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Allison. 6. William, of whom further. 7. Barnabas, born April 21, or July 19, 1784, died between March 22, 1856, and July 10, 1864, in Reading, Hamilton county, Ohio ; married ( first ) Nancy, daughter of James and Phebe (Force) Agens, and (second) about 1855, Catherine - , who survived him. 8. Sarah, born May 8, 1788, died, February 15, 1812: unmarried. 9. Mary, born April 15. 1791.
(II) William, son of John and Mary (Ludlum) Day, of Newark Mountains, New Jersey, was born August 18, 1782, died February 28, 1863, at Montclair, New Jersey. He was baptized in the First Presby- terian Church of Morristown, New Jersey, September 22, 1782, and the will of his brother, Barnabas Day, dated Reading, Hamilton county, Ohio, March 22, 1856, leaves a legacy to the "children or issue per stirpes of my brother, William Day." He married Sarah Brookfield, born April 8, 1788, died June 3, 1857. Children: 1. Deborah, born July 28, 1807, died November 26, 1858. 2. Mary C., born November 17, 1808, died January 10, 1860, married, November 14, 1829, Edward Crane. 3. Edwin G., born December 8, 1810, died April 19, 1825. 4. Elizabeth, born June 13, 1813, died November 11, 1819. 5. Louisa, born March 31. 1816, died November 6, 1870; married, December 9. 1836, James Bacon ; children: Edward, Caroline, Eliza and Fanny. 6. La- vinia, born May 5, 1818: married, August 3. 1836. Seth Hulbert. 7. Sidney Brookfield, of whom later. 8. Sarah Elizabeth, born July 6, 1825. died December 14. 1883; married May 28, 1855, Stephen Rodgers.
(III) Sidney Brookfield, son of William and Sarah ( Brook- field) Day, of Newark and Orange, New Jersey, was born in Orange, August 1, 1820, died in Gallatin, Tennessee, January 4. 1895. He mar- ried, in Newark. New Jersey, September 1, 1847. Rebecca Morehouse Lum, daughter of Moses and Nancy ( Morehouse) Lum, who was born in Newark, June 20, 1822, died at Gallatin, Tennessee, January 6, 1901.
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(See Lum V.). He removed with his family from Orange, New Jersey, to Macon, Georgia, in 1848, where he established a jewelry business which he conducted up to the breaking out of the civil war. A short time previ- ous to the beginning of the war he removed his family to his former home in New Jersey, at what was then West Bloomfield, since changed to Montclair, New Jersey, leaving his business in charge of his brother-in- law, Stephen Rodgers. While arranging for his family in New Jersey, he was notified that the municipal authorities of Macon, Georgia, had seized his stock of goods. He returned to Macon and made application to the authorities for the stock. He was notified that if he would take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and bear arms for her, his property would be restored. Not being willing to fight against the United States, he returned to his family in New Jersey, and his property was turned into the use of the Confederate Government. He then removed from Montclair, New Jersey, and purchased a farm near Rochester, New York, where he resided until 1882. He afterward moved to Gal- latin, Tennessee, where he and his wife resided until death.
