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C. of William (bro. to Richard) : Andrew (Jane Vawter, 1826)-George (m. Ind. )-William H. (Catharine Alexander of Michael) (d. 1848)- John D. (Evelyn Sullivan)-Lewis A. (- McClaugherty, - - Mc- Claugherty, - Shipman)-Robert L. (Ellen Lybrook)-Mary J. (Col. J. R Hill)-J. M. H. (- Miller)-Patrick H. (- Burdette, -- Morrison, Burdette)-Elizabeth (George Kirkpatrick). Andrew and George went to Indiana, and the former was in the legislature from Anderson Co. R. L. went to Illinois in 1869.
C. of W. H. of Wm .: Mary B. (A. D. Smith), Delilah (S. A. Bare), Virginia (James A. Pyne), A. Davidson (k. '61), Michael A. (Flora Raines), William H. (- Long), Jabez (Frances Pitzer).
C. of Robert: Agnes D. (b. 1803) (Andrew Young)-Elizabeth P. (William Pack)-Richard V. (1805-1881) (Mary Pack, 1830)-James S. (s)-Sarah (John Thomas, 1841)-John S. (1810-1888) (Sarah Young)- Andrew D. (1812-1885) (Rebecca Thomas, 1841)-Nicholas .(Ia.)-Wil- liam F. (1816-1889) (Mary McClaugherty)-Mary A. (1819-1882) (Alex- ander Dunlap, Jr.). J. S. went to Indiana, W. F. to Texas.
C. of R. V .: Agnes D., Elizabeth P., Richard V., James S., Sarah, John P. (Ellen V. McNeer), Andrew D., Nicholas, William F., Mary D.
C. of J. P. : Richard V., James R., Ellen M.
SHANTON
Raymond (d. 1799). John and William Champ were grandsons. Becham Shanton, Naly Legg, and John and Mary Reed are mentioned in will.
SHIRES
Richard (d. 1808) had Thomas, John, Polly, Blair. Martin (d. 1837) (Mary) had Eve (- Kips), Elizabeth (- Hoover), John, Polly, Sarah.
SHUMATE
Daniel (d. 1826) (Milly) came from Fauquier to New River near the
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mouth of Rich about 1780. C: Silas (?Sarah Cornwell of Elijah, 1802)- Daniel (Elizabeth Ellison, 1802)-John ( ?Sarah Milburn, 1807)-Nancy -Margaret (John Caperton, 1813)-Rhoda-Malinda-Rachel-Elizabeth (Jacob Peters, 1800)-Tollison (- Lilly, Nancy Green, 1813)-Polly (John McDaniel, 1812)-Harden (Elizabeth Leach, 1806?). John went to Ohio, 1825, and Daniel, Jr., went to Missouri.
SKAGGS
Thomas took a survey on Wolf in 1774, but by 1800 we find there sev- eral others, among whom were John (Catharine), Richard, Joseph (Mar- garet), and Isaac (d. 1803) (Nancy). We have no light as to the rela- tionships among these.
C. of John: John (b. 1795) (Sarah Campbell)-David (Ill.)-James M. (- Callaway)-Oliver (- - Ellis)-Molly (John Foster, 1817) -Sarah (Joshua Ellis)-Jennie (Peter Miller, 1813)-Lucretia (- Wood)-Kate (s) .
C. of John, Jr .: Andrew A. (b. 1818) (Martha A. Maddy, 1843)- Robert C. (b. 1820) (Sarah Hinton, 1844)-John M. (Sarah A. Young, 1851)-James A. (Rebecca Lively, 1844)-Eliza J. (Peter Hinton, 1845) -Mary C. (James Minner, 1853)-Louisa E. (b. 1838) (George Duns- more) .
C. of Andrew A .: James P. (m. in O.), Frank E. (m. in Mercer), Vir- ginia (A. A. Carden).
C. of Robert C. : William S. (Eliza S. Reed), Sarah A. (S. B. Rader), Charles E. (Margaret E. Green), Eliza J. (James H. Green) .
