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The Condition of the above obligation is Such that if the above Bound James Knox, his Exrs and administrators Shall well and truly pay and Dc- liver or Cause to be paid and Delivered unto Ann Jenney Usher, Orphan of Edward Usher Dec'd all such estate or Estates as now or ever hence Shall Appear to be Due to the said Orphan when and as soon as she shall attain to Lawful age or when thereunto required by the said Justices of the said County Court of Augusta, as also keep harmless the above named John Lewis and the rest of the said Justices, their and every of their heirs, Exrs, and admrs from all Troubles and Damages that shall or may arise about the s'd Estate, then this Obligation to be void and of none Effect, or else to remain in full force and value.
At a Court Continued and held for Augusta County the 11th of Feb'y, 1745:
Ann Jenny Usher Came into Court and Chose James Knox Her gardain, who and with John Brown and Andrew Pickens, his security, ack'd the Within Bond Which is Ordered to be recorded.
M APPRAISEMENT OF SEYBERT ESTATE
The following appraisement of the estate of Jacob "Sivers" is dated Nov- 8, 1758, signed by Ephraim and Daniel Love and Arthur Johnson, and re- corded Nov. 15, of the same year.
The figures at the right are pounds, shillings, and pence, respectively.
ton matuk (to one mattock) 10s a parcel of old Iron £1. . 1 10 0
and to pearsel of old coper 1s and to a hakel 4s Colter & shear .
1 10 0
Mare & Colt £5, Corael Earlon (sorrel yearling) £1, 5s Bay mare & Earlon £6
12 5 0
Black Cough and Calf £1, 5s one brindle Cough £1, 10s one Bulgh (bull) £1, 5s.
4
0
0
one brown Cough £1, 10s one Red Cough & Calf £1, 15s ..
3
5
0
one Red Cough with whit face in Calf.
1
8 0
one black Cough with whit face and Calf.
1
15 0
one Red Stear with whit face £1, 15s one Pid (pied) Coug £1, 10s
3
5
0
one Red Stear £1, 10s one Red Cough with whit face and Calf £1, 10s.
3
0
0
one black Cough with whit face & Calf
1
15
0
one black Cough with whit face and Calf
1 10
0
one Kittle 12s, 6d to one bason 9d Sorrel mare & Colt £5.
5
13
3
To one bay pasing mare three years old £4, 10s to one bay Colt £2
6
10
0
to six young Chattle.
4
10
0
total (equivalent to $180.71).
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4
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A SERVANT'S INDENTURE
THIS INDENTURE Witnesseth that I, T- D-, now of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia, for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Pounds ($66.67) Current and lawful money of the county aforesaid payed by T- S- of said County, he, the said T- D- hath bound himself and by these presents doth bind and put himself a Servant to the said T- S- to serve him, his Heirs, Exs, Adms, and Assigns, from the ninth Day of January last past for and during to the full end and term of four Years and a half from thence next ensuing, during all which term the said Servant, the said T- S -- his Exs, Adms, or Assigns faithfully shall serve, and that Honestly and Obedi- ently in all things as a good and faithful Servant ought to do, and the said T- S-, his Exs, Adms, and Assigns, during the said Term shall provide for the said Servant sufficient meat, Drink, washing, lodging, and Apparel, and for the true performance hereof both the said Parties bind themselves firmly unto each other by these Presents. In Witness whereof, they have hereunto inter- changeably set their Hands and Seals this Twenty-first Day of March, 1771.
O SOLDIER'S OATH, 1777.
I, - - , do Swear (or Affirm) to be true to the united States of America and to Serve them honestly and faithfully against all their Enemies or Opposers whatsoever, and to Observe and Obey the Orders of the Continental Congress and the Orders of the Generals and Officers Set over me by them
before me the -- day of March, 1777
P
ATTEST OF NATURALIZATION
York County
in Pennsylvania SS.
I do hereby certify, that William Lightner hath voluntarily subscribed the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity as directed by an ACT of GENERAL ASSEMBLY of PENNSYLVANIA passed the 13 day of June A. D. 1777.
