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C. of Thomas: William T. (1832c-1907) (Pauline Scott)-Mary A. (b. 1835) (Robert A. Patton)-James O. (1842-1909) (Sidney J. Nickell) -Josephine (Alexander Lemons)-Margaret A. (b. 1848) (Robert A. Ross) .
C. of J. O .: Ora L. (Harvey T. Neel, 1889), George E. (Lelia Ro- wan), Frank E., Homer N., James E. (Mamie Neel) .
James, a brother to Andrew and a weaver by trade, came from Scot- land after a very long voyage. He left 3000 acres to his children. B. 1784, d. 1870: m. Ann Mills, 1814. C: Margaret (b. 1814) (Jesse Jones, 1838)-Robert (b. at sea, 1817) (Susan J. Nickell, 1845)-Alice (s)-An- drew (m. Tex.)-James E. (1826-1876) (Elizabeth A. Burdette)-Ruth A. (Elisha P. Arnott, 1853)-Mary J. (1833-1900) (Hiram M. Hogsett) .
J. E. was a prosperous merchant and farmer of fine mathematical skill and mechanical ingenuity. C: Dr. R. W. (m. Minn.), Margaret J. (L. C. Lemons), A. Lewis (Henrietta A. Young), Dr. J. H. A. (Allie Tim- berlake), Mary E. (W. P. Hinton), Dr. W. L. (- Welch), Eliza A. (J. W. Longanacre) .
C. of J. Y. : Mary, Yeman, Andrew A. (Alice Longanacre), Wil- liam G.
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The Millers of Monroe are of several distinct families. Our notes specify numerous marriages and sundry other facts, but we are able to classify only a minor part of these. Among still others Millers are the following:
Adam (Lethe) : C .- Samuel, John, William, Adam, Mary J., Elizabeth (d. 1844) .
Brice lived at the head of Wolf in 1800. He seems to be the man of that name who set out with the Paulees in their attempted trip to Ken- tucky in 1779. C: Brice (Christina DeHart), Nancy (George McGuire, 1801), (Elizabeth).
Thomas (Sarah) had a son John (1793-1855) born here.
Valentine (Jane) (d. 1852) had a son Isaac.
Valentine (S-) had a son Peter (Jean) born in Augusta, 1789. Michael (d. 1834) (Dolly) : C .- Polly (John Bailey, 1819),-
(Daniel Leake)-(Abraham Toler), Jane, David, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ra- chel, Margaret ( - Shanklin), Andrew.
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The Millers who married into the family of Richard McNeer were grandchildren of Patrick, who lived on the Cowpasture before moving to the Greenbrier.
J. Burnett Miller, son of Andrew A., was a genius in both vocal and instrumental music. His voice was baritone and few persons could cover so much of the scale. With a sister he sang in some of the leading cities of West Virginia. The instruments he played were the organ, piano, vio- lin, and guitar. But he had also a strong literary inclination. Even the compositions of his early boyhood were excellent in thought and diction. At a later age he wrote several stories. He spent three years at Shelton College and was an untiring student. But his ambition outran his physical strength, and this gifted youth of pure and high character was called away in 1903 at the early age of nineteen.
MITCHELL
Joshua (1757-1843) was a native of the city of Paris, and becoming an orphan while yet a child he grew up with very meager advantages. In 1781 he was serving under Lafayette in Virginia as a French soldier. When his command was about to return to France after the capture of Cornwallis he ran away to the Blue Ridge. While famished for want of food he was accused of being a deserter by a woman at whose house he called for a meal. She insisted that his military buttons were proof enough in her eyes, and on her promise that she would not betray him he clipped off the buttons and gave them to her. Between 1790 and 1794 he found his way to Monroe and finally settled in 1803 on a tract of 950 acres on Brier Run. Nearly all this land is yet in the family. There now stand on it two schoolhouses and ten dwelling houses, in addition to nine dwellings now on the retired list. Mitchell was poor, but honest and upright. One of his cares after coming to Brier Run was to put a substantial hedge fence around a burial plot. This living wall still re- mains in good condition. His eight day clock is in the posssesion of a great-grandson. He married (1) Nancy - -, (2) Elizabeth Stig- gard. C: Thomas (d. 1847) (Margaret Mathews)-Nancy (Abraham Cox, 1807) ; by 2d w .- James (Sarah Miller, 1819)-Polly (Frederick Co- mer, 1834)-Elizabeth (- - Miller)-Kate ("Forked" John Miller, 1819) -Jane (John Comer, 1824)-Margaret (- .Cox)-Lucy (John Phipps, 1824)-Susanna (James Ellison, 1822)-Joseph (Sarah Comer, 1829) -
Patterson, Nancy Harvey) .