SMITH
It would be most extraordinary if this name did not occur in our an- nals. Like the Browns, Millers, and Joneses, the Smiths have been present since the early pioneer days. Our data include many marriages and other facts, yet disclose very little as to kinships. It is altogether probable that several Smith families, more or less unrelated, have been represented in Monroe. One James was driven out by the Indians but was so thoughtful as to return with 12 children to assist him in holding his ground. He may be the James (Cassandra) who was on the head of Wolf in 1805, and the Mary who wedded James Hogshead in 1779 may have been one of the dozen. One John (Catharine) died here in 1809, whose children were Christopher, Charles, Margaret, Samuel, James, George, William, Joseph. Christian (Elizabeth) (d. 1816) was advanced in years since he was made levy-free in 1811. C: William, George, John, Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Barbara.
Three brothers, two of whom were Jacob and Henry, came from Rock- ingham in their youth and settled on Indian and Back creeks. Gran- ville, a son of one of these, married Caroline A. Clark in 1844, and lived
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near Salt Sulphur. C: Rimonia W. (-1/2- Ballard)-Rebecca P. (- Webb)-Rufus K. (Frances E. Bilby, 1889)-Villinia R. (- Meador) -Wilson R. (Kas.)-Rosetta R. (Jacob W. Pyne)-Elizabeth A. (- French)-John J. (-)-Alwiddie G. (- Kessinger) -Marga- ret (- Eddy) .
Dr. Rufus K. Smith was born Dec. 6, 1851, and until the close of the war was deprived of all school advantages. But at length he taught sev- eral winter terms, attending the Greenville and East River high schools in the summer season. In 1877 he was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. Locating at Craig, Mo., he was very soon enjoying an extensive and profitable practice. During this period he several times attended post graduate courses in New York and he vis- ited the hospitals of Europe. He was at one time president of the Missouri State Medical Society. In 1889 he removed to Seattle and was soon ap- pointed chief surgeon of the Great Northern Railway. Nine years later he retired from the profession and with his family made a long visit to Europe. Since then he has spent his winters in Southern Europe and Southern California. Favorable investments in timber lands and city property in the young and growing Northwest made Dr. Smith a very wealthy man. He was interested in banking institutions, flouring mills, and the Alaska Steamship Co. But during his absence of nearly forty years he never ceased to cherish a warm feeling for his native county. He died Feb. 16, 1916, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Margaret B. Davis.
Dr. John J. Smith graduated in medicine in 1891 and then located like his brother in the state of Washington. He soon became very active and influential in the politics of that state, serving one term in the lower house of the legislature and two in the upper. For one year he was Pres- ident of the Washington Senate. In 1904 it was in his power to become nominated as governor, and nomination would have been equivalent to election. But he withdrew in order that the western part of the state might have a United States senator. He died in 1910, aged only 41 years, leaving two children, Bernice C. and Rufus H.
SMITHSON
Thomas (d. 1832) (Sarah) was brother-in-law to John Alderson and came to the same neighborhood in 1779. Thomas (1773-1854) (Margaret Alderson).
SOVAIN
Abraham (d. 1805) (Lydia). C: Nancy, Lydia, Henry, Polly (- Wade), Kate (- Spickard), Elizabeth ( Smith), Susannah (- Cooper).
SOWARD
Isaac (d. 1803) (app. $218.47) calls himself an old man. C: Isaac,
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Thomas, Ruth, Mileston, Griffin, Rebecca, Nelly. Thomas, probably the same as the preceding, went from Dropping Lick to Sullivan Co., Tenn., in 1793. Solomon was living in 1809 on the divide between Hans and Indian.
SPADE
John was a native of Nuremburg, Germany, and came to America as a Hessian soldier. His wife, Mary Schæfer (1773-1857), was born in Swit- zerland, but he married her in Loudoun. C: Juda (Zephaniah Lowe), Catharine (William Lowe), Sophia (1807-1892) (Samuel DeHart), George (d. 1835) (s), Michael (Ann DeHart) . The Lowes went to Illinois.
SPANGLER
Charles (Rhoda Peters, 1816), George (Sarah Peters, 1822), and John (1780-1845) were brothers who came in early life from Fincastle to Pe- terstown. Charles died 1878. John's wife was Jane -, b. 1796, d. 1868. We are also told of Floyd and Christopher who came from Penn- sylvania by way of Floyd Co.
C. of Charles: Christian L. (b. 1817), John A., Gordon G., Elizabeth J., Conrad M., Eliza A., Martha K., William H., Joseph H., Clara A. (b. 1842) .
