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(Le Seuer) West, National Soldier's Home, Tenn .; seventh, Thomas Le Seuer, River, Va .; eighth, Crockett Le Seuer, Bristol, Tenn .; ninth, Foster Le Seuer, Bristol, Tenn .; tenth, Lucy C. (Le Seuer) Weaver, Elizabethton, Tenn .; eleventh, Richard Le Seuer, Bristol, Tenn .; twelfth, Mary Le Seuer (died in infancy); thirteenth, Edwin F. Le Seuer (died in infancy).
Rebecca Goodykoontz married James Le Seuer, P. O., Alumine, Va .; children: George W., Mary F. (Le Seuer) Spillsman, Elizabeth, Catharine, and Dollie.
David Goodykoontz (December 8, 1805-March 15, 1871) married Ruth Harter, (November 8, 1830). They lived at the old Goodykoontz homestead, and their children are as follows:
First, Henry M .; second, Mary Fletcher; third, Eliza- beth; fourth, Julia; fifth, George W .; sixth, William; seventh, Alfred; eighth, Adeline; ninth, Nancy Rosetta; tenth, Ellen; eleventh, David; twelfth, Millard.
Henry M. Goodykoontz married Amanda Wade, P. O., Santoo, Va .; children: First, Winton Goodykoontz, San Antonio, Texas; second, Lou Ella Goodykoontz, Sweet Springs, W. Va .; third, Webster Goodykoontz, Sweet Springs, W. Va .; fourth, Edward Goodykoontz, Sandy Bluff, W. Va .; fifth, Flora Goodykoontz, Sweet Springs, W. Va .; sixth, Ida H. (Goodykoontz) Allison, Allisonia, Va.
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Mary Fletcher Goodykoontz married Rev. B. F. Nuckolls, of Holston Conference, M. E. Church, South (author of this book), November 6, 1865; P. O., Galax, Va .; children: first, Willie David; second, Rosa Ellen; third, Ruth Frances; fourth, Isaac Clark. (See Nuckolls history for further data.) Mary Fletcher Goodykoontz Nuckolls died at Galax, Va., November 21, 1910. Eliza- beth Goodykoontz died young of scarlet fever.
Julia Goodykoontz married Rev. B. W. S. Bishop, of Holston Conference, M. E. Church, South. They owned a home at Emory, Va .; children: first, Charles McTyiere Bishop; second, Lucy; third, Mattie; fourth, David Horace Bishop.
Charles McTyiere Bishop graduated at Emory and Henry College, joined the Holston Conference, married Miss Phœbe Eleanor Jones of Asheville, N. C., and transferred to the Missouri Conference in 1888. In 1911, he was elected president of the Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas., and resides there with his family. He is an able man and an eloquent preacher; is a member of the Commission on the Federation of the Methodist Churches of America.
His children are as follows: First, Phœbe Eleanor; second, Mary Martha; third, Charles (died young); fourth, Roseboddie; fifth, Hendrix.
Lucy Bishop died when she was about twenty-two years old. Mattie Bishop married Mr. John Price, son of Dr. R. N. Price, of Holston Conference. Mr. Price died in 1903, leaving three sons, Charles, John, David. The three sons reside with their mother at Welch, W. Va. David Horace Bishop was educated at Emory and Henry College and Vanderbilt University. He now occupies the chair of English in the University of Mississippi. He married Miss Mary Hartwell Somerville, of Oxford, Mississippi.
Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls and wife, Mary Fletcher Goodykoontz, and Eldest Son, William David Nuckolls
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Julia Goodykoontz Bishop died at Emory, Va., in 1882. B. W. S. Bishop married the second time, Mrs. Mary Dickey; no children; Mr. Bishop died at Taze- well, Va., in 1894; Mrs. Bishop (2) died at Glade Springs, Virginia, in 1911. George W. Goodykoontz married Mary Williamson, P. O., East Radford, Virginia. He was a soldier in the Confederafe army, and was badly wounded.
Their children were: First, Nancy; second, William; third, Alfred; fourth, John; fifth, Ida; sixth, Charles; seventh, Lena; eighth, Harry. Nancy married; lives at -.