C. of Thomas: Lewis-George M. (Mary C. Vass, 1847)-Jonathan- Baldwin-James-Henry-Albert-T. Riley (- Smith). Lewis bought out the other heirs and remained on the homestead, George and Jonathan going to California and James and Henry to Braxton. Baldwin was killed in the war of 1861. While George was in Missouri he owned land now a part of the city of St. Joseph.
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MORTON
William B., a highly successful farmer and business man, lived at Johnson's Crossroads and at Union from 1893 to 1911, and then removed to Graham of which he is the founder. He still has interests in Monroe.
MOSS
It is said that James (Phoebe) Moss was the first settler at Sweet Springs and sold his claim to the Lewises for a pair of buckskin breeches; and that he moved from Lynnside to the George Sayers farm. This has long been known as the "Moss place." C: Nancy (Andrew Higgenbotham, 1800)-Jane (James Higgenbotham, 1803)-George-Henry. George is probably identical with the George (1788-1870) who married Lydia Benson in 1808. She was living in the family of Charles Lewis. But unless record dates can be depended upon-and very often they cannot-there was an- other George (1784-1860), a son of Jacob and Polly and born in Penn- sylvania. Of the later Mosses we have no connected account.
MURPHY
C. of John (Julia A. Weikel) : Michael (Ella McNeer), William, John, Connie, Sarah, Ellen, May, Mack.
NEAL
Walter (d. 1801) (Winifred) was a cooper and lived at the head of Turkey. (App. $621.58). C: Charles (Martha Arnot, 1802), Rachel (Thomas Wray, 1802), Walter (Deborah Arnot), Agnes (John Wiseman, 1812).
NEEL
The Scottish orthography of this name is Neill. Owen (d. 1828) (Isabella Maxwell, 1778) came from Pennsylvania with his father Owen (John?), then a widower, whose other children were John, Joseph, Wil- liam, Adam, and two daughters. One of the sons was killed at Point Pleasant. The first settlement was on Potts Creek in 1780, whence about 10 years later there was a removal to Gap valley.
C. of Owen, Jr .: John (1780-1856) (Mary Kelly, 1820)-Josephus (1782-1832) (Rebecca Campbell)-Elsie (b. 1784) (John Patton, 1802)- William H. (1787-1862) (Mary A. Jarvis, great niece of President John Adams) -Margaret (b. 1791) (John Johnston)-Thomas (1793-1825) (Mary Ross)-Isabella (1796-1844)) (Alexander Leach)-Owen (1798- 1876) (Mary Patton)-Abner (1800-1874) (Catharine Osborne of George and Polly)-Julia (1805-1879) (Madison Smith) .
C. of John: John K. (Cassandra Stevens)-Mary F. (William Neel) -Elizabeth (Ephraim Neel)-Malinda (Chapman Vanstavern, James Neel)-Virginia (William Blankenship)-Margaret (Peter Osborne)-Isa- bella (- Pugh)-Oscar (Cornelia Hughart)-Martha (John McCor-
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mick)-Indiana (b. 1844) (- Kesler). The families of John K. (b. 1821) and Oscar are in Colorado and California respectively.
C. of Josephus: John O. (b. 1810) (Mary Kelly)-Isabel J. (1813-1849) (George Gilchrist)-Selina (1817-1896) (John Miller)-Joseph E. (West) -Susan M. (s)-Caroline (b. 1824) (Joseph M. Nickell, 1845)-Abner H. (b. 1826) (Martha Stevens)-Thomas M. (- - Champ)-Malvina ( -- Dempsey)-Margaret J. (- Pugh) . J. E. and T. M. went West.
C. of Abner H .- Clark (Rose Campbell), Estaline (John Rowan) .
C. of Clark of A. H .- Ella P., Robert W., William H., Grace C.
C. of Thomas: Harvey J. (b. 1826)-Henry O. (b. 1828) (Mrs. Rob- erta Eubank Owen)-William F. (b. 1830) (Margaret E. Stodghill) - Susan (John H. Hansbarger) .