C. of George: C. P., James E., Patrick, John (Virginia Thompson) ; 2 other sons, 5 daughters.
The Spanglers trace their lineage to Wurzburg, a city of Bavaria. The first of note was George Spengerll, cup-bearer to the chancellor in the reign of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Both chancellor and cup- bearer fell victims to the plague and were buried at Antioch during one of the crusades. Caspar, Henry, Ballzer, and George settled in York county, Pa., the first named arriving 1729. Their descendants are very numerous, and a number have attained eminence in both civil and mili- tary careers. They are generally attached to one or another of the Protestant churches, often in the capacity of pastor.
John, Charles, and George, sons of Philip C., a descendant of Caspar, became orphans in their boyhood. The first was apprenticed to a black- smith and his boys generally followed the same trade. The others were apprenticed to Jacob Peck, a tanner, ther being at the time seven tanneries in and about Peterstown, where the brothers arrived about 1800 from Fincastle. John (1780-1845) married Jane Thompson, b. 1798, d. 1868. Charles (d. 1878) married Rhoda Peters, 1816. George married Sarah Peters, 1822. The posterity of these brothers is very numerous in the south of this county.
STALNAKER
Randolph (1808-1888) (Caroline E. Zoll) came from Randolph Co.
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and lived about 10 years in Union. Of his large family there were born in Union Dr. J. W., Sarah J., Daniel E.
STEELE
Thomas (d. 1846) came from Pennsylvania about 1790 and settled in Gap valley. His wife was Margaret Maxwell. C: Robert H. (Letitia Champ of John, 1801)-Jane M. (1785-1842) (Isaac Campbell, 1810)- Elizabeth (1785c-1853) (Samuel Campbell, 1805)-John (Jane Francis, 1815)-George (1780-1853) (Sarah Campbell, 1800)-Samuel (Edith Wiseman) . John went to Ohio in 1850. George was a physician. It is thought there were three other children. These may have been Isabella, Margaret, and Mary H.
C. of Robert H .: John M. (b. 1803) (Letitia Motteshead, 1830)-Eliz- abeth P. (Robert Dunbar)-Sarah A .- Susanna M .- Isabel N. (James Bradley) -Jane M. (Washington Jarvis)-Julia H. (1819) (John A. Dun- bar, 1844) .
C. of John M .: Thomas B. (d. '61).
C. of George: Agnes (Butler Wiseman)-Margaret (Joseph Bland) - Rebecca (Moses Bland)-Sarah (Jonathan Bland, 1847) -Elizabeth-Sam- uel (Lettie Wiseman, Sarah Bush)-Campbell (Elizabeth Wiseman) .
C. of Samuel: Clementina (Abner Jarvis)-Janet (Rev. William Huff- man)-Garrison (West)-Waldron (- Knapp)-Nelson (Helen Hut- chinson) .
Thomas B., son of John M., d. of fever during the war.
A distinct family was that of James (1775-1857), a native of North Carolina, who settled in Second Creek. His wife was Elizabeth Armstrong Mann (1774-1857), who was born in Bath. C: Matilda (John V. Perry, 1841)-Eliza (s)-John (Ill.)-Benjamin F. (Isabella Alexander). John was a physician, B. F. a sheriff and merchant and captain of militia.