Witness my hand and seal the 25 day of July A. D. 1778.
HENRY HAGLE (L. S.)
No. 453.
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Q TAVERN PRICES IN COLONIAL DAYS
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Until near the middle of the last century, the rates charged by ordinaries, as houses for public entertainment were then called, were fixed by the county court. The astonishing prices for 1781 were in depreciated paper money.
1746 (Augusta)
Cold "diet"
$ .08
Hot "diet" .121/2
Bed with clean sheets. .04
Stabling and fodder
.08
Rum, per gallon.
1.50
Whiskey, per gallon.
1.00
1761 (Augusta)
Cold "dyet"
.08
Hot "dyet".
.1216
Lodging with clean sheets
.05
Corn or oats, per gallon .
.08 :*
Stabling and fodder, 24 hours
.08:
Sangaree, per quart.
.25;
Madeira, per quart .
.41
Virginia ale, per quart.
.05
Whiskey, per gallon.
.83
New England rum, per gallon
.25
French brandy, per gallon .
.83
Apple or peach brandy, per gallon
.33
Rum punch with white sugar, per quart.
.21
Rum punch with brown sugar, per quart.
.08
"Cyder," bottled or otherwise, per gallon
.41
1763 (Augusta)
In this year the master is charged 1272 cents for a warm dinner and the servant 1012 cents. Mention is made as to whether boiled or unboiled cider shall be served with meals.
1773 (Augusta)
Common hot dinner with beer $
.21
The same without beer .17
Lodging with clean sheets and feather bed. .08
Stabling with good hay, 24 hours
.17
The same for 12 hours .10
Liquors are graded in 21 prices.
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1781 (Rockingham)
Cold dinner $ 10.00
Hot dinner .
12.00
Feather bed and clean sheets.
6.00
Corn or oats, per gallon .
6.00
Stabling and hay, per night.
8.00
Cider, per quart.
5.00
Wine, per gallon.
160.00
Rye Whiskey, per gallon
80.00
Later in the year rates were advanced as follows:
Hot dinner .
$ 30.00
Strong beer or cider, per quart.
12.00
Pasturage, per night.
12.00
Rye whiskey, per gallon.
190.00
1782 (Rockingham)
Cold breakfast
.11
Hot breakfast.
.17
Bed with clean sheets
.121/2
Stabling and hay, per night
.14
Corn, per gallon.
.12 1/2
Oats, per gallon .
.08
Pasturage, per night .
.12 1/2
TAVERN PRICES IN PENDLETON AND BATH, 1797
Breakfast or supper $ .22
(in Bath, 25c.)
Dinner.
.33
Lodging
.08
Stabling and hay, one night.
.25
Pasturage, one night (Bath)
.08
Liquor, per half pint.
.12 1/2
Cider, per quart.
.08
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PRICES OF STORE GOODS IN 1820 Taken from the Day-Book of a Merchant of Franklin.
Flannel, per yd. $ 371/2
Sealing Wafers, per box ... .121/2
Cotton, per yd .
.071/2
Slate Pencil
.02
Figured Muslin, per yd .. . 1.25
Dutch Oven
2.25
Irish Linen, per yd.
.50
Milk Crock
.1633
Calico, per yd. .09 1/2
Pint "Jugg"
.10
Ribbon, per yd. .10
Snuffers
.37 1/2
Domestic Muslin, per yd ..
.25
Half-Pint Tumbler
.121/2
Cotton Yarn No. 6.
.141%
Tin Pan.
.37 1/2
Spun Cotton, per 1b.
1633
Butter Plate.
.04
Silk, per skein.
.02
Blue Cups and Saucers,
Wool Stockings, per pr ...
.83
per set .
.75
Worsted Stockings, per pr.
1.25
Teaspoons, per set .
.25
Cotton Stockings, per pr ..
.75
Andirons, per pr.
3.00
Thread Sock, per pr.
.75
Butt Hinges, per pr.
.37 1/2
Cravat Hdkf.