William married Miss Pope of Mason City, Iowa; one child, Ruth Evelyn. William held responsible positions as train-despatcher; he was only thirty-five years of age when he died at Mason City, Iowa. His wife and child reside there.
Alfred married Miss Sadie Bosang of Pulaski, Va. They live in East Radford, Va., and have children. Alfred holds a responsible position with the N. & W. R. R.
John married Miss Williams, of Roanoke, Va. They live in Roanoke and have children. John is one of the Division Superintendents of the N. & W. R. R.
Ida married Charles Caldwell, of East Radford, Va. They live in East Radford and have children.
Charles married Miss Rhea, of Bristol, Tenn. They live in Bluefield, W. Va .; have one child. Charles is a druggist.
Lena married. They live in East Radford, Va., and have children.
Harry (single) is in the drug business with his brother, Charles, in Bluefield.
William (1862-1910) was a Confederate soldier. He was badly wounded, and carried a minnie ball in his arm till the day of his death. He married Lucy Wool-
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wine. They lived at the old Goodykoontz homestead until about 1900, when they sold it and moved to Roanoke, Va. They have seven children: first, Horace Wells; second, Arthur Emmett; third, Oscar Wilmer; fourth, Oakey B .; fifth, Robert S .; sixth, a daughter, Willie C .; seventh, a daughter, Lake E., married Mr. Samuel Fishburne Woody.
Horace Wells married Miss Hooper, of New Orleans, Louisiana; he is a successful lawyer, and lives in Wil- liamson, West Virginia. Arthur Emmett, single, lives with his mother on the home place. Oscar Wilmer is married and lives in Chicago. They have children. Oakey B. is married; lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Robert I., single, lives in Roanoke, Virginia.
Willie C., single; lives at the home place with her mother. Lake E. married Mr. Samuel Fishburne Woody, and lives in Roanoke, Virginia. William Goodykoontz died in 1910, at his home near Roanoke, Virginia.
Alfred (1844-1872) married Ellen Cecil in 1870; one son, John, born April, 1871, died in 1897; never married. David (3), son of David (2), (1853-1853).
Millard F., born 1855, married first, Mary Howery, second, Lizzie McCauley; P. O., Graham, Va .; children: Julia May, married J. D. Williams, P. O., Roanoke, Va .; Mattie Myrtle, married W. D. Bower, P. O., Camp Creek, Va .; Minnie Ruth, married M. L. Snead, P. O., Carloover, Bath county, Va .; Glen P., P. O., 1016 Kindle Avenue, Portsmouth, O .; Second marriage children: Clarence F., Robert E., Harry L., Roy F., Nannie A., William D., Bernard Ellis.
Elizabeth Goodykoontz (1834-1842), Adeline J. (1846- 1855). Nancy Rosetta (1851-1856).
Ellen Goodykoontz, youngest daughter, married S. Zechariah Cecil. They live near Newbern, Va., and have five children: Samuel, Linnie, Ruth, Mary, Estell. Samuel
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is married and lives in Newbern, Va .; has children. Linnie, single, lives at home. Ruth married Isaac Walton McClure; they live in Texas, and have three sons and four daughters. Mary married Mr. E. H. Southern; they have two children; live in Pulaski, Va. Estell, single.
Washington Goodykoontz (1882-1895), P. O., Floyd, Va .; was never married; was in Confederate army.
George Goodykoontz .(2), (January 30, 1812-April, 1888) married Sarah Williamson., P. O., Caledonia, Mo. His children: Redmond, Letitia, Clark, Mary (January 9, 1855) married Mr. Bland, P. O., St. Louis, Mo. Thomas (18 .... ), P. O., Caledonia, Mo.
Rev. Alfred M. Goodykoontz was a member of Holston Conference (November 3, 1813-November 15, 1857). He married Mary A. Kirkpatrick, October 8, 1846, P. O., Ross, Tenn. He died in Abingdon, Va., while preaching the gospel. One daughter, Margaret Emma, (single) P. O., Prosise, Tenn. One son, George E. (April 7, 1854), married Sarah J. Loving, March 26, 1878, P. O., Prosise, Tenn. Children: Minnie Andrews, Charles Franklin, Edgar Marion, William Loving, Thomas K. Beaver, James Richard, Joseph Wiley, Mary Margaret (October 14, 1894.)