Children of Sidney Brookfield and Rebecca (Lum) Day: I. Maria S., born at Macon, Georgia, January 21, 1849, died December 17, 1912 ; married Lewis H. Morey, (Presbyterian minister), of San Antonio, Texas, August 26, 1874. Children: i. Sidney L., born July 19, 1875, married, June 18, 1903, Irene M. Palm, of Austin, Texas. ii. Addie M., born May 23, 1877, died November 23, 1877. iii. Elizabeth M., born September 27, 1878. iv. Harry M., born June 1I, 1884. 2. Laura L., born December 27, 1850, at Macon Georgia, died July 26, 1869, in girl- hood. 3. Frederick S., born May 26, 1852, at Macon, Georgia, now liv- ing in Gallatin, Tennessee ; married, October 26, 1876, Harriet A. Clark, of Deposit, New York, born February 18, 1853. Children: i. Laura M., born November 16, 1877, married January 11, 1906, Joseph Chilton, of Texas. ii. Mabel C., born September 27, 1878, now at Gallatin, Ten- nessee. iii. James C., born November 21, 1879, died April 11, 1890. 4. Robert L., of whom further. 5. Theodore S., born September 30, 1855. at Macon, Georgia; now a Presbyterian minister at Red Creek, New York ; married, March 4, 1885. Mary Osborne, of Seneca Falls, New York, born June 10, 1856, died August 13. 1902. Children: i. Elbert O., born January 19, 1886. ii. Margaret H., born August 22, 1887. He af- terward married, in 1906, Lena Hugo, born April 13, 1875. Children : Richard Hugo, born September 18, 1907, and Theodore C., born March IO, 1909. 6. William A., born November 30, 1857, at Macon Georgia; now living in Livonia, New York: married (first) Edith Elizabeth, daughter of Sylvester C. and Harriet ( Herrick) Lincoln, and widow of Willard Walter Rusk; he married ( second) Millie Short, of Livonia, New York. Children by first wife: i. Myrtle Louise, born May 26, 1885, married August 9, 1905. Clifford D. Webster ; children by this mar- riage : Helen E., born December 1, 1906, and Hazel F., born January II, 1909. ii. Cora Amanda, born May 14, 1887; she is now living with her uncle. Robert L. Day. at Huntington. West Virginia; she at- tended and graduated from the public high school at Huntington, after- ward she graduated from Marshall College, Huntington, and is now teaching in the Huntington public schools. iii. Ruth Ethel. born Sep- tember 22. 1890, now living at Gallatin. Tennessee. 7. Harriet L., born December 4, 1859, at Macon, Georgia : now living at Red Creek, New York, with her brother, Theodore S. Day; unmarried.
(IV) Robert Lum, son of Sidney Brookfield and Rebecca Morehouse (Lum) Day, was born in Macon, Georgia. October 9. 1853, and is now living in Huntington. West Virginia. At the outbreak of the civil war he removed with his parents to Montclair, New Jersey, afterward to Livon- 18
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ia, New York. He received his early education in the public schools and at the State Normal School at Geneseo, New York. After his gradua- tion Mr. Day taught school for five years. He then entered the field of civil engineering, afterward contractor and builder. He removed to Hunt- ington, West Virginia, where since 1900 he has been an architect. He has offices in the Frederick Hotel building, and makes a specialty of fire- proof construction, having erected the Miller and Ritter building, and the Twentieth street bank building, in Huntington, also the city hall and jail in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
In the First Presbyterian Church of Huntington he is senior deacon. He married, October 23, 1884, Mary M., daughter of William L. and Mary ( McGinnis) Johnston, born March 1, 1855 (see Johnston IV). Children : I. Florence L., born August 31, 1885, died May 6, 1887. 2. Sidney Logan, born December 4, 1887. He has lived with his parents at Huntington, West Virginia. He attended and graduated from the pub- lic high school: also afterward Marshall College, at Huntington, West Virginia. He then entered the architectural department of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology at Boston, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in June, 1912. He is now employed with Messrs. Garber & Woodward, of Cincinnati, Ohio, working on the 34-story building of the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati.
(The Lum Line).
(I) Samuel Lum, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born about 1690, in Bridgehampton, Long Isl- and, died in 1732-33, in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He is said to have been a grandson of Samuel Lum, who was born in England, June 13, 1619, whose three sons Jonathan. Matthew and Samuel, Jr., emigrated to America and settled in Connecticut, from where it is also said Samuel Jr., removed to Long Island. Samuel Lum, of Bridgehampton, Long Island, and Elizabethtown, New Jersey, married Martha, who is said to have been a Clark, and who married ( second) Benjamin, son of Benja- min and Bethia (Condit) Lyon, of Connecticut Farms. Children: I. John, of whom further. 2. Samuel (2), born about 1726-27. died in 1756; lived at Bottle Hill, now Madison, New Jersey ; married Martha Day. 3. David, born about 1729. 4. Hannah. 5. Mary, born about 1732. (II) John, son of Samuel and Martha ( Clark) Lum, was born March 20, 1726, died after 1800. He married Elizabeth -, who was born February 10, 1734. Children : I. Stephen, of whom further. 2. Mary, born August 9. 1756, died in 1825 ; married Matthew Harrison. 3. John Clark, born December 26, 1759. died August 4, 1838; married Ruth Bak- er. 4. Amos, born April 12. 1762. 5. Elizabeth, born January 18, 1766, died in 1850. 6. Susanna, born December 13, 1771. 7. Elizabeth Harri- son, born March 20. 1775.