C. of H. O .- John, Thomas, Lucian (Rebecca McGuire), Caroline (Frank Grove) .
C. of W. F .- Harvey T. (Ora Miller), Sudie (Richard Appling), Harriet (Thomas Appling) .
C. of Owen: Austen A. (d. '61x) (Mary E. Bucktrout)-graduate of William and Mary College.
C. of Abner: Ann (Stephen Ruddle)-Lewis C. (b. 1830) (Sophia Miller)-Allen G. (b. 1833) (Susan Patton)-Cyrus F. (b. 1837) (Nancy M. Ross)-Harvey A. (b. 1840) (Josephine Ross)-Mary E. C. (Samuel Simms) .
L. C., a physician, removed to Mo., and married there.
C. of A. G .- Harlan (Nellie Pollock)-Cora (Robert Johnson)-Zella -Ethel (John B. Harper)-Wade H.
C. of C. F. of Abner: Ada-Dr. Hugh W.
C. of Harvey A .- Guy (Pearl Neel)-Lake (Julia Biddle, Tenn.)- -Baxter L .- Hallie-Nellie.
C. of William H .- Margaret A. (b. 1809) (Thomas Miller, Moses Car- roll)-Fielden F. (b. 1810) (Sabina Stuart Williams)-Owen (- Hayford)-William (s)-Isabella M. (- Poole, Charles Archey)- Nancy (- Flanagan)-Mary A. (s) .
C. of F. F .- Mary J. (Lewis A. Pence)-Margaret A. (Robert B. Wallace)-Abner A. P. (Alice Anderson, Ida Payne) .
C. of A. A. P .- Edith, Charles, Wilber, Beulah (Samuel Johnson), Alice; by 2d w .- Abner A. F., Samuel R., Fielden F., Eunice, Sabina B., Laura. A. A. P., S. R., F. F. are Methodist ministers.
C. of Cyrus F .- Ada-Dr. Hugh W .- Fay (Harry Baylor)-Bessie.
The present members of the Neel connection largely remain around the original settlement in Gap valley and possess several of its best farms and farmhouses.
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NELSON
James (d. 1825) (Mary Brown) lived near New Lebanon and seems to have been a son of William (d. 1794) (app. $148.23), who was also in same locality.
C. of James: William (Sidney Ewing), Elizabeth (s), Nancy (s), Jean (1784-1860) (Tristram Patton), Margaret (George Nickell), ?James (Polly Fink, 1804). William had no children and divided his estate of $35,000, a very large one for that time, among seven nephews.
NETTLES
Abraham, a disabled veteran of the Revolution, lived on Scott's Branch. He had a considerable family. -
NICKELL
In the colonial period this name was spelled Nichol and Nicholas. Four brothers came here as early, it is claimed, as about 1751 and fought at Point Pleasant. They were Thomas (d. 1807) (Jane King)-Robert (Margaret Gray)-Isaac (d. 1839) (Margaret Curry)-Andrew. Thomas married here. Robert had no family.
C. of Thomas: Margaret-Barbara ( Erwin)-Thomas-Robert -Jean (James Wheeler, 1806)-Elizabeth-John (Polly Nickell)-George (b. 1776) (Margaret Nelson)-Mary ( Erwin)-Andrew (b. 1780) (Barbara Nickell)-James. Thomas and Robert went to Ky, John to O. C. of George of Thos .: Jennie (b. 1800) (- - Kippers)-Mary (James Gray)-Elizabeth (Mo.)-Nancy (James Hinchman)-Robert (b. 1805) (Eliza Nickell)-Margaret (John Hinchman, 1824)-James (Jane Gullett)-George W. (1809-1899) (Anna M. Nickell)-Amanda (b. 1811) (- Keys)-John A. (1813-1898) (Mary J. Patton)-Rachel (b. 1815) (R. Porterfield Boyd)-William N. (Malvina Hill, 1839)-Sidney (James Drummond)-Delilah (b. 1822) (George W. Campbell, 1840). In 1889 the average age of 8 of this large family was 76 years. 10 of them mar- ried and had families. G. W. and J. A. remained in Monroe, the latter on the homestead.