Rachel Goodykoontz (October 14, 1815) was drowned June 17, 1818.
Nancy (July 27, 1817-September 9, 1842) married Pascal Baber who died September 23,1842; first daughter, Arabella Baber (October 27, 1837-March 20, 1883.), married William Hall, August 9, 1870; children: Washing- ton C. Hall, October 3, 1872; Mae Adda (January 3, 1874), married Crockett Le Seuer, Bristol, Tenn .; Nannie Luther (September 26, 1876-March 10, 1883), William Rush Hall (March 8, 1878-July 23, 1905).
One son, John W. Baber (April 5, 1840-August 6, 1861), was in Confederate army.
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Second daughter, Clementine Baber (July 15, 1842), P. O., Floyd, Va .; never married.
Adeline Goodykoontz (December 24, 1820) married Johnathan Hall; no children, Riner, Va.
Polly Goodykoontz (March 13, 1824), died when a little girl.
GOODYKOONTZ-PHLEGAR FAMILY
Two of the daughters of David Goodykoontz, Sr., married Phlegars.
Mary M. Goodykoontz (1769-1832) married in 1789, George Phlegar (1762-1834). Their son, Benjamin Phlegar, married first, Mary -, second, Sarah They lived at Floyd, Va., and had a large family. Their son, George, was a Confederate soldier, and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg; Andrew was a bachelor; Ellen married David Willis, Floyd, Va .; Mary married Judge Merritt; Adeline, maid; Thomas, bachelor; Abram, bachelor; Henrietta married Rev. George W. Summers, of Holston Conference; John N .; Nancy married Mr. Smith; Lillie, maid; Dora married Mr. Irving Rooney, New York; Estella married Dr. Smith, Radford, Va .; Benjamin; Jesse M .; William married Miss Smith; Mattie married Mr. Brown.
Rev. G. W. Summers and wife, Henrietta Phlegar, had six daughters: first, Pearl, married Mr. Thompson Asbury; they live in Glade Spring, Va .; no children. Second, Bane, married Mr. Paul Dulaney of Bristol, Tenn .; they live in Washington City; have two children, Ben- jamin Bane and Paul Summers. Third, Mary, married Mr. George Penn, Jr., of Abingdon, Virginia. They live in Abingdon; have one daughter. Fourth, Dora, single, Washington, D. C. Fifth, Lois, single, Bristol, Ten- nessee. Sixth, Bessie, single, Bristol, Tennessee.
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Mrs. Henrietta Summers died while the family lived in Cleveland, Tenn .; and is buried in the Cleveland cemetery. Dr. Summers is a professor in Sullins College, Bristol, Tenn.
Grandchildren of Mary M. Goodykoontz and George Phlegar:
Elizabeth Phlegar (1790-1850) never married.
Lydia (1792-18) married.
Joseph (1794-18,) married.
Great grandchildren:
Isaac Phlegar, Calvin, John, Margaret, Eliza, married Mr. Simmons; Sarah, married Martel Le Seuer; Jacob, David, and Joseph.
Margaret (1775-1851), third daughter of David Goody- koontz, married Abram Phlegar, December 12, 1797, P. O., Floyd, Va. Their son, Eli Phlegar, was born in 1808; died in 1864; P. O., Floyd, Va.
Following is a sketch of Eli Phlegar's son, Judge Archer A. Phlegar:
DEATH COMES TO JUDGE PHLEGAR
DISTINGUISHED JURIST SUCCUMBS TO BRIGHT'S DISEASE AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS.
Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia, December twenty-second- Judge Archer A. Phlegar, distinguished Virginia lawyer and jurist, died at his home here at ten forty-five o'clock Sunday morning. He had been ill but one week, death resulting from acute Bright's disease, following an attack of grip.