C. of B. F. (1800-1872) : Michael A. (Frances Chapman)-William (Annie B. McFarland) . C. of Wm. : L. C. (Pa.), and Mary.
C. of Michael A .: Effie, Gussie, Wentworth, Daisy, Paul, Beirne, Cora, Herbert, Frank.
STEPHENSON
It is alleged that George Stephenson was a German, notwithstanding the very English appearance of his name, and that he came to America about 1770. Tradition also has it that his wife was Hannah Hoadley, a daughter of an aristocratic Englishman, and that as the parental consent was not forthcoming, she eloped with him to come to America. But the same name and circumstance are related of Peter Fleshman, and with more probability. Another statement says Stephenson met his wife-to-be on board the ship that brought him to this country. It is further claimed that he slew an Indian eight feet tall. But many a reader will be like
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the proverbial man from Missouri; he would like to be shown the meas- urements. Stephenson settled on Indian Creek, where Indians of all sizes were wont to roam, and he built into his house a clock which stood there until about ten years ago. He was a teamster. The only children we are told of are Samuel (s) and George (Mary Canterbury). The latter was born in the east of Virginia in 1781 and died 1858. He was blessed with 11 daughters, as the following list will show: Nancy (Bennett Hou- chins)-Lucinda (Isaac Mann, 1829)-Samuel (Polly Ramsay)-Ruth (Da- vid Cook)-Jane (John M. Mann, 1843)-Isabel (Alexander Mann, 1834) -Lepha (Sylvester Upton)-Adaline (Landon Smith) -Martha (George Kendall)-Mary (Thomas R. Wiseman, 1845)-Elizabeth (Archibald Mann, 1838)-Hannah (James Smith, 1838). Samuel moved to Augusta, causing the name to become extinct in Monroe.
Another Stephenson was James (Anne), who died in 1802, leaving four sons, Samuel, William, Thomas, and Joseph, and four daughters. It was perhaps this Samuel who married Jane Swope in 1802.
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STEVER
Henry, one of the earliest inhabitants of Union, died there in 1813.
STODGHILL
This name is now extinct in Monroe. John (Elizabeth Harvey) pat- ented 400 acres at the head of Hans near Lindside. C: Joel (Elizabeth Graham, 1792)-Nancy (John Arbuckle, 1799)-Polly (David Graham, 1800)-Elizabeth (1776-1846) (John Henderson, 1792)-Rhoda (2d w. Hugh Caperton)-Sarah (John Barrett, 1809)-William? (Rebecca Dins- more, 1799)-Millie (- - Bratton) -James (- Dickenson).
During the later years of Indian alarm Joel was a scont on the Green- brier as far west as Keeny's Knobs. A companion was Samuel Graham, and thus he became acquainted with the woman he married. He was a great hunter and is said to have shot 150 deer in a single season. He lived on his father's homestead, adjoining Coalter, Swope, Peck, Thrasher and others. C: William G. (b. 1793) (Harriet Walker)-Rhoda S. (1795- 1878) (William Mann, 1812)-John (s)-Florence (1801-1878) Dunn)-James (1803-1836) (- - Johnston)-Samuel (s)-Nancy S. (1808-1880) (Henry Pence, 1829)-Elizabeth-Joel (b. 1812) (-
- McGhee).
C. of William G .: Clarinda (Thomas Johnson)-Nancy (John Mann) -Adaline (Levi Lively, 1847)-Rebecca (Caperton McNeer)-Christopher (- Swope) .
SULLIVAN
Timothy (d. 1801) lived on Hans or Indian. His wife seems to have been a sister to Michael Rainey. C: Catharine (1756c-1822) (Joseph Swope)-Margaret (Jacob Miller).
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SUMMERS
About 1816 Andrew Summers, Sr., the grandson of an immigrant from Holland, came from the vicinity of Harrisonburg and settled at Gap Mills. Here he built a brick house said to have been the first one west of the Alleghanies. It was a large two-story structure that stood until about 1888, when the walls being unsound it was demolished. He was accom- panied by Andrew, Jr. (Olivia W. Hawkins) and between 1832 and 1836 they built a woolen mill, an oil mill, a distillery, a wagon factory, a tanyard, and triphammer forge. ' Andrew, Jr., was born 1806. His wife's mother was Elizabeth Carlile, of Bath. His son, Andrew J., went to Mis- souri 1870. His daughter Virginia married John M. Rowan.
SWINNEY
James (Susanna) died 1836 leaving these children: Vinson, Mary, Ann, Rachel, Delilah (John Neely, 1808), Elizabeth (James Dunn, 1812), Su- sanna (Henry Gore, 1808), Delany (Priscilla Callaway, 1806), William, Charles, Martin.
Delany was wealthy, owning 21 slaves and a heavy acreage extending southward from Lindside. C: James (Elizabeth A. Peck, 1845)-Archi- bald (- Pack)-Ella-David (Elizabeth Cummins of Charles, 1841) -Malinda (Henry Mann, 1829)-Celia? (Moses Mann, 1836) .
SWOPE
Joseph (b. 1707) is elsewhere spoken of. C: Joseph (1751-1819) (Cath- arine Sullivan, 1774)-Michael (b. 1753). There must have been at least three other sons, George, John, and Adam, mention of whom is found be- tween 1782 and 1793.
