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C. of David: William H. (Mrs. Margaret Smith), Margaret (John W. Canterbury), George W. (Susan A. Clark), Frances, Elizabeth K. (Preston Lowe), Hugh (Virginia A. Harvey), John W., Ellen (J. E. Murdock), Augustus A. (Hugh A. McNeer) .
PETERS
Christian Peters (1760-1837) was a native of Rockingham and settled on the R. H. Fleshman place near Peterstown about 1789. He was a sub- stantial and prominent citizen and the founder of Peterstown, to which place he removed after the village took its rise. C: Conrad (d. 1850) (Clara Snidow-John (1788-1868) (Cynthia Clark, 1813)-Rhoda (b. 1798) (Chas. Spangler)-Sarah (George Spangler, 1822)-Rebecca (Samuel A. Pack) -Jane (1796-1868) (- - Spangler).
Conrad-C. of Nancy H. (James Karnes)-Catharine R. (Rufus Pack)-Delia C. (Preston H. Spangler)-Mary B. (M. Alderson)-Ange- line E. (Rand Withrow)-Rhoda J. (Alexander Walker)-Sarah S. (John Larew, 1845)-Cynthia (Daniel Shumate, 1846)-Christian S. (- Karnes)-Conrad L .- John H. (dy) .
C. of John: Eliza (James M. Byrnside, 1833)-Margaret C. (Elisha G. Peck, 1841)-John A. (Rebecca Peck).
C. of John A .: Samuel C., (Bina Hogsett), J. Henry (Alice Pack), Rebecca (-Tate- Blacker) (Mo. ), Ann (B. M. Shumate), Martha (E. L. Shumate, Eliza C. (C. W. Walker) .
John was a skilled wagonmaker at Peterstown. John, a brother to Christian, married in Madison Co. and came with him, locating on New River above the Narrows.
PHARR
Dr. Dion C. (Kate E. Ruddell, 1882) came to Gap Mills as a prac- tioner in 1879. His father, Rev. Dion C., was at one time pastor of the Carmel Presbyterian church.
PITZER
James (1806c-1868) came from Fincastle to Lillydale about 1820. He
THE VILLAGE OF GREENVILLE From the West
REV. WALTER J. PACK
REV. CHARLES HENRY PACK Of the Missionary Baptist Church
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was of German descent and by trade a tailor. His wife was Damaris Paget of Lynchburg. C: Frances (Jaben Shanklin)-Cornelia (Hugh Al- len)-Virginia (Robert Lemons)-Emma (Charles Allen)-Susan (George Murdock)-Ettie (John Humphreys)-Josie (P. J. Foster)-Cary (Mar- tha Ellis, Martha J. Flint, Sarah Fleshman)-William A. (Nancy Flint) -Rufus F. (Ann Murdock)-Jehu (Virginia Tolbert)-Granville P. (Martha Murdock)-Louie (Elizabeth Shields).
The "Pitzer boys" grew up as good farmers, good marksmen and hun- ters, industrious, and true to their word. Their father died at an early age, but they at once assumed the responsibility of men and held the fam- ily together. The connection is now represented meagerly in the male line, but numerously in the female.
PRENTICE
Moses (Elizabeth Lynch, 1803) came to Union from Ky. C: Ann (James Leach)-James (Rhoda Jennings)-John (dy)-Jane (- McCorkle) -Elizabeth (- Handley)-Margaret E .- Andrew-James L.
C. of James: Ellen, Elizabeth, Laura.
PRITT
William came from Ireland near the close of the eighteenth century and settled in Second Creek, probably in the Burdette Springs neighbor- hood. His wife is thought to have been a daughter of Edward Cornwell, C: Thomas (Elizabeth Smith)-James (- Jones)-Mary (s)-Patsy (Walter McDowell).