.87 1/2
Screws, per doz
.1633
Black Silk Hdkf.
87 1/2
Latches, per doz. .25
Small Silk Hdkf
.25
Window Glass, per panc. .
.14 1/2
Cambric, per yd.
1.00
Iron, per lb
.08
Shawl.
2.00
Pocket Knife
.37 1/2
Wool "Hatt"
1.00
Handsaw 2.00
Pumps, per pr
1.75
File.
.22
Common Shoes, per pr .
1.50
Gun Lock
1.121/2
Small Shoes, per pr
.56
Gunpowder, per lb
.621/2
Large Shoes, per pr .
1.50
Gunflints, per doz
.50
Suspenders, per pr.
.37 1/2
Lead, per lb. .
.04
Gloves, per pr
.12 1/2
Imperial Tea, per lb 5.00
Vest Pattern.
1.00
Salt, per bu 2.00
Pasteboard .
.12 1/2
Sugar, per lb.
.06
Buttons, per doz.
.25
Butter, pcr 1b .03
.02
Pins, per paper.
.25
Beef, per lb.
.04
Knitting Pins, per set. . .
.75
Pepper, per lb
.50
Needles, per doz.
.02
Allspice, per lb
.50
Colored Morocco Slippers.
1.50
Ginger, per 1b
1.00
Woman's Saddle.
13.25
Cloves, per oz
.12 1/2
Comb.
.12 12
Nutmeg, one.
.121/2
Ornamental Comb
.37 1/2
Beeswax, per lb
.01
Looking Glass
.25
Ginsing, per 1b
.33
Razor Strop.
.58
Madder, per lb
.66
German Hymn Book.
1.25
Indigo, per oz.
.121/2
Pocket Book
.33
Turkey Red, per oz
.15
Paper, per quire
.50
Buttons (shirt) per doz. . .
.75
Tallow, per 1b.
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SUNDRY PRICES IN FORMER YEARS
Estate of Jacob Zorn - below Sugar Grove - recorded August 19, 1756. Only a partial list given.
read cow $ 6.67
plow & plow irons
4.17
4 bells
1.50
smooth bore gun
1.00
carpenter tools 2.33
weeding hoe & Shovel 1.50
log chain
1.67
poals.
1.00
2 chests
3.00
9 yd. lining (linen)
1.50
1 jacob & great coat .
3.33
5 yd. check linning.
1.00
6 baggs
1.62
shears & looking glass
.67
fether bead .
5.83
spinning wheel
1.67
sow 7 pigies 2 shotes (ap- praised) 1.67
1758-ESTATE OF WILLIAM STEPHENSON
Wolf trap
$ 2.50
2 chisels. .25
Spade.
1.17
Money weights. .50
Handsaw
.67
2 hair seives
.42
7 12 yd. homemade cloth.
8.12
Trunk
1.67
434 yd. linsey
2.37
1759-ESTATE OF ANDREW MULDROUGH
7 cows, 3 heifers, 4 cal-
2 spinning wheels 3.33
ves, 1 bull, 2 horses, 4
2 old saddles.
1.33
sheep, and some hogs. $73.83
Gun. 1.00
Bed clothes 5.00
1760-ESTATE OF ADAM DICKENSON
Negro man
$250.00
Smith's tools. 22.83
Negro girl
141.67
Teakettle, teapot, and
Ox.
15.00
pewter .
14.08
11 cows and 10 calves. . 90.00
Large Bible.
5.00
8 yearlings. 20.00
Overcoat . 6.6
3 two year old cattle. 12.50
Bed and furnishings . .
16.67
Bull.
5.00
Old "Waggon," etc. . 23.33
Horse
45.00
Horse
18.33
hackel 2.50
2 sawes .83
2 sickels. .83
iron pann 1.50
2 pots 1 ceatel (kettle). 1.67
cash . 3.67
augur & chisel 1.17
saddle & bridle. .83
3 bottles & candlestick (appraised) .25
3 sows and 18 shotcs. . . 15.00
2 pares gears (harnes) 3.00
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1761
Tobacco, per lb. .08
Coffin
1.67
Stockings
.83
1764
Leather breeches 2.50
Linen, per yd.
