birth in the Cumberland Presbytery of Kentucky in 1810. In 1813 three Presbyteries resolved themselves into a synod and revised the Westminster Confession and excluded, as they claimed, the doctrines of fatalism and infant damnation. The passages they particularly objected to were: Chap. III. "God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass." "By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto ever- lasting life and others foreordanied to everlasting death."
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