C. of James: J. Madison-Samuel (d)-John-Alexander-Thomas- Harvey-Ellen-Margaret-William (Margaret A. Bostick). All these excepting William settled in Kanawha. William lived near Hillsdale and was an exemplary citizen.
C. of William (1833-1901) : Newton N. (Nancy C. Lynch)-James W. (Emma McMann). C. of N. N .: Ruby O. (Ellis Givens), William H., Carl G., Harold L., Nannie G. C. of J. W .: Zettie G., Mary C., Elva L., James E., Margaret, Clyde.
PYLES
Among the Confederate soldiers who never came home was George I. Pyles, who was captured at Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, and died at Point Lookout, Jan. 18, 1865. Shortly after the war a fire destroyed all the headboards in the prison burial ground, thus making it impossible to iden- tify grave 820. A few years later the state of Maryland had the remains of the prisoners of war reinterred in one common grave a mile distant. This mound and the monument thereon were transferred to the care of the United States.
Jacob (Sarah Baker, 1818) lived between Salt Sulphur and Lillydale.
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His wife was a sister to Joseph, John, and Frederick Baker. His brother Conrad lived and died in Sweet Springs valley, where it is thought their father, whose father is supposed to have borne the name Jacob, made set- tlement.
C. of Jacob, Jr. : George I. (Elizabeth Arnot)-John-Allen-Polly (George McCoy)-Elizabeth (Lewis Spangler)-Ellen (Henry W. Arnot) . John and Allen died soon after their return from the army.
C. of George I .: Henry M. (Margaret Wikle)-Sarah E .- Addison A. (Ellen Belts, 1877)-John W. (Fannie Diddle of M. P.)-Mary A. (A. M. Hutchinson)-Margaret J. (Richard McNeer)-George W. (Mary Wikle)-Martha E. (J. P. Fisher)-Emma (R. W. Hill, 1888). A. A., G. W., and Emma, and the widow went to Kansas. There are now 54 grandchildren, and they are to be found in Monroe, Summers, Greenbrier, and Logan, and in Brown county, Kans.
There are descendants of Conrad in Sweet Springs valley and in Hinton.
PYNE
This surname came into England with the Norman-French conquerors and for many centuries has held an honored place in the annals of the British gentry. Robert (1755-1847) was the son of a British army officer who was killed in battle, and was reared by an uncle, a wealthy ship- master of Dublin. He accompanied the uncle in a voyage to New York in 1768, and then ran away, hiding himself in a wagon belonging to two brothers of the name of McGuire, and who seem to have lived in Pennsylvania. Thus the boy forfeited an inheritance that would have made him rich. The McGuires were kind-hearted, and he spent the time with them until he was of age, alternating a year at a time, between the brothers. He then received horse, saddle, and bridle. He accompanied them to the Greenbrier about 1780, and made himself a home near Cen- tennial. He was a strict Methodist and impatient of misbehavior in time of worship. His first wife was a Stevenson, the second being Nancy Mc- Guire of the family of his benefactors. C: Sarah (1791-1897) (Archibald Bostick) ; by 2d w .- James M. (Elizabeth Mahan)-William-John-Eliz- abeth (John Keyes)-Robert (s). William went to Wisconsin before 1860. John was killed by a raft on Coal River, and Robert, a teacher, never recovered from an injury to his head caused while using a flail. The children of James M., who went to Ohio, were John W., Mary A., Louis G., James P., Nancy J., William T., and Ruthie F. James M. and his sons J. M. and W. T. served under General Custer in the Second West Virginia Cavalry, U. S. A., and were present at the surrender of Lee. L. G. was in the Confederate service. The brothers were in the battle of Lewisburg and afterward had a friendly talk under a flag of truce. L. G. was killed in the battle of Lynchburg.
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A Pyne not known to be related to the foregoing was James, who died in 1799, leaving personalty worth $486.17. Still another was Absalom.