(III) Stephen, son of John and Elizabeth Lum, was born in Connecti- cut Farms, New Jersey, January 26, 1754. After his marriage he re- moved to New Providence, New Jersey, where he bought from Moses Miller a farm situated south of M. Stites' bark mill. He married Abigail Thompson. Children: 1. Moses, of whom further. 2. Amos, married Fanny Morehouse, sister of his brother Moses' wife. 3. John, married Mrs. Osborne, a widow. 4. Betsey, unmarried. 5. Stephen M., married Betsey Frazee. 6. Obadiah, died about 1830; married.
(IV) Moses, son of Stephen and Abigail (Thompson) Lum, was born in New Providence, New Jersey, in February, 1780, and died in Newark, New Jersey, October 18, 1849. He removed from New Provi- dence to Newark. He married, May 13, 1810, Nancy, daughter of Simeon Morehouse and Rebecca Children : I. Isaac, died in infancy. 2.
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Amos, born August 13, 1812 ; married, June 29. 1836, Amanda Walker. 3. Stephen, born September 17, 1816; married, September 26, 1838, Cath- erine Conkling. 4. Rebecca Morehouse, of whom further. 5. Elias Riggs, born May 3, 1826, died February 7, 1830. 6. David, born October I, 1832, died October 24, 1834.
(V) Rebecca Morehouse, daughter of Moses and Nancy ( More- house) Lum, was born in Newark or New Providence, New Jersey, June 20, 1822, died January 6, 1901, at Gallatin, Tennessee. She married Sid- ney Brookfield, son of William and Sarah (Brookfield) Day. (See Day III).
(The Morehouse Line).
The grandparents of Rebecca Morehouse, (who married Sidney Brookfield Day) by her mother were-Simeon Morehouse, born May 3. 1751, died May 4, 1836, married Rebecca -, born June 6, 1753, died February 16, 1839. Of this marriage eleven children were born : I. James born October 22, 1778, died October 12, 1784. 2. Betsey, born December 31, 1779. 3. Hannah, born August 4, 1781. 4. David, born April 1, 1783. 5. Samuel, born August II. 1784. 6. Amos, born April 15, 1786. 7. James, born November 15, 1787. 8. Hannah, born September 22, 1790. 9. Nancy, of whom further. 10. Francis, born November 27, 1794. II Mary, born April 17, 1799.
(I) Nancy Morehouse, daughter of Simeon Morehouse and Rebecca -, was born July 26, 1792, died July 31, 1873. She married, May 13, 1810, Moses Lum. ( See Lum IV).
(The Johnston Line).
(I) John Johnston, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived in county Antrim, Ireland, and died October 30, 1811. He married, in 1785, Sarah Linn, who died August 15, 1840. Children : I. James, of whom further. 2. William, born May 28, 1788 died May 4, 1833 ; married, in 1825, Nancy Kilberth. 3. Elizabeth, born May 3, 1790, died May 18, 1829; married, April 21, 1818, Abraham Alexander. 4. John, born May 23, 1792, died November 20, 1792. 5. Jane, born December 18, 1793, died August 14, 1840 ; married, in 1813, William Kyle, born 1790, died October, 1847. 6. Samuel, born February 6, 1796, died in 1816. 7. Ann, born July 27, 1798, died October 30, 1846; married, in 1822, Watson B. Poage. 8. John, born January 24, 1800, died July 24, 1865; married, in 1824, Mary Campbell. 9. Benjamin, born May 5, 1803, died July 4, 1863; married, May, 1830, Mandana Greene. 10 Robert, born February 4, 1809, died March 3, 1809.