.42
1769
Hat.
.75
Shocs .
1.17
1 day's work .50
1773-ESTATE OF WILLIAM DAVIS (Pendleton)
Margaret (slave)
$53.33
Salt cellar .67
Nan (slave).
46.67
Buckskin gloves .25
1 pr. silver buttons
.25
Cotton stockings.
.33
17 brass coat buttons ...
.17
Thread stockings. .25
Otter skin .
.67
White silk handkerchief.
.75
Tanned hog skin.
.50
Spotted linen handker-
Fine shirt.
1.67
chief .67
Dutch blanket
1.00
Surtout.
2.00
Deer skin
.50
2 bottles
.17
90 bu. corn
25.00
1794-ESTATE OF WILLIAM KINCAID
Horses
$20.00 to $40.00
Loom and appurte-
Cow
9.67
nances.
5.00
Heifer.
4.17
Rifle
11.67
Calf.
1.00
Shovel plow
2.00
Sheep
1.00
Axe.
1.00
"Hogg'
.67
Man's saddle and wa-
Goose.
.25
mus.
8.33
Tow cloth, pcr yd .
.50
"Ruggs"
5.00
Beehive
1.00
1794-ESTATE OF MATHIAS BENSON
Still
$48.00
2 tables
3.33
Watch
10.00
Gun.
2.00
1809-ESTATE OF JAMES GRAHAM
9 breakfast plates $ .50
Silver watch 15.00
6 soup plates
.50
Umbrella 1.00
4 dinner plates
.21
Folding Table.
6.75
6 silver teaspoons
5.00
Bedstead and curtains .. 45.00
Silver tongs.
.75
Shotgun
6.00
1 quarter of mutton .29
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1821-ESTATE OF ROBERT CARLILE
Horses $50.00 to $70.00
Cows. 8.00 to 12.00
37 sheep 46.25
8 horses . $200.00
8 cows and calf.
47.00
1831
11 two year old steers
and heifers
88.00
Bull.
25.00
12 best hogs
10.00
17 other hogs
5.67
1837
53 pigs.
17.49
Hay stacks 4.00 to 8.00
Loom and appurte-
nances
10.00
1822
Wheat, per bu.
.42
Rye, per bu.
.33
1852
Paper, per quire.
.25
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REGENTS' LETTER TO CHARLES P. JONES
A COPY of engrossed letter from the President and Faculty of the University of Virginia to Charles P. Jones:
University of Virginia. April 13, 1906.
Hon. Charles Pinckney Jones, Monterey, Virginia.
Dear Sir:
Eight years ago you were appointed a member of the Board of Visitors of this University, and at the first meeting of the new Board your colleagues chose you as their Rector. The University was just emerging from the supreme ordeal of her corporate life, and the years of your rectorate have been the critical period of her history.
It has been your happy fortune and your distinguished merit so to guide the deliberations of the Visitors that dignity and propriety have characterized all their acts; so to order the relations between the Board and the Faculty that sympathetic co-operation and harmonious effort have marked your period of office; so to mold the attitude of the University to the State that this great school stands more than ever before firmly rooted in the affections of Vir- ginians.
1825
11 four year old steers
and heifers
165.00
Plowing, one day .75
Oats, per bu .
.25
"Goald" watch $40.00
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Wc recall with gratitude to the Providence which governs all the affairs of men, that under your administration the University has been blessed with a prosperity which has grown and will continue to grow from more to more. We shall not forget either your sagacious control of her finances or the generous personal support given by you and your colleagues to her monetary credit. Nor will the sons of the University fail to remember, that while you were Rector, the office of President of the University of Virginia was first crcated, and then worthily and wiscly filled.
On this the natal day of our great Father and Founder* we congratulate you on this happy consummation of a long period of public service, unrewarded save by the affection and approbation of your fellow citizens. In the name of the University, which claims our united love and united service, we thank you for your effectual and unselfish labors in her cause, and bid you farewell with warm assurances of exalted esteem and abiding confidence and respect.