Madison M. (1817-1902) weighed over 200 pounds and was considered the most muscular man in Monroe. In 1844 he acquired 176 acres at the head of Dropping Lick and added to it from time to time until he was the owner of 1000 acres, the estate being known as "Pyne's Eyrie." He married in 1836 Mahala Smith. He had a brother William who went to Minnesota, and three sisters, Julia, Martha, and Isabel, who married, re- spectively, Joseph Ramsay, Richard Ramsay and Robert McCleary.
C. of M. M .: James A. (b. 1837) (Virginia H. Shanklin, 1861, Mar- tha C. Ramsay, 1884)-Eleanor F. (Josephus Shepherd)-Mary A. (Eph- raim S. Honaker)-Lewis S. (Mary Neighbors)-Louisa (Christopher Neighbors)-John W. (b. 1855) (Sarah M. Humphreys)-Jacob W. (Ro- setta Smith). Of the sons only J. A. and J. W. remain in Monroe.
C. of J. A. : Walter H. (b. 1862) (Magdalen C. Wallace)-Catharine A. (R. Fletcher Miller)-James M. (b. 1869) (Eleanor E. Reaburn, 1908) -William H. (Elizabeth Stafford)-Skipwith R. (Martin B. Miller)- Quilly M. (Irene C. Crosier) ; by 2d w .- Rev. Otis H. (Mary M. Wal- lace)-Everett W. (Anne C. Echols)-Homer R. The sons are chiefly West, particularly in Cal. J. W. lives on a part of the homestead and has four children.
James M. Pyne, attorney in California, served in the Philippines as a member of the 36th Regiment, U. S. Vol. Inf. He traveled around the world by way of Japan, Australia, South Africa and Europe and was sergeant in the Jefferson Guards at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904.
RAINEY
Michael (Mary) came from Cowpasture to Indian. D. 1784. Cath- arine Sullivan, a sister, and probably wife of Timothy Sullivan, was to have farm after decease of widow.
REABURN
The Reaburns are said to be derived from five brothers. John (d. 1824) (Elizabeth Kilpatrick, 1778) came from Augusta to Plank Cabin Draft before 1787. C: John (1779-1859) (s)-Ann (s)-Charles (1784- 1861) (Mary Hamilton, 1805)-Margaret (1787-1852) (Jeremiah Tracy) -Henry (b. 1789) (Jane Blair)-Isaac (1795-1833) (Susan Thomas) . Ann died in 1822 just before her marriage to Humphrey Keys was to have taken place. Henry went to Ohio in 1854, but died in Arkansas. Isaac was six feet four inches tall and the scholar of the family. He went to Kanawha.
C. of Charles: Elizabeth K. (b. 1806) (William Patton)-Sabina C. (b. 1808) (Thomas Nickell)-Anna H. (Robert Morehead, 1816)-George
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W. (1814-1883) (Elizabeth M. Nickell, 1838)-Elvira H. (b. 1818)- (George Swope) .
C. of Henry: John C .- Alexander R .- Charles A .- Isaac A .- Hugh B .- Milton T .- Henry L.
C. of Isaac: Elizabeth, Lucretia, Leander, Dr. John J. (1832-1907) .
C. of George W. of Charles: William H. (b. 1839) (Isabella Hogs- head)-Robert A. (1841-1897) (Mary J. Shumate)-Mary S. (1844-1913) (William H. Hogshead, 1867)-John H. (b. 1847) (Mary E. Crist)- Elizabeth C. (b. 1852) (Nickell Hardy)-Emily E. (b. 1854) (J. A. Cook, 1875)-Charles F. (s)-Laura A. (1859-1902) (Henry Burrows, 1887, Frank Beaumont, 1890, M. Coryell)-Dr. George W. (1861-1904) (Jennie Y. McCoy)-Lora B. (b. 1864) (William H. Altaffer, 1890) .
The surname has now disappeared from Monroe.