C. of Joseph: George (b. 1776) (Nancy -)-Margaret (Joseph Swope, 1805)-Ruth (- - Baker)-Joseph (Molly Hines, 1800)-Jona- than (1783-1872) (Frances Legg, 1803, Susanna Siders Roach, 1850)- Catharine (Henry Riffe, 1805)-Eleanor (John Burdette, 1805)-Adam (m. in Ky.)-Mary (b. 1793) (Thomas Casebolt). Only Jonathan re- mained here. George went to Kentucky, Joseph and Adam to Indiana.
The widow of Joseph, Jr. (1756c-1822), gave four beads to each of the grandchildren named for her.
C. of Jonathan: George W .- Lewis C. (Ind.)-Elizabeth (Isaac Arga- brite, 1829)-Matilda (- - Johnston)-Catharine (Griffith Ellis)- Mary J. (Henry Miller, Chesteen C. McGann) ; by 2d w .- Joseph J. (b. 1854) (Lucy J. Burdette, 1873, Nettie Diddle, 1883) .
C. of Michael: Mary (b. 1775) (- - Thompson) -Margaret (Joseph Skaggs, 1808)-Elizabeth (?George Miller)-Joseph (b. 1781) (Marga- ret Miller, 1806)-James (Frances Harvey, 1807)-Hannah (Jacob Har- vey, 1802)-Arthur-Sarah-Jane (Samuel Stephenson, 1802)-Rachel-
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Anna (Samuel Wiseman, 1816c)-Susanna-Nancy - Wilson )- John (b. 1797) (Nancy Riffe)-Michael-Leah (b. 1802) (- Paul) . C. of John of Michael: Rachel (b. 1819) (Christopher Stodghill, 1840), Rebecca P., Anna L., Virginia C., Michael D., David R., Adaline (Rob- ert Cummins), John, Martha J. (s), Anna V., Mary M. (- - Shu- mate), William L. (b. 1842) (Rebecca W. Alderson, 1866) .
SYMMS
Samuel came from county Cork, Ireland, 1790 and settled on Rich Creek. C .: John, b. 1784 (Elizabeth Peters, 1814)-Agnes (- Young) -William (1795-1826)-Susanna (b. 1797) (- Thomas)-Mary, b. 1798 ( -- Hinchman)-Elizabeth, b. 1801 (William Hinchman, 1817) . C. of John: Catharine (J. M. Lucas)-George W. (went to Mo. 1846c) -Margaret (Kenly Shumate, 1844)-Louis C. (Isabel Nelson, 1865)- William (Louise Kent)-Andrew B. (Elizabeth Tiffany)-Joseph A. (Kate Shanks, 1868)-Samuel Y. (Mary E. Neel, Harriet McNeer). William went to Kansas. Samuel Y., of Rich Creek, is the only surviving brother.
C., Clarence. Father and son have both served in the Legislature.
TACKETT
Nimrod (Anna) lived on Turkey opposite John Campbell's mill. C: James N., Rachel, Nancy, Rebecca, John W., Ignatius, Rhoda (Thomas Wylie, 1812), Elizabeth (- - Fleet), Ruth (Joshua Mahan), Sarah (David Hank, 1815) .
TAPSCOTT
John (d. 1807) (Susanna) (app. $8047.48). C: Robert, Albion, James W :. L., Louisa, Reuben, Newton, Caroline, Chichester.
TAYLOR
Notliff lived on Greenbrier River. C: Anna (William Johnson), Nancy (Isaac Milburn), William (Florence Graham), Elizabeth (Samuel Gwinn, Jr.), Mary (Joseph Gwinn of James) .
Another pioneer Taylor married a Vass. Both are buried at Johnson's Crossroads.
THOMAS
Adam owned a large farm near Sinks Grove now occupied by J. Harvey Scott. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and because of his general intelligence and his good penmanship wrote many deeds and other legal documents for people of both Monroe and Greenbrier. Mr. Thomas was a prominent and useful citizen of his community and represented his county in the Virginia Assembly in 1816-17. He came from Virginia be- fore 1797 and died in 1843.