C. of Andrew of Thomas: Thomas, Hiram, Caperton, Andrew, Hen- derson (Martha Patton), daughter (- Erwin) .
C. of G. W. of Geo .: Margaret A. (b. 1835) (Joseph Cook, 1850)- Charles P. (Caroline Lemons, 1859)-Andrew A. (Flora Bear, 1862)- George T. (Ingabo Patton, 1862)-Sidney J. (b. 1847) (James O. Miller, 1867)-Priscilla C. (Harvey Young, 1870)-Greer M. (Norma Crawford).
C. of J. A. of Geo .: Rev. William N. (Susan Wickline)-Ingabo C. (J. T. Black)-John T. (Lydia J. Gray)-Virginia M. (Wm. T. Pat- ton)-Cary P. (Elizabeth Campbell).
C. of Isaac: Polly (John Nickell)-Anne (James Corbett)-Elizabeth (Robert Craig, 1803)-Barbara (James Nickell)-Nancy (Joseph Cottle,
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1799)-Rebecca (John Cottle)-Susanna (Thomas Erwin, 1807)-Sarah (Richard McCallister, 1814)-John (d. by 1835) (Anne Curry) . All but Polly, Barbara, and John left the county.
C. of John of Isaac: Isaac-Sarah (James McLaughlin)-Rebecca (Wil- liam Lemons)-Lydia (Henry Campbell)-John N. (Elizabeth Irons)- Nancy (Joseph Young, 1835)-Margaret A .- Elizabeth-Mary.
C. of Andrew of Thomas: Thomas, Caperton, Henderson, Andrew, Wil- liam, Edward, Ellen, Eliza, Washington, Christopher, Malinda, Hiram.
C. of James of Thomas: Ruth, Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, James M., Pallie, Ann, Alexander.
C. of Jas. M. (Sally Ann Burdette). Marrietta (C. W. Hutcheson), Angelina (J. H. D. Johnson), Jas. M. (Mo.) (Lizzie Ford), Barbara (Dr. Wm. Campbell), J. Hunter (Sally Chapman), Sarah Rebecca (J. W. Lee), Harvey (Ark. ) L. A. (Cora Clark), C. C. (Rosebud Mann, Annie Hinchman). The family home at Nickells Mills is one of the old- est in the county. L. A. was circuit clerk 12 years and very popular.
Andrew (Elizabeth Erwin) is said to have been a half-brother to An- drew, one of the four pioneers. C: "Gap" John (Nancy Nickell)-"Stil- ler" Andrew (Mary A. Patton)-Frank (West)-"Long Bob" (d. 1850) (Delia Feamster)-Barbara-Frances-Jennie-Mary-Susan-Elizabeth.
C. of "Gap" John: "Ham" John-Sarah-Elizabeth-Margaret-Ann.
C. of "Stiller" Andrew: Robert P. ("Sewell Bob") (Kate McDowell) -Anna M. (1812-1887)-Eliza (Robert Nickell)-Jane (s)-Priscilla (H. B. Gaston)-Lena (Alexander C. Nickell)-Martha M. (James Ross) .
C. of "Long Bob": Feamster (Martha Lynch)-Elizabeth M. (1820- 1903) (George W. Reaburn, 1838)-Sarah A. (Edward J. Nickell, 1846) -Rebecca-Mary-Emily (Robert A. Patton)-Susan J. (Robert Miller, 1845)-Caroline (Dr. G. H. K. Nickell).
C. of John of Thos: Ruth (Benjamin Herring)-Thomas-Isaac (Mar- garet Patton)-Elizabeth (James Curry, 1827)-Sarah (Josiah Curry)- Polly A. (Edward Farnsworth)-John M. (Sarah A. Burdette)-Alexan- der C. (Lena Nickell) .
OSBORNE
George (1782-1846) (Mary Lohr, 1808) was a son of Josiah (Margaret Alderson) and he in turn was seemingly of the Osborne family that set- tled on the South Branch in Hardy before 1748. Several families from that region are known to have come at an early day to the Greenbrier. C: Catharine (Abner Neel)-Cyrus (m. Greenbrier)-Jenny (m. Green- brier)-Peter L. (Margaret Neel) (West)-John-Jacob (Sarah A. Budd, 1847)-William-Susan A. (b. 1826) (John Carpenter) .