REED
Andrew E. (Mary A. Holsapple, 1845)-C: John (Molly McCleary)- Isaac (- McDowell)-Henderson (- Ballard)-Ellen (J. W. Lynch)-Isabel (George Dransfield)-Mary F. (Stuart Vandergrift)- Lydia (John Hinton) .
The descendants of A. E. Reed are good and thrifty citizens.
William (Elizabeth) (d. 1851) was living on Hans as early as 1802 and adj. John Stodghill, John Miller, Benjamin Harvey, Curtis Ballard. C: John, James, William, Robert, Catharine (- Foster), Sarah (- Sprowl) .
RIFFE
This family, of German origin, was one of the earliest to settle on the lower Greenbrier. The pioneer seems to have been Jacob, Sr., who was made levy-free in 1781. The following appear to be children of his: Barbara (Joseph Haynes, 1782)-Jacob-David (Catharine), who was father of Rachel (1794-1856). Jacob, Jr., was in 1781 road surveyor from John Dixon's to the turn of the waters of Anthony. We have no definite information whether he is identical with the Jacob who had an oil mill on Rock Camp, where he died about 1844. The sons of the latter were John (Rebecca Clark), Joel (Susan Summers).
C. of John: Elizabeth (Caleb Jones)-Elizabeth (Alexander Donaldson, 1843)-Catharine (Michael Mann, 1845)-Jane (Joseph Hutchinson)- William (Harriet Boggess)-Lewis A. (Sarah A. Clark)-John (k. '61) -Samuel C. (Matilda Chambers, Ellen Z. Taylor) .
Stewart, a son of Joel and a worthy citizen of the above locality, has lived with his wife 58 years. All their 11 children are living. All but two are in this county and within easy call.
RINER
About 1818 the following came from Virginia to Rich with their wid-
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owed mother : Simeon (Mary Thompson, 1819, Jane Brown, 1847)-Susan (Zachariah Broyles)-Annie (Jacob Broyles)-Lucy (Absalom Broyles)- Sarah (John McDaniel)-Polly (Thomas Lively)-Phoebe (Peter Raines) -Elizabeth (John Thompson).
C. of Simeon: John T. (d. 1915) (Mary Pyne, Ann Keatley)-Lewis (Margaret Broyles)-James A. (Sarah McGhee)-William C. (b. 1820) (Mary E. Gwinn, 1845, Sarah Green)-Eunice (Henry Brown)-Jurida (Allen Fleshman)-Catharine (Jackson Ellison)-Emeline (Thompson Broyles, Lewis H. Broyles)-Elizabeth (William T. Ballard)-Lucinda (Sylvester Ballard, Lewis Lilly)-Eliza (James Williams; by 2d w .- Henry B. (Sarah Duncan)-Preston H. (Nannie Shires)-Mary S. (Ander- son Dunbar).
ROACH
Jeremiah (Elizabeth) was settled on the Greenbrier at the mouth of Blue Lick before 1800.
ROBINSON
William (d. 1797) (app. $492.50) lived on Indian.
RODGERS
John (d. 1798) (app. $283.33, by Samuel and Andrew Kincaid and Samuel Humphreys) .
RALSTON
Andrew (app. 1782) .
James (d. 1849) (Mary). C: James, Matthew F.
James (Sarah)-Indian, 1803.
ROWAN
In the days of Pitt or Burke four or five brothers of this name were advocates of home rule for Ireland, and one of them was tried for treason against the English government. Being successfully defended by one of the above eminent statesmen, he was acquitted. One settled in Maryland, one in North Carolina, one in Tennssee, one in Kentucky. Counties in North Carolina and Kentucky are named for them. The Rowan who settled in Craig was the parent of Sebastian (Frances Given), William A., and Stuart.