Edwin A. Alderman.
William M. Thornton. Wm. M. Fontaine. W. A. Lambeth. Wm. Minor Lile.
J. M. Page.
Milton W. Humphreys.
J. S. Davis. C. A. Graves.
J. W. Mallet.
Albert Lefevre.
Wm. M. Randolph.
F. P. Dunnington.
Raleigh C. Minor.
Chas. M. McKergno.
Albert H. Tuttle. Thomas Fitzhugh.
J. C. Flippin.
R. H. Whitehead.
Charles W. Kent.
J. L. Newcombe.
P. B. Barringer.
William H. Echols. Bruce R. Payne.
R. H. Dabney.
Richard H. Wilson. Louis L. Holladay.
Francis H. Smith.
Ormond Stone. W. H. Heck.
James A. Harrison.
Wm. Harrison Faulkner. Noah. K. Davis.
*Thomas Jefferson, born April 13, 1743.
A COPY of the Inscription on the Loving Cup presented by the President and Faculty of the University of Virginia to Charles P. Jones on his retiring from the rectorate:
"Charles Pinckney Jones Member of the Board of Visitors and Rector of the University of Virginia, 1898-1906 The gift of the President and members of the Faculty in grateful recognition of unselfish and unstinted service to his Alma Mater and to the State."
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THE HOOKE FAMILY
The article below is given with some condensation, but without the omission of any essential fact. Though it has but a limited bearing on the families of Highland, it is inserted in this book to show what has been ac- complished by persistent effort on the part of a lady teacher, whose time is of course largely devoted to her work. Another purpose is to incite other per- sons to do likewise by preserving the fullest possible record of their own con- nections. It is a simpler matter for an individual to do this for his own relationship than for the author of a county history to attempt to do the same for a hundred or more families and in a very limited time. It should not be assumed that this or any similar book has said the last word and is therefore law and gospel on any given family. It has done what it could in its own way. It is for individual family historians to enlarge on the narrative given in the county history and to correct such defects as are apparent. Also, which is not consistent with the plan of the present book, the history of a family connection includes both male and female lines.
The Hookes of the Valley of Virginia, are of Presbyterian Scotch-Irish stock. Robert, the pioneer, secured several patents for land, the earliest bear- ing the date 1743. It was for 150 acres on Mill Creek near Cross Keys and Port Republic in Rockingham county. Later patents appear to join this early one.
That the pioneer was in the Valley at least as early as 1740, appears from the baptismal register of the old church at Fort Defiance, where for years the early Hookes worshiped, carrying their guns with them. This register re- cords the baptisms of the following children of Robert Hooke, Sr: (1) Esther. Dec. 23, 1740; (2) Robert, Jr., Jan. 6, 1743; (3) Martha, Jan. 16, 1745, (4) George and Jean (twins), Oct. 1, 1746.
The will of Robert Hooke was probated in the Rockingham court, Sept. 1804. It is possible, however, that Robert, Jr., is here named. The will mentions the following children: Elijah, Mary (married - Murry), Martha, William, Esther (Belshey), Robert, Jean (Read), George, James. James Murry, a grandson, is also spoken of.
In 1899, the late Col. William Walker Hooke, then residing at the age of 82, on the homestead of his grandfather, William Hooke, Sr., 114 miles south of Cross Keys, wrote from memory a sketch of his grandfather's family. He gave few dates, but named the following brothers of William Hooke: George, James, Robert, John, Elisha (Elijah?). All these remained in the Valley ex- cept George, who settled in Georgia, although a part of his family came north- ward to Tennessee and Kentucky. The other brothers lived on farms ad- joining and around their family homestead.
James, father of Robert (Robin) Hooke of near Port Republic, owned the land afterward known as the William Rodeffer and Solomon Beery places. His grandchildren, James L. A. Scott and Cynthia Hooke, still live on the old
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farm, and Mrs. Rebecca Bateman, a granddaughter, lives near. James married Mary Lewis in 1798, and died in 1844.