C. of P. L .- Mary, Jefferson D.
C. of Jacob: George C. (Mattie Poage), John (Lettie P. Frederick, 1891), Mary K. (M. S. Alexander, 1891), Rose (W. D. Sell).
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PACK
In England this name is historic. One of the Packs was in the Long Parliament. Another was one of Wellington's generals. Samuel wan- dered into this region from Tidewater Virginia, and in 1763 was trapping with Swope and Pitman on New River. A son was Samuel, Jr. (1760- 1833) (Mary Farley), who settled on that stream. The Packs were large slaveholders and owned much New River bottom from the mouth of the Greenbrier up to and around the mouth of Bluestone. C. of Samuel, Jr. -John (d. 1830c) (Elizabeth Lively, 1812)-Matthew-Samuel (Sarah Wyatt, 1802)-Bartley (d. 1834) (Dicea Harvey)-Loammi (1791-1858) (Jane Lively, 1811)-William-Anderson (Rebecca Peters)-Elizabeth (Jacob Dickenson)-Polly (Joseph Lively, 1812)-Jennie (Jonah Morris). Anderson and Loammi owned a large body of land on Brush in the vicin- ity of Cashmere. The latter was a zealous Methodist, and built and did very much to maintain the Pack church. The wife of President Hayes was a daughter of Jennie Pack Morris. While Hayes was in this region as a general in the Fedral army he recognized Captain John A. Pack as a relative and gave him the freedom of his camp at Raleigh C. H. After the death of Anderson, his sons moved to Kansas and Oklahoma. Since then the name is locally extinct in the line of Loammi.
C. of Anderson: Conrad B., Samuel B., John A., Allen C., Loammi C., Charles H., Virginia (Dr. Charles G. Manser), Clara (E. B. Meador), Kate (Capt. Robert Saunders) .
C. of Loammi: Cynthia (1812-1882) (James McGue, 1839)-Lucinda (Archibald Swinney, 1833)-Sarah (1818-1885) (Lorenzo D. Martin, 1849) -Bartley (Hester E. Carper, 1844)-Polly (Vincent Callaway, 1863)- Eliza J. (Andrew J. Carper, 1849)-Samuel C. (1829-1903)-Lorenzo D. (Mary J. Douthat, 1858)-John L. (1833-1895) (Elizabeth J. Ellison, 1867).
C. of L. D .- Annie M. (Henry Brown), Jennie L. (C. A. Brown), Henry W., James J., Charles B., Mary L. (Robert Green), Lucy P., Thomas R.
C. of J. L .: Walter J. (Lida Ralston, 1901), Charles H. (Nora Miller), Luther J. (Eva Broyles). These sons began life as teachers, secured academic or collegiate education, and became ministers of the Baptist Church.
PARKE
Thomas F. (Elizabeth McDermott) came to Monroe from County Ros- common, Ireland, in 1851. Their marriage took place the following year. The parents and also the children, except one, are buried in the Catholic cemetery at Sweet Springs. C: Francis J., Mollie A., Thomas A., Eliza- beth, John R., Maggie. Francis J. was married in 1903 to Myrtle How- lett, of Wisconsin. Their children are Ruth, Martha, and Mary. Mr.
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Parke is Law Examiner in the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
PARKER
Joseph was a Scotch-Irish immigrant who married a Rector. C: Joseph (Elizabeth), David, Andrew, Eliza J. (Andrew Irons), William (1815- 1902) (Lydia Sullivan, Sarah J. Upton, 1846c) .
C. of William: daughter (A. J. Daugherty), Joseph N. (1847-1906), Lydia W. (James T. Allen), Andrew L. (Sarah Allen), George W. (Car- oline A. Brown), J. Harvey (Mary Wetzel), Samuel A. (Leola Kincaid), William H., Mary I. (Thomas M. Broyles), S. A. (d.) and W. H., min- isters, the former a Methodist, the latter a Baptist.
C. of Joseph (Elizabeth Young) : Susanna J. (James S. Hawkins), Alex'r Karnes (Mary Ann Wylie), Caroline (Benj. Beaman), Virginia (John Calvin Beamer), Preston (Nettie Hedrick), Wm. H. (Estaline Shirley, Nettie McClung), Robert Y. (Martha Campbell) .