John M. Rowan, a son of Sebastian, was born in Craig, May 17, 1829, and about 1844 came to Gap Mills as a clerk for Andrew Summers. Five years later he joined in the rush to the gold fields of California. In partnership with several other persons he purchased a ship at Richmond, provisioned it for two years, and sailed around Cape Horn to El Dorado. He was fairly successful in getting a share of the golden wealth of the
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new state and returned to Gap Mills, where he married about 1855 Vir- ginia, a daughter of Andrew Summers. A little later he bought a farm four miles east of Union and lived on it until 1871, when he moved to the county seat. He was elected to the Virginia Assembly in 1860 and 1862. When not attending the sessions of the legislature he acted as colonel of the 108th regiment of the state militia. In 1876 and in 1886 he was elected to the lower house of the legislature of West Virginia, and during his second term he presided over that body as Speaker. In 1892-6 he was State Treasurer. It is related of him that he attended to his du- ties with faithfulness and exactitude. In 1904 Colonel Rowan was a mem- ber of the Democratic National Convention. During his career he met many public men and had many reminiscences to relate. He had an ex- traordinary fund of information and a keen, discriminating judgment.
His children by his first wife were Andrew L., Virginia (Allen Caper- ton) and John L. By his second wife, Sue M. Tiffany, there are Wil- liam M., of Garden City, Kansas; Percy G., of California, and Robbie S., of California.
John L., born 1862, was educated at the Augusta Military Academy and Washington and Lee University, graduating from the latter in 1883. He was admitted to the practice of law at Nevada, Missouri, and after serv- ing a while as commonwealth's attorney of Washington county, Va., re- turned to Union in 1890, where he has continued in his profession. He was chosen prosecuting attorney in 1894.
Andrew S. Rowan was born in 1858 and entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis about 1874. After three years he resigned and through Sen- ator Hereford he secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Graduating in 1881 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Fifteenth U. S. Infantry. During several years he was in service on the Western frontier. He was then detailed to survey duty in Ceneral America, where he acquired a fluent knowledge of Spanish. It was this familiarity with that language, his sagacity, and his skill in map drawing that led to his selection by the Bureau of Military Information to carry a message from our government to General Garcia, leader of the Cuban insurgents. The errand was perilous as well as important. The war with Spain was breaking out. He first went to Kingston, Jamaica, crossed that island to its north shore, slipped across 120 miles of the Carib- bean sea in a sailing boat, landed on the Cuban coast between Santiago and Guantanamo, and found Garcia at Manzanillo. He passed sometimes as a Cuban, sometimes as a Spaniard. His return was from the north coast of Cuba to New Providence in the Bahamas, and thence by schooner to Key West. The exploit aroused great enthusiasm and admiration. It is thus spoken of in Leslie's Weekly of July 7, 1898: "Lt. Col. Andrew S. Rowan, the first man of the United States army to receive and success-
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fully execute a war assignment since the outbreak of the present hostili- ties, is a modest unassuming officer who knows how to perform his duty. His mission demanded pluck, courage, good judgment, and sand, and of all these qualifications he showed himself possessed. At the bidding of the war department he landed alone on the Cuban shore and made his way for miles through a hostile country until he penetrated to the near- est camp of insurgents, where he arranged with General Garcia for the present co-operation of the Cuban forces with our army of invasion. Hav- ing succeeded in this undertaking, Rowan had to perform the equally per- ilous task of returning to the American lines with his Cuban maps and dispatches, a feat he accomplished in an open sailboat that reached Nassau at the very time Sampson's fleet was steaming eastward to meet the Span- ish fleet destined for Santiago." The "New York Post" added this com- ment: "He is every inch a soldier and was quite aware that if he had been captured he would have been hanged like Nathan Hale." Rowan was promoted to a captaincy and served in the Philippines. He resigned from the army in 1909 because of his health, his rank at the time being that of Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteer Infantry. He now resides at San Francisco. Rowan's daring feat inspired Elbert Hubbard to write his famous "Message to Garcia," which appeared in the "Philistine" of March, 1899. The edition was exhausted in three days. The demand was im- mense in both hemispheres and put $25,000 into Hubbard's pocket. The point brought out in the "Message" is that in a great majority of instances the employee will shirk or else perform in a dilatory and slipshod man- ner the task assigned to him.