It was Judge Phlegar's oft-expressed wish that he might die "in harness," and this wish was virtually fulfilled, for he had just concluded the argument in an important civil suit in the corporation court here, when he became ill and had to hasten to his home.
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Judge Phlegar's rather sudden death removes one of the most distinguished lawyers and jurists, not alone of his own State, but of the entire South. He was an author- ity upon all important questions of law, and during many years of active work he made for himself a repu- tation which only high merit could possibly have attained. He was never placed in any position of trust or respon- sibility during his long career as a lawyer and jurist that he did not meet the demands of the occasion with masterly ability, and his success was emphasized by the extensive clientage which he had represented for so many years. In recent years he had been at the head of the law firm of Phlegar, Powell, Price and Shelton, of this city, which firm had an important clientage extending over portions of Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia, and embracing clients among important financial and cor- porate interests in New York City and other financial and commercial centers.
Judge Phlegar continued in his activities with his wonted vigor until seized with his fatal illness a week ago, and up to that time no man in Virginia had been more zealous in the attention to important duties.
During the last fifteen years, Judge Phlegar had not only represented various important corporations in the capacity of legal advisor, but aside from his service in this capacity to the Norfolk and Western Railway Com- pany, the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Com- pany, and kindred corporations, he had served as receiver for the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, which has a capital stock of ten million dollars, and after having by his wise business methods, brought its company out of a state of financial embarrassment by adding largely to its earnings, he was made general counsel for the com- pany. This compliment to his energy and ability had not been long thrust upon him until he received the
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appointment at the hands of Governor Hoge Tyler to a position on the State Supreme Court bench. He was named to fill out the unexpired term of the late Judge Riley. His desire to serve his state was such that he immediately resigned as general counsel for the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, thus surrendering a handsome income that he might be of direct service to the people of his State.
Judge Phlegar was a son of Eli and Ann C. Phlegar. He was born at Christiansburg, in Montgomery county, Virginia, February twenty-second, eighteen and forty-five and was therefore, in his sixty-eighth year. His early education was received at the Montgomery Male Acad- emy, at Christiansburg. He later took the course at Washington and Lee University.
He left the University to enter the Confederate Army. He served as a soldier in the Fifty-fourth Virginia regi- ment of which his uncle, Robert C. Trigg, was colonel. At the close of the civil war he studied law under the late Judge Waller R. Staples, of Christiansburg. He was admitted to the bar at Christiansburg in eighteen and sixty-nine. He rapidly attained to eminence in his pro- fession. One of the first positions held by him after being admitted to the bar was that of commonwealth's attorney for Montgomery county. He served as a member of the Virginia State Senate in eighteen and eighty-one. He was again elected to that body in nineteen and three, and between that year and nineteen and five had a con- spicuous hand in shaping the legislation necessary to make the code of Virginia conform to the new State constitution.
Judge Phlegar was tendered an appointment on the corporation commission of Virginia by Governor Mon- tague, but declined this honor.
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Judge Phlegar's death is not only a distinct loss to the profession which he honored through so many years of successful practice, but to the State and community, and to the Presbyterian Church, of which he had been an humble and consecrated member since he was a young man. He was the teacher of the men's Bible class of this city, and that class met this Sunday afternoon to do honor to his memory.
He took special pride in Sunday school work, and as an instructor on Bible topics, was distinguished for his aptness and ability.
At the time of his death, Judge Phlegar was general counsel for the Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company, having succeeded Judge Joseph L. Kelly in that position upon the promotion of the latter to the corporation court judgeship in October, nineteen and ten. He had also served as first vice-president and a director in the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Company, but resigned those positions some time ago. He was president of the Bank of Christiansburg, a position which he had held for fifteen years. He was always deeply concerned in the welfare of Christiansburg and its insti- tutions, and although long a resident of Bristol he had never changed his place of legal residence from Christians- burg, nor had he transferred his church membership from there.