C. of Alex'r K. : J. Elliot (Mary Hammond), Laura (s), John P., (Annie Clark), Alice (Rev. J. W. Holt), Florence (B. J. Leach), Lelia (John Withrow), Annie Wylie (Coleman Heywood), Arthur K. (Lucy Gordon).
Preston lived and died at Asbury, Greenbrier Co.
C. of Wm. H .: by 1st w., Newton A., Presby. minister, (Leonard Dickinson) (Monterey, Va.), Viola (J. Plumer Leach, (Pa.) ; by 2d w., Lonnie (- - Jarrett) (Ill.) d., Thos. B., d. 1904.
C. of Robert Y .. Ashby, Wade Oren, Robert, Carl and Glenna.
PATTON
Tristram (1758-1843) (Jean Nelson, 1808) was a native of county Ty- rone, crossed the Atlantic about 1777, and is said to have served on Wash- ington's body guard in the Revolution. After the war he taught school in Philadelphia, moving to Second Creek not later than 1795. Seeing a prom- ising future in this new country, he sent for his younger brother Robert. They became large landholders and operated mills. Tristram's grist and saw mill stood a mile below the concrete bridge. Robert's powder mill was two miles below. Its owner and a slave man were killed by an ex- plosion in the powder mill in 1808. Tristram, a member of the New Lebanon church, was quiet, unobtrusive, well educated, and was much in request among his neighbors as a writer of legal documents. All his numerous children attained their majority and 12 passed the age of 70. Columbus M., who at this writing is the only survivor, bears the remark- able distinction of being the son of a Revolutionary veteran. That war seems very remote to us of today.
C. of Tristram: William M. (1809-1878) (Elizabeth K. Reaburn)- Mary B. (Owen Neel)-James N. (s)-Elizabeth S. (William Ellis)-
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Robert M. (1814-1891) (Margaret Level, 1840)-John J. (Margaret Rob- inson, Mrs. Hannah Early)-Louisa A. (Matthew Humphreys)-Nancy M. (George V. Perry, 1845)-Thomas B. (b. 1822) (Eliza Alderson, 1845) --- Washington L. (Elizabeth Rodgers)-Edwin F. (Rebecca M. Burdette, 1853)-Margaret J. (Spencer R. Hill, 1848)-Columbus M., twin to M. J. (b. 1828) (Mary A. Dunsmore, 1852)-Sidney E. (b. 1830) (Lewis E. Swope, 1854).
While James N., as a constable, was collecting taxes, he knew what it was to have boiling water thrown at him. On one occasion a widow barred her door, but it was an easy matter to mount the low roof of the cabin and go down the capacious wooden chimney, using the crane as a step. The tax money was then forthcoming.
C. of W. M .: Caroline J. (1834-1893) (Nathan Perry, 1852)-Malinda (John M. Alderson) .
C. of R. M. : Nancy J., Mary S . (Allen Neel), James M., D. L., Wil- liam N., Owen N., Elizabeth M., John P., Sarah R.
C. of J. J. by 1st w .: Joanna (- Rodgers) .
C. of T. B. : John W., Granville M., Preston B., Alderson M., Wal- ter W.
C. of W. L .: Virginia, Effie, William, Douglas, Edwin.
C. of E. F. : Samuel R. (Nannie Ford, Sophoronia Figgatt).
C. of C. M .: Mary A., Marelda, Austin N., Margaret E., Nelson F., Annie L., Franklin W.
Robert (d. 1808) (Eleanor Gray, 1797), bro. to Tristram. C: Wil- liam M. (1798-1879) (Mary V. Campbell, 1825)-Robert (m. in Ky.) . The widow of Robert, Sr., went to Kentucky with her children. W. M. returned, but migrated to Ritchie in 1843. At the outbreak of the war all the sons except the one who was too small came back to Monroe and entered the Confederate service.
C. of W. M .: William M. (Catharine Radcliff, 1856), Louisa, Martha (Isaiah Wills), John C. (1832-1913) (Rebecca Stuart, 1868), Andrew J., Sarah J., Albert D. (Cordelia F. Morton, 1872), Mary V., Benjamin F., Ann, Lydia (b. 1847) (Pressley W. Morris).