C. of Wm. A. (Susan Carpenter) : John W. (Estaline Neel), Jas. W. (Ollie Campbell), Sue (J. A. Lugar), M. S. (Alice Wilson), N. F. (Edna Whitelaw), E. J. and A. C. C. of John W .: B. C., Frank, R. C. Amanda and Mattie. C. of Jas. W .: O. C., Bettie, Lelia, Luna and Daisy. C. of M. S .: Luther, Bessie, Mattie, Beulah, Alta, Lucile, Watson.
RUDDLE
Stephen (d. 1895) (Ann Neel) lived near Gap Mills. C: John (Lilly Peck), Lewis B. ( -- Rowan), Kate E. (Dion C. Pharr).
RUSHBROOK
James A. Rushbrook was a native of England and a pharmacist by occupation. He married Eliza C. Burleigh in India in 1843 and in 1869 came to Monroe, where the youngest of his children was born. Some years after his arrival he was joined by the older members of his family. After coming here Mr. Rushbrook was a teacher. He died 1885. C: Emily (Thomas Higgens), James (Jane Pegram), Caroline E. (Charles Miller), William, Joseph (Alaminta Hancock), Arthur, Henry (Kate Chambers),
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Albert E. (Scioto M. A. Chambers), Annie W. (John Moses), Alice M. M. (George W. McDonald).
RUTH
Joseph (d. 1825) lived on the south fork of Dunlap and had a son William.
RYAN
John (1841-1881) (Mary A. Houchins, 1846), a native of county Tip- perary, Ireland, came here in 1830 and settled near Red Sulphur. C: William F. (b. 1847) (Lizzie F. Mann, 1874)-John R. (b. 1851) (Mar- tha E. Mann, 1876)-Rufus M. (b. 1852) (Laura B. Houchins, 1877) . Dr. D. M., the second of the 10 children of W. F., graduated at Rich- mond, 1906, and is a practitioner at Talcott. J. R. and R. M. have 6 and 7 children respectively. Nearly all those of J. R. teach or have taught.
SAWYERS
Joseph (Elizabeth) lived on the Gibson Farrell place on Indian in 1799.
SCARBOROUGH
Robert was levy-free in 1783. William, David, Isaac (Mary), and John (Eleanor Harper, 1805) appear to have been sons. William had a mill in 1794.
SCOTT
James (Mollie Kincaid) was born at sea about 1750. His parents set- tled in Rockbridge, whence James moved to Sinks Grove and died in that vicinity in 1828 on the S. T. Hedrick place. His second wife was Mar- garet - - -. C: William (b. 1775) (s)-James (1777)-Polly (b. 1779) -Jane (b. 1779) (Samuel Malen-Malcolm ?- 1804)-John (1782-1857)- Mary (b. 1784) (Miles Foster, 1804)-Agnes (1787-1855)-Sarah J. (b. 1787) (Abraham Longanacre, 1806)-David (b. 1789)-Elizabeth (b. 1792) Matthew (1794-1884) (Sarah Shriner)-Williams (b. 1797). In the will of James, Polly, Agnes, and William are called Jane, Nancy, and Burdette. David went to Kentucky. William, John, Elizabeth, and Nancy were sin- gle. The wife of Matthew was an adopted neice of Adam Thomas.
C. of Matthew: Thomas (dy)-Elizabeth A. (b. 1823) (Allen Ellis, 1844)-Harrison (b. 1825) (Sarah L. Perry)-Susan (Jackson Burdette) -Paulina (William F. Miller)-George W. (Rebecca Watson)-Mary (Edgar Eads)-James H. (b. 1837) (Anne A. Rutledge)-Isaac J. (b. 1840) (s).