(II) James, son of John and Sarah (Linn) Johnston, was born in Ireland, May 19, 1786, died May 22, 1869. He married, March 17, 1817, Martha Logan, born November, 1791, died August 22, 1847. On or about 1818, James and Martha (Logan) Johnston, with other kin and friends, came to America. They first stopped in Canada. afterwards moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a short time : they then passed down the Ohio river on a flat boat and in 1821 bought and located on a tract of land where now is the city of Huntington, West Virginia, at which place most of their family were born and where they remained until death. Children: I. Elizabeth A., born February 18, 1818, died July 31, 1897; married, May 14, 1850, John B. Hite, born June 29, 1805. died May 9, 1880; children : i. James W., born December 8, 1852, died May, 1853. ii. John B., born November 30, 1855. iii. Martha A., born June 6, 1859; married, December 31, 1879, A. A. Fisher, born Novem- Iber 4, 1853: one child, Clifford K., born November 21, 1880. 2 William L., of whom further. 3. Samuel, born February 18. 1823, died September 28, 1823. 4. Sarah J., born September 18, 1824, died January
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I, 1906. 5. John L., born July 11, 1828, died November 22, 1906; mar- ried, May 12, 1859, Mary J. Kinkead, born July 6, 1834, died May 5, 1906; one child, Maggie P., born February 2, 1872, died January 28, 1888. 6. Marcella A., born September 8, 1830, died September 29, 1875; married, November 24, 1857, Albert Pogue, died April 25, 1858; one child, Alberta M., born September 3, 1858. 7. Martha H., born August 6, 1833, died July 31, 1908. 8. Mary A., born June 10, 1836, died Feb- ruary 24, 1837.
(III) William L., son of James and Martha (Logan) Johnston, was born July 18, 1820, died December 27, 1872. He married (first) May 26, 1848, Mary McGinnis, born November 22, 1825, died May 30, 1857. He married (second) April, 1858, Susan L. Gould, born June 15, 1828, died November 12, 1905. Children, five by first marriage: I. Frederick W., born February 16, 1849. 2. Marcellus L., born October 2, 1850. died January 7, 1902. 3. James E., born August 21, 1852 ; married (first) De- cember 16, 1880, Anna Laidley, died February, 1891: (second) July, 1894, Alida Valentine. Children, four by first marriage: A. Linn, born February 27, 1882; Frederick W., born August 7, 1883; Maxwell D., born February 17, 1885, died October 28, 1891 ; Mildred V., born Novem- ber 19, 1889; Edmond V., born December 29, 1895. 4. Mary M., of whom further. 5. Emma, born July, 1856, died May, 1857. 6. Ada P., born June 20, 1861. 7. Elizabeth G., born May 3. 1863. 8. Anna L., born June 27, 1865. 9. Emma L., twin of Anna L., born June 27, 1865, died August 22, 1911. 10. Stephen G., born May 9, 1868; married, May 9, 1895, Nellie Collier, born May 9, 1869: children : Susan, born April 19, 1897 : Howard, born September 17, 1900; Miriam, born August 27, 1903; Arthur, born June 1, 1909.
(IV) Mary M., daughter of William L. and Mary (McGinnis) John- ston, was born at Huntington, West Virginia, March 1, 1855. She mar- ried, October 23, 1884, Robert Lum, son of Sidney Brookfield and Re- becca (Lum) Day. She attended the public schools at Huntington, West Virginia, afterward graduated at Marshall College, located at Hunting- ton, West Virginia. (See Day IV).