William, the eldest brother to Tristram and Robert, inherited the family estate in Ireland according to the British rule of primogeniture, but in default of heirs of his own the property would have gone to those of Tristram. They took no action in the matter and the estate reverted to the British crown.
Another Robert, said to be a cousin, came to Second Creek from county Donegal, Ireland, about 1805 and died 1823. His wife was Jean -. C: Margaret (John Cottle)-Tristram (1793-1885) (Eliza E. Hogshead, 1827)-Robert-Jean (William Cornwell, 1804)-John (Elsie Neel, 1802) -William-Mark (s)-Mary A. (Andrew Nickell, 1802) .
The Cottles had no family. Tristram was left 200 pounds sterling by
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James Ramsay, of Waterford, Ireland. Robert, Jr., died before his father. William settled in Alabama.
C. of Tristram: Robert A. (Emily Nickell, Mrs. Mary Ann Boyd)- Mary J. R. (Andrew W. Gray)-Dr. John B. (k. '61)-William T. (Mollie J. Beamer, Virginia M. Nickell) .
C. of W. T .: Eliza E. (W. G. Campbell), Ada J. (R. B. Nickell), John N. (Bessie F. Parker), Clyde T. (Glenna R. Pharr), Bessie (C. N. Gray (Ind.) .
C. of John: Ingabo (Abraham Thomas)-Mary J. (John A. Nickell) -- Margaret (Isaac Nickell)-William (Litha Hall)-John M. (Ga.)-Wash- ington (Ga.)-Martha (Henderson Nickell)-Isabel M. (- - Lokey) -Julia (Joseph Hawkins).
C. of Robert A .: by 1st w., McElwee (West), Ellen (Simeon Mil- ler) ; by 2d w., John (Mo.), T. J. (d.), Tristram A., (Myrtle Humphreys), Robert O. (Mo.), B. S. (Mo.), Jas. A. (Wash.), Margaret Belle Clifton (Mo.).
Robert M. Patton (1808-1885) went with his father William to Hunts- ville, Ala., in 1812. He was a merchant and planter and was many times in the legislature previous to the war. He was a member of the Char- leston convention of 1860, and was not at first in favor of secession. Three sons were in the Confederate army. He was governor of Alabama, 1865- 69. Governor Patton was a Christian gentleman and of charitable na- ture. He was interested in railroads and other industrial enterprises. As the first governor during the reconstruction his position was a difficult one.
The eldest daughter of William T., now of Oklahoma, is an artist and is skilled in ceramics.
PECK
We have been given no sketch of this family, which, nevertheless, goes back to the early days of Monroe, and for all we know to the contrary, may claim as its ancestor Jacob, a native of Germany, who came to Au- gusta in 1744. His wife was Elizabeth Borden.
C. of Elisha G. (Margaret C. Peters, 1841) : William H. (d. '61), John P. (- Peck), Jacob H. (s), Benjamin L., Allen T. (Josephine Spangler), Hugh A. (- McCormick).
PENCE
Jacob and Valentine, two German immigrants, came to Rockingham about 1747. A son of one of these was Jacob (d. 1819c), who after liv- ing a while on the Cowpasture and on Dunlap, purchased the Estill place in 1818. His wife, Elizabeth Tresler, a German girl (1778-1865), came to America when seven years old. C: David (Mary R. Clark)-Henry (1800-1867) (Nancy Stodghill, 1829)-Catharine (Jesse Dickenson, 1820)
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A HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
-Juliana (John Shultz)-Moses (Delilah Smith)-Elizabeth (- - Goodall)-Agnes (Lewis Smith)-Peter G. W. (s). Henry built about 1831 a brick house that is still in the family. He saw the wish become fact that he might live to see the end of the great American war.
C. of Henry: Amanda J. (1830-1879) (Richard T. McNeer, 1848), Lewis A. (Mary J. Neel), John H. (Virginia Campbell), William W. (Sarah J. Shanklin), Andrew P. (Sarah A. Lewis), Harriet E. (A. J. Farris). C. of L. A .: Horatia G., Dewey E. (Ella M. Arnot), Mary V., Sabina N., Nannie J. (Dr. J. A. Boon). C. of W. W .: Jas. R. (- Thomas), Kate (A. W. Johnson) (Wash. ), Harriet (Edw. Dunlap), Alice (H. N. Ballard) .
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