Robert, Jr., owned the place later known as the Joseph Beery farm. Elisha (Elijah?) owned the land afterward known as the Samuel Flory and Rodham Kemper places. John owned a large tract two miles N. E. of Mount Sidney. He was a bachelor and left his estate to eight maiden nieces.
James had three sons and three daughters, their names, so far as known, being James, Robert, Elizabeth, Mary, and Ann. The children of Robert were Mary, Jane, Ann, Catharine, and James Addison. Elisha or Elijah had at least three sons; James, Robert, and Samuel. The descendants of these families are not fully known to the writer, some of the connection having moved away many years ago. But Robert Scott Hooke of Highland was first cousin to Capt. Robert Hooke, father of Col. William W.
William, Jr., married a Miss Campbell (Sarah?). A tracing of this Camp- bell line is desired by the writer. Their children were James (died 1844, in his 71st year), Robert, Jennetta, Martha, Ann, Catharine, Rebecca. James married Mary, daughter of William B. Lewis of the Shenandoah river and first cousin to Gen. Samuel Lewis. After living a while on a farm near Cave Station owned by his father, he took his family in 1812 in a covered wagon to Greene County, Ohio, in which state their descendants are numerous, some still living near Xenia. Mrs. Mary Hooke died in 1861. Catharine, sister of James, married James Lyon and also went to Ohio. The other daughters never married, but went to their brother James in 1837, when quite old.
Robert, the younger son, was born Oct. 10, 1776, and died Oct. 9, 1852. He was a captain of riflemen in the 58th Regiment, Virginia Militia, in 1812. Col. McDowell being the commander. Capt. Hooke was commissioned April 1, 1811, took service in the aforesaid organization, July 8, 1813, and con- tinued therein till Jan. 15, 1814. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Connelly) Walker, who was born, June 2, 1792, married May 1, 1817, and died June 15, 1863. Their children were the following:
1. William Walter, born Feb. 5, 1818, died Mar. 23, 1904.
2. Sarah Campbell, born Aug. 28, 1819, died June 20, 1847.
3. Ann, born Sept. 27, 1821, died Mar. 3, 1899.
4. Elizabeth Jane, born Sept. 1, 1823, died Aug. 23, 1887.
5. Rebecca, born Oct. 14, 1825, died Feb. 8, 1900.
6. Martha C., born May 11, 1828, died July 30, 1907.
7. John, born April 23, 1830, died July 2, 1854.
8. Lucy Margaret, born Oct. 19 1835, died Mar. 5, 1905.
William W., married, Nov. 9, 1837, Maria Jane Dunn, also of Rocking- ham, who was born June 12, 1818 and died April 20, 1897. He was promi- nent in church and official circles, and was elder of the Union Presbyterian church at Cross Keys. In the early 50's he became a colonel of militia. In the War of '61, he belonged to the old reserves and was at the battle of New Market. His children were these:
1. Mary Elizabeth, born Aug. 6, 1838, died Jan. 4, 1897, married W.
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Stewart Slusser and had eight children: Margaret B, Robert, Clara, Cora, J. Calvin, Charles, Howard, Mattie (died young). Clara married J. Samuel Hough and still lives on Mill Creek. The others went to Indiana.
2. Robert, born Jan. 7, 1840, died Sept. 13, 1861, was a member of the 1st Virginia Cavalry (C. S. A.).
3. Sarah Ann, died when a year old.
4. William Franklin, born Mar. 22, 1843, died Oct. 11, 1862, of wound received at Second Manassas.
5. Martha J, born Dec. 19, 1844, died Dec. 11, 1890; married M. J. Meyerhoeffer.
6. John Calvin, born Mar. 19, 1847. His first wife was Emma Van Lear, whose children were Lena, Hattie, Rifa, and Clyde. His second was Mrs. Margaret Corder, whose children by him are Lucy and Walker. He now lives at Pomona, Cal.