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Thomas (1752-1836) (Rebecca Maston, 1790) was an early resident of Indian Creek. C: John (1791-1852)-Thomas (b. 1792)-Richard (b. 1795)-Rebecca (b. 1797) (- - Hinchman)-Sarah (b. 1799) (- Johnson) . Sarah (John Maddy, 1846) was a daughter of Richard.
THOMPSON
Thomas (d. 1795) (app. $249.92)-present at sale: Zachariah Calla- way, Anthony Clark, Richard Full, Christopher Hand, William Hank, John Peters, William Rice, John Thompson, William Thompson.
Joseph (1782) .
Isabella (1791-1855) (Willis Ballard)-born here-daughter of Wil- liam (Elizabeth).
Robert (Nancy )-Rich, 1787.
Robert (Agnes) of Christion Co. Ky., sold on Reaburn's Mtn, 1808, to John (Sophia) .
Jesse (Margaret Harry) came from Augusta about 1829. C: Samuel (Summers Co.), John (Harriet McDaniel).
Harry (b. 1815c) (Catharine McGhee) also came from Augusta. C: John B., Jesse W., William A., Sylvester P. (Cora Broyles), Leroy H., James A., Hugh D., Julia A., Margaret J., Mary E., Eliza M., Isabel R., Amanda C.
Mary (Simeon Riner) and her two sisters had each 12 children.
TIFFANY
Hugh (Mrs. Anna Ashcord, 1785) lived on Indian. Hugh, Jr., of Rock- bridge, bought on Swope's Knobs, 1803. Hugh (Margaret) was neighbor to Isaac Wiseman, 1806. Hugh (Susan McDaniel) was killed at first Manassas. C: Hugh, Charles, Mary A., James, John.
TINCHER
Francis (Isabella) owned a part of the "plowed savannah" in 1801.
TOMLINSON
David (Sarah Dodd) came from Amherst in 1830 and lived on a farm near Pickaway, where he died in 1857, aged about 60. C: James (s)-David (1819-1897) (Catharine Dunsmore, 1843)-Joseph (d. '65)- Mary (George W. Foster, 1844)-Lucy (John Humphreys)-Paulina (dy) -Emily (William Dunsmore)-Sarah (s)-Columbus (Alice Dykes)-An- drew (Louisa Plunkett)-Elizabeth (s) .
C. of David: Marietta-James A. (Mary McCleary)-William H. H. (s)-John A. (Mary E. Holsapple)-Joseph H. (Virginia Holsapple)- Sarah A. (s)-Martha J. (s)-Josephine (Henry W. Wickline)-Susan C. (John H. Holsapple)-Cora B. (Henry M. Peck).
C. of James A .: May L .- John K .- Margaret M .- Clifford-Mary M. (Rosser N. Miller)-Madge C. (Robert Loudermilk)-James O .- David
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M. John K. is the inventor of a widely used lightning arrestor for tele- phones.
C. of John A .: Isaac H. (Catharine Drake)-Rose E. (Harvey L. Alford)-Virginia-Minnie-Ethel (Asa Linton)-Harry.
C. of Joseph: Clarance S. (Virgie Hogsett)-Czerny G. (Lilly Miller) -James R. (Cora Bobbitt)-Beulah (William L. Jarvis)-Annie C.
TRACY
Jeremiah (1791-1871) (Susanna Reaburn) was a native of Fauquier and came to Peterstown in 1820, where he carried on a mercantile busi- ness 18 years. He moved to Rich, then to Hans, and finally to Wolf Creek. Mr. Tracy was a graduate of William and Mary College, an excellent Greek scholar, and taught a while in Union Academy. He accumulated considerable property, but became impoverished through his investments in Confederate bonds. C: Elizabeth (Samuel Ludington, of Greenbrier ) --- Jeremiah J. H. (1827-1902) (Estaline Irons).
C. of J. J. H .- Bessie E .- Hubert P .- Addie C. (J. S. Hall)- Lillian E .- Clarence E .- Cecil V .- Mabel S. (Arthur Leach). The brothers took up business careers, the eldest being cashier of the Bank of Union.
TURPIN
Solomon (d. 1778c) lived in Gap Valley. The appraisement was by James West, William Craig, Isaac Burns. Moses, James (d. 1791), Sol- omon, Jr., Martin, and Aaron were probably his sons. Martin and Aaron sold out 1789.