C. of Harrison: Cornelius S. (Elizabeth A. Carraway)-William H. (Martha E. Carraway)-Isaac P. (Alice Honaker).
BENJAMIN G. DUNLAP Lifelong Resident of Union
JAMES A. SHANKLIN Postmaster at Union 44 Years
FAMILY OF WILLIAM F. RYAN
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C. of George W .: Semma R. (Lewis A. Burdette) - Harvey A .- Mat- thew G .- Robert C .- Newton P .- Thomas W. M. G. died in Oklahoma. The other sons live near Sinks Grove.
C. of Cornelius S .: Grace C .- Pearl P .- Bertha B .- Charles C .- Ash- by A .- Harry H .- Jay P.
SHANKLIN
The Shanklins are said to have come from the village of that name in the Isle of Wight, England. Three brothers crossed the sea about 1750, William settling a while in Rockingham, one remaining in Pennsylvania, and one going into the southwest of Virginia. The third was probably the Robert of whom there is mention in Rockingham during the Revolutionary period. He was a lieutenant of militia there in 1779. The father was probably the Captain Robert, who died in the same county in 1769. Wil- liam married a sister to the Rev. William Davidson. Thomas (Eleanor), probably a brother to Robert, Sr., was settled on the North Fork of the Shenandoah in 1760. His brother John was clerk and reader for the church services held at Capt. Thomas Harrison's in 1761. Another John came from Ireland in 1769 and 15 years later settled three miles west of Lewisburg.
C. of Wm: Catharine (1771-1812) (William Haynes, 1793c)-Richard (d. 1841) (Catharine Alexander, 1799)-Elizabeth (s)-William (b. 1775) (Rachel Shirkey, 1804)-Robert (b. 1777) (Polly Shirkey, 1802)-Andrew (s)-(Agnes (- Kitchen) -John.
Colonel Richard came to Monroe about 1796 and soon after his mar- riage built the double log house which forms a part of the Central Hotel. He was the second if not the first merchant in Union and was a citizen of sound judgment and extensive information. In the war of 1812 he led his regiment to the coast, but news of peace came shortly after the arrival at Norfolk. His latter years were spent on his farm immediately east of Union, his home then being the house afterward occupied by J. W. Lan- ius. His brother William came in 1810 from Botetourt, bought a farm at Greenville of William and John Henderson, taught over 20 years. He was a Presbyterian elder. Robert, another brother, came with four chil- dren in 1808 and settled a mile below Greenville. He was also an elder.
C. of Richard: Richard T. (1800-1881) (Sarah Brooks, 1838)-James A. (1801-1881) (Sarah A. Lownes)-Amanda F. (John Crow, 1822)-Isa- bella E. (b. 1805) (James H. McCartney)-William H. (b. 1807) (Eliz- abeth Francis)-Agatha D. (1810-1889) (John W. Lanius)-Matthew A. (m. Ind.)-Elizabeth C. (Edward Riffe, 1832)-Andrew M. ( Douglas) .
C. of R. T .: Andrew M. (k. '63).
C. of J. A. : Charles A. (1834-1911) (s)-Edwin L. (Maria Clark)
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-Ellen N. (Daniel Devine)-Augustus M. (Elvira Clark)-John A. -Frances D. (s) .
C. of E. L .- James T., Stella L., Edwin H., Charles A., John D.
C. of A. M .- Anne E., Charles B., Augustus C., Richard B., Florence P., James C., Eunice B.
C. of Ellen: Annie (E. L. Holmes), Mary (C. O. Echols), C. R. and J. T. (d.).
C. of W. H. of Richard: Isabel, Henry S., William F., Henry S. C. of A. M. of Richard: Andrew M. (Mahala Bare) .
In 1865 when the test oath deprived him of his office, James A. had been postmaster at Union 44 years, and in point of service was then the oldest postmaster in the United States. He was also merchant and tavern- keeper. Mrs. Lanius was 49 years a rheumatic cripple.
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