7. Rebecca Margaret, born Jan. 8, 1849, died when 5 years old.
8. Lucy Frances, born Feb. 5, 1851, married William D. Rodgers, who died in 1908. She lives at Broadway.
9. James Walker, born Feb. 5, 1853, and living near Penn Laird, Va. He married Margaret Amentrout. His children are William, Robert, and Charles Marvin.
10. Emma Melvena, born Feb. 27, 1855, died at age of 5.
11. Charles McClurg, born Mar. 6, 1857, died at age of 4.
12. Harvey Samuel, born May 28, 1860, married Mary Lupton. They have one child, Albert Lupton, and live at Roanoke, Va.
13. Laura Bell, born Nov. 27, 1863, died April 4, 1903. She married Arthur L. Kemper. Their children are Audrey Lee, Bertha Hooke (deceased), Arthur Walker, Harvey Bibble, Laura Marie.
Sarah C, daughter of Robert, married James C. Williams. Her children were Martha A (died young) and Lucy J, who married John M. Altaffer and died without issue. Ann, sister to Sarah C, married Lewis F. Meyerhoeffer. Her children were:
1. Sarah A, married George Begoon. Children: William, Lucy Jane, Charles, Margaret, John, Mittie, James, and another that died in infancy.
2. Elizabeth M, married James Begoon. No issue.
3. James, married Mary Meyerhoeffer, daughter of M. J. Children: Carrier, Jason, Cleveland.
4. John H., married Margaret Altaffer. Children: Marvin, Annie, Wilber, Joseph. A second wife was Mrs. Mattie Frank. No issue.
5. Robert, married Elizabeth Pirkey. Children: Roy, Nina, Alma, Virginia.
6. Thomas C., married in Iowa, lives in Nebraska.
7. Lucy, married Lewis G. Riddle. He and two of the six children are dead.
8. Lewis B, married Kate Jordan. Children: Daisy, Etta, Elbert, John.
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9. Mattic, married M. Brown Ruebush. Children: Hardin, Anne, Belle, Charles.
10. Ida M., single.
Elizabeth J, third daughter married Robert K. Wilson of Augusta, who lost an arm at Gettysburg in the Confederate service. Children:
1. William S, died in carly life, married, leaving daughters, Lee and Harriet.
2. Luc, died single.
3. Mary, married Davis Altaffer of Iowa. No issue.
Rebecca, fourth daughter, married Rev. Samuel Filler. Children:
1. Elizabeth, married John H. Roller, whose only child is Florida V.
2. Sarah J., married John M. Sauffley, deceased. One child, Charles.
3. Alice S., married John G. Fulton, deceased. Children: Gertrude, Sarah, Givens, Filler.
4. John R., married Florence Earman. Children: Alice, William, Robert, Lucy.
5. Charles, died young.
Martha C, fifth daughter, married John L. Meyerhoeffer. Children:
1. Charles, died young.
2. John H., married Margaret Whitner. No issue.
3. Margaret C., single.
Lucy M, sixth daughter, married Charles A. G. Van Lear. Children:
1. John E., married Eliza Burton, deceased. Only child, Victor (de- ceased).
2. William R., married Emma Lauck. No issue.
3. James W., married Elizabeth Huffman of Augusta. Child, Edith W., residence, Harrisonburg.
4. Charles T. A., married Emma Peterson. Children: Hardin, Adol- phus, Floyd, Edna, Dewey.
5. Arthur W., married Ida Roller. Children: Charles H, Vernie V, Bernard M.
6. Elizabeth M., married Luther Saufley. Children: Charles, Virginia.
7. Travers B., married Daisy Nichol. No issue.
8. Ivy, married Albert Bailey, deceased. No issue.
9. Margie V. L., married John Altaffer, 1909. Residence, Indepen- ence, Kas.
This brief and incomplete sketch is given with the hope that other mem- bers of the Hooke family may furnish what information they can, in order that the complete history of the connection may be established. I wish to thank all who have assisted in this difficult undertaking, and shall be glad to receive additional information relating to other branches.
(Miss) Audrey Lee Kemper, Wytheville, Virginia.
August 11, 1911.
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