VANSTAVERN
Nicholas, grandson of Cornelius, an immigrant from Holland, was born in Delaware, 1756, and died in Sweet Springs valley, 1831. He was a millwright and in 1816 he built a mill on Dunlap Cr. His wife was Kate Howard, whom he married in 1783. C: Elizabeth (Thomas Patton, 1808)-William (Matilda Walton, 1822)-Cornelius (1793-1863) (Agnes Haynes, 1820)-Benjamin (s)-Mary (Isaac Byrnside, 1822)-Katharine N. (Joseph Carson, 1822).
Cornelius, also a wright, came to Gap Mills about 1830, and built or repaired several mills on Second Cr. and elsewhere. He finally settled near Hollywood. He was born in Amherst. C: Mary M. (b. 1820) (James Hoylman)-Nicholas (b. 1822) (Amanda Beamer) Benjamin (1823-1897) (Mary Beamer, 1845, Mary E. Daugherty, 1888)-Sophronia (James Humphreys, 1845)-Elizabeth (Joseph P. Beamer)-William C. (d. '61) (Malinda G. Neel, 1855)-Addison (Mary Charlton)-Andrew P. (b. 1836) (Jane Charlton, 1863)-Hudson (Marian R. Robertson)- Virginia C. (1841-1885) (Charles F. Hogshead, 1860) .
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Nicholas went to Mo. C: William (Bertie Thompson), Cornelius (Mar- garet Hogshead), John H., Mary C. (N. B. McDowell), Virginia S. (R. W. McDowell), Margaret, Catharine.
C. of Benjamin: Martha (Joseph Morgan, 1872)-Delilah (1850-1912) (C. P. Erwin)-Mary (Price Coffman, 1871)-Hamilton (dy)-John B. (Mo.)-Cornelius (Mo ..- Joseph C. (b. 1862) (Laura C. Hanna, 1885, Effie R. McMann, 1898)-Eliza A. (W. L. Amonet)-Carrie E. (A. C. Burdette). By 2d w .- Gertrude, Bertha, Virginia, Cora B.
C. of Joseph C .: L. Pearl (J. Edgar Atkins), Robert B. (U. S. A.) C. of William C .: J. F. (Sarah Dunbar), William C., Mary A. (Wil- liam Wylie) .
C. of Addison. : Elizabeth (Isaac N. Foster), Thomas C. (Sarah E. Hogshead, Jane M. Hogshead, T. Mattie Wickline).
C. of Andrew P. : Emma J. (Charles M. Wimmer), George W., (Ella A. Givens, 1889), Isabel C.
C. of Hudson: Minnie S. (dy). Virdie J. (dy), Luther H. (Ada F. Howard), Mamie E.
Joseph C., of Pickaway, is a very successful maker of and dealer in all kinds of vehicles and vehicle belongings. He has a 100-pound tilt hammer that was operated by waterpower about 1850 by John Beamer. Thomas C., a teacher of vocal music, is the chief owner of the Hollywood woolen mill. Benjamin not only carried on the ancestral trade of milling on Second Cr. at various points, but was also a merchant in partnership with Samuel Hamilton. On one occasion he mortally wounded a negro that was breaking into his store.
Erastus, a grandson of Nicholas and Kate, came from Blacksburg. A son was shot by a policeman of Hinton in 1895 under circumstances point- ing to a misuse of authority.
VAUGHAN
Jas. G. (Elizabeth Gooding), b. Orange Co., Va., lived at Johnson's Cross Roads since civil war; C .: Wm. (Fannie Ralsten), Ida, Etta, Lizzie (Geo. Johnson), Lena (R. L. Martin) .
VAWTER
This name, we are told, is of Welch origin and it probably comes to us in a modified form. In Botetourt just after the Revolution we come upon Isaac and Ann Votaine and John Votaw. The pioneer in Monroe was William (1735-1815), whose wife was Anne Ballard. The only son of whom we have any record was William (1765-1822) who married Mar- garet Henderson in 1795. He was a rather conspicuous citizen of his day and was assessor under Greenbrier as well as Monroe. Until 1810 he lived on the Wood homestead on Rich Creek. He then moved to Slaty Run, where George W. now lives.
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