Judge Phlegar was especially noted for his philan- thropic work. He was one of the trustees of the Thronwell orphanage at Clinton, South Carolina, and for years had contributed to the expense of that institution. It was a rule of his life to contribute ten per cent of his earnings to charity, and from year to year he wrote numerous checks at this season of the year in conformity with his plan of giving. He had given many thousands of dollars for charity, and in so doing he was always unpretentious,
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preferring that nothing be said concerning his giving. The poor of this and other communities will miss his annual contributions to them at this season, as it was his custom to mail these checks on the first of each year.
Judge Phlegar is survived by his widow, who, prior to her marriage, was Miss Susan Shanks, of Salem, and by the following children: David S. Phlegar, of Norfolk, Virginia; Mrs. E. B. Crosley, Philadelphia; Miss Mary Phlegar, of Bristol, and Hunter Phlegar, of Christians- burg.
All members of the family were at his bedside when the end came, it having become apparent late Saturday that he had small chance to recover.
The funeral party will leave Bristol for Christiansburg Monday evening, and the burial will take place there Tuesday afternoon. The funeral service will be con- ducted from the Presbyterian church of Christiansburg at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, at which time it is expected that many prominent persons from over the State will be in attendance. The Bristol bar, of which Judge Phlegar had been a distinguished member for a number of years, will be largely represented at the funeral.
Numerous messages were sent from here Sunday to notify friends and relatives throughout the State of the death of Judge Phlegar.
The news of the death spread rapidly among the people in the churches of the city, thousands having assembled for the worship of the morning service just at the hour when death had claimed the beloved lawyer and citizen, whose noble Christian life and high ideals had impressed the people of this community of his great worth. The funeral party left Bristol this evening and occupied a private car of the Virginia and Southwestern Railway. Officials of the railway and members of the Bristol bar accompanied the body to Christiansburg.
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One daughter of Eli Phlegar, Ellen (born 1848), married Mr. Johnston; their first daughter, Anna Johnston (born in 1868), married Mr. Campbell; second daughter, Susan (1870) married Mr. Price; their sons were Richard, Lennie Archer P. (1876).
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CHAPTER XIII
THE KENNEY FAMILY
William Kenney and wife, Miss Dunn, were early settlers in this country. They came from Frederick county, Va., and settled in the Valley of Crooked Creek, now Carroll county, Va. His sons were Robert, Hance, and William. Robert married Miss Mallory; her mother was Rosa Bourne, daughter of Stephen Bourne. William married Fidella Wells, of Wilson, Va. Their son, John A. Kenney, still owns part of the old homestead. There were three daughters: Eliza Kenney married Dr. James Worrell; Eleanor married Robert N. Anderson, and Jane married James Early. Amos Ballard, of Grayson Old C.H., married Jane Kenney, sister of William Kenney, Sr.
John Early was also an early settler of English ancestry. He married Miss Rhoda Stevens, of Reed Island, Va .; lived near what is now Hillsville. Their sons were James, John, Peter. James married Jane Kenney; Peter married Jane Worrell; John married Ann Johnston, sister to Mrs. Martha Johnston Thornton, wife of William Thornton, who for many years has kept the hotel, "Texas House," Hillsville, Va. Mrs. Rhoda Stevens Early married sec- ond time, Dr. Straw, of Wythe county, but is buried at Hillsville, Va.
Dr. Joshua Stoneman, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, was for a long time the only doctor in this country. He was a very prominent and useful citizen and had one son, Mark D. Stoneman. Dr. Stoneman moved to Illinois. His daughters were well posted in vegetable medicines, and very useful and attentive in sickness.
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One of Dr. Stoneman's daughters, Elizabeth, had her horse and saddle bags always ready, and travelled all over this country at night, or in daytime, whenever called. Another daughter, Mary who married Louis LaRowe, would go to attend the sick whenever called for.
There are a number of the Stoneman descendants here, and we find them solid and firm. They are as the name indicates, "Stone Men."
There are other families worthy a place in history of this upper New River Valley, but time and space forbid the record. I hope some one in the future will write up this country and its people better than I have been able to do. At any rate the history has been known, and will continue to be written on memories pages, and is known and will be known to the great God of the universe, unto whom we all shall render up the final account, for the manner and use we have made of the time, opportunities, and talents given to us.
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