KELLER The great empire of Germany has contributed its fair quota to the upbuilding of this great American nation and among its representatives in this country are to be found successful men in every walk of life, from the professions to the prosperous farmer. The Keller family in America was founded by Conrad Keller, a native of Germany, who immigrated to this country in young manhood and settled in the valley of Virginia. He was a farmer by occupation and reared to adult age a family of three sons, one of whom settled in Pennsylvania, the second in Indiana, and the third, Abraham by name, in Gallia county, Ohio.
(II) Abraham, son of Conrad Keller, was born in Virginia and grew up on his father's farm, early familiarizing himself with the rudiments of agriculture. As noted in the previous paragraph, he removed to Gallia county, Ohio, where he achieved prominence as an eminently successful farmer. He was a strong Union sympathizer during the civil war period and four of his sons. Stephen G., Robert, Conrad and William, were gallant and faithful soldiers in the Union ranks. His eldest son, George, had three sons in the Union army and a brother, Louis, who had estab- lished his home in Missouri in the ante-bellum days, was a soldier in the Confederate service. This splendid contribution of young manhood to uphold the cause considered just reflects great glory on the name of Kel-
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ler and instills pride in every American heart for the patriotism of our forefathers.
(III) Stephen Gates, son of Abraham Keller, was born on the old Keller homestead in Gallia county, Ohio, and after reaching man's estate he devoted his attention to diversified agriculture and stock raising in the "Buckeye" state. As already noted, he was a soldier in the Union army while the civil war was in progress and he passed practically his entire life in Ohio. He married and had a son Floyd, mentioned below.
(IV) Floyd, son of Stephen Gates Keller, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, October 6, 1856. He grew up on the home farm and attended the common schools of his native place. Later he supplemented his early educational training with a course of study in the Gallipolis Academy and with attendance in the National Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio. Af- ter leaving school he lived with his father on the farm until he had reached his thirty-fourth year, when he came to West Virginia and en- gaged in stock raising in Mason county. Sad to say this venture proved disastrous. In 1890 he settled in Powellton, Fayette county, and as- sumed the position of payroll clerk for the Mt. Carbon Coal Company, Ltd., in the employ of which concern he remained for many years. For several years he was postmaster of Powellton and in 1893 he was asso- ciated with Colonel S. Dixon in the opening and development of the Macdonald mines in the capacity of storekeeper at Macdonald. In 1894 he returned to Powellton and again entered the employ of the Mt. Car- bon Company, Ltd., remaining with that company from the above year until 1908, during which period he also served a term as mayor of Powell- ton. He has been a resident of Fayette county for twenty-two years and during eighteen years of that period has worked for the Mt. Carbon Company.
A staunch Republican in his political convictions, Mr. Keller has par- ticipated actively in public affairs in Fayette county for many years past. In the fall of 1908 he was shown the appreciation of his fellow citizens by election to the office of clerk of the circuit and criminal courts. He has served with unusual efficiency in this responsible office and in addi- tion to discharging the duties connected with it has also been a member of the city council of Fayetteville and has served on the board of managers of the Fayetteville Cemetery Association. He also stands high in the Masonic order. He served on the district board of education for sev- eral years and when elected clerk of the circuit and criminal court was president of the board. Mr. Keller manifests a deep and sincere interest in all matters that he thinks will contribute to the material, social or moral improvement of the community, and he stands in the foremost rank of those to whom Fayette county owes its development and present posi- tion as one of the leading districts of West Virginia. His life is char- acterized by upright, honorable principles and it also exemplifies the truth of the Emersonian philosophy that "the way to win a friend is to be one". His genial, kindly manner wins him the high regard and good will of all with whom he comes in contact and the circle of his personal friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances.
May 9, 1882, Mr. Keller married, Miss Annie Guthrie, a sister of A. S. Guthrie. While Mr. and Mrs. Keller have never had any children of their own they have raised three children and gave them good educa- tional advantages. The Keller home is on Maple avenue and is I' scene of many attractive social gatherings.
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MOORE Dr. Thomas Waterman Moore, a physician and surgeon of West Virginia, comes of old Virginia stock. His great- grandfather, the founder of the family, was Joseph Moore, whose wife, Mary Eleanor Morgan, was a near relative to General Dan- iel Morgan, a gallant companion of Washington in the Braddock cam- paign, and who figured in Burgoyne's defeat and later in the victory of the Carolina Cowpens.
Thomas Moore, the grandfather of Dr. Moore, was born and raised in the Virginia valley. Becoming a cabinet-maker his industrious char- acter kept him from the field of politics. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian. He married in 1824, Augusta Page, member of another family distinguished in later days; their three children were: Vincent Morgan, mentioned below, Mary Ellen, and Charles Page Thomas, late judge of the supreme court of West Virginia.
Of the third generation, Vincent Morgan Moore was born at Staun- ton, Virginia, October 7, 1826. A Presbyterian like his father, and a merchant in the field of labor, he yet took an interest in the ferment of politics that filled the early states in the first half of the nineteenth cen- tury, and affiliated with the Whig party, becoming a Democrat later. He married, at Haverhill, Ohio, November 23, 1865, Addie Marion Moore, she being a daughter of John Moore and Elizabeth Chambers, of Scotch English descent. She was born at Ohio Furnace. Ohio, February 28, 1841. Their children were: Thomas Waterman, of whom further ; Car- rie Beale, born August 8, 1868; Charles Vincent, August 17, 1873; and Mary Waring, December 6, 1875.
Dr. Thomas Waterman Moore, son of Vincent Morgan Moore, was born in Catlettsburg, Boyd county, Kentucky, October 4, 1866. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town. After holding the position of druggist at the National Military Home at Day- ton, Ohio, from his twentieth to his twenty-fifth year, he graduated in 1893 at the Medico-Chirurgical College in Philadelphia, thus perfecting himself in the study of medicine, his life work. From 1893 to 1897, he practiced at Everett, Pennsylvania, and then removed to Huntington, West Virginia, to become one of its leading physicians, and has resided there for the past sixteen years. He has specialized in eye, ear, nose and throat afflictions, and has taken a post-graduate course in New York, 1897, and in Vienna, Austria, 1900 and 19II.
His profession has led him to become a member of the American Medical Association, and the West Virginia State Medical Association, and a Fellow of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otologi- cal Society, and of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology. The high esteem in which he is held by fellow practition- ers, as well as by those who are fortunate enough to be numbered among his clients, is shown by his election, in 1909-1910, to the presidency of the West Virginia State Medical Association.
Although a Republican, he has never held office. In the field of busi- ness, he has interested himself in the First National Bank of Kenova, of which he is a director, and he was elected a director of the First National Bank of Huntington, West Virginia. Leaving the church of his ances- tors, he became an Episcopalian, and has been a vestryman in the Hunt- ington church for the past nine years. As a Mason, a Knight Templar, and a Shriner, he has shown his superiority of character and intellect, and attained the rank of eminent commander of Huntington Command- ery, No. 9, Knights Templar, in 1906-1907. He is also a member of the Guyandot Club, and the Elks.
Dr. Moore married, at Algona, Iowa, on June 28, 1899, Harriet Pren- tice Hallock, who was born October II, 1872, at Catskill, New York. Her
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father, Joseph Hallock, was a lawyer ; he married Susan Ensign, and had another daughter, Josephine. Dr. Thomas Waterman and Harriet Pren- tice ( Hallock ) Moore have two children : Joseph Hallock, horn July 7, 1902; and Thomas Waterman, Jr., born December 20, 1906.
While this name is not of frequent occurrence, it seems CONAWAY to be borne by more than one family in West Virginia, and even to have been borne by two families in Monon- galia county. One of these families is recorded to have been of the Scotch-Irish race, and this is probably true of all of the name in this sec- tion. The present family has long been settled in Tyler county, West Vir- ginia, and could easily be descended from one of the Monongalia county families, or from the people of southwestern Pennsylvania.
(I) Eli Conaway, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born in Tyler county, Virginia. In this county his life was passed, and he was a farmer. He married Perthena A. (Ruffner) Wells. Child, Charles I., of whom further.
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