Everett Lewis Llewellyn

Family/Spouse: Mildred Ann Emerick. Mildred (daughter of Gilbert Cleveland Emerick and Mary Lillian Loar) was born on 29 Apr 1924 in Barrelville, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 17 May 2011 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Clarence Llewellyn was welcomed into the world on the family farm at the top of Tannery Hollow (now known as Gilmore Hollow) on Feb. 9, 1885. David was one of seven children born to Thomas Price Llewellyn and Mary Martha “Mollie” (McKenzie) Llewellyn.
In 1912, David married Avilton native Bertha Edith Coleman. Born on March 5, 1895, Bertha was the daughter of Hiram Sutton Coleman and Martha Jane (Broadwater) Coleman.
For many years, David made his living as a teamster, hauling freight to serve the needs of the numerous local coal mines. By 1928, David and Bertha were the parents of 10 children. Their five girls and five boys ranged in age from 15-year-old Everett to 5-month-old Helen.
David was employed as a miner at the Casey Mine in Lonaconing. Mine superintendent John L. Casey had taken over several operations of the former Lonaconing Big Vein Coal Co. after the Althouse Coal Co. of Philadelphia abdicated.
Near the intersection with the main highway, the road from Tannery Hollow crossed the Western Maryland Railway’s switchback, known locally as Georges Creek Junction. To serve the mines on the Jackson Mountain side of Lonaconing, the Western Maryland Railway constructed a spur line connecting “Jackson Junction” (which is directly across from the present location of Lonaconing Auto Body) to the former Jackson Branch of the Georges Creek & Cumberland Railroad in Gilmore.
At 6:30 a.m. on Friday, March 9, 1928, David was driving his touring car south on Buskirk Hollow Road on his way to work. Miners were typically expected to purchase their own black powder for blasting the coal face, and David was presumably carrying a substantial quantity of powder for that purpose. As he crossed the switchback, the powder detonated for unknown reasons.
According to the Cumberland Evening Times: “The sound of the blast was heard in sections of Lonaconing, nearly two miles away. Windows in a radius of a quarter mile of Georges Creek Junction were shaken, and in some instances, broken.”
The force of the explosion shredded the car, instantly killing David. In the blink of an eye, Bertha Llewellyn was cast into the role of single mother, burdened with the task of raising 10 children — six of whom were 10 years of age or younger.
In the 1930 census, the two oldest boys, Everett and Ellis, were working in a glass factory to help support their mother and younger siblings. The family also sold eggs and produce to supplement the boys’ wages. Several local merchants would pay more than the fair market value for their farm products out of sympathy for the family.
David and Bertha Llewellyn’s youngest daughter, Helen, married Ernie Thrasher Sr., who was well-known for delivering milk in the Georges Creek area for many years.
Cumberland Times-News, May 13, 2018

David married Bertha Edith Coleman in 1912. Bertha (daughter of Hiram Sutton Coleman and Martha Jane Broadwater) was born on 5 Mar 1895; died on 3 Sep 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Martha McKenzie on 19 Feb 1874. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Franklin McKenzie and Mary Ann Alexander) was born on 28 Dec 1852 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 23 Dec 1936 in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lonaconing – Dec. 24 – Mrs. Mary M. Llewellyn, 85, widow of T.P. Llewellyn of Dan’s Mountain, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Grindle, Watercliff Street. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank McKenzie, Rawlings, Md. And was a lifelong resident of this county. Besides the daughter mentioned, she is survived by the following children: Mrs. Lottie Hickman, Leroy, W.Va.; Mrs. Margie Michael, Avilton, Md. And Walter Llewellyn, at home. Her body will be removed tonight to her home on Railroad Street whence the funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Selden C. Adams, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, December 24, 1936.

Mary M. Llewellyn Kear
Vs.
Charles J. McKenzie
and
Thomas H. Grindell, Trustee
Case No. 10419 Equity In the Circuit Court for Allegany County, Ordered this 20th day of March, 1928, by the Circuit Court for Allegany County, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings made and reported by Thomas H. Grindell, surviving trustee of the estate of Thomas P. Llewellyn, in the case of Mary M. Llewellyn Kear Vs. Charles J. McKenzie, et al. No. 10419, Equity, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 19th day of April next, provided a copy of this order be inserted in some daily newspaper printed in Allegany County once in each of three successive weeks before the 12 day of April next. The report states the amount of the sale to be $225. The Cumberland Evening Times, March 27, 1928


From the research of Joseph Edward McKenzie:

THE NOTES FROM HELEN JEAN SHAFFER STATES THAT MARY MARTHA MCKENZIE AND HER HUSBAND,THOMAS PRICE LLEWELYN,LIVED AT DAN'S ROCK,THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE CUMBERLAND,AREA.

Hiram + Martha Jane Broadwater. Martha died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Sarah Loar. Sarah died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death of Mr. McKenzie – Mr. Franklin McKenzie, aged 81, a respected farmer of Cresaptown, died yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the residence of his son, Mr. Chas. J. McKenzie, Narrows Park, death being due to pleurisy and old age. Mr. McKenzie is survived by the following children: Charles J., grocer, of Narrows Park; Edward, Baltimore & Ohio railroad engineer; William, of the St. Louis, Mo. Fire department; Ambrose of Luke, Md.; John F. of near Borden Shaft; and Mrs. Thomas Llewellyn of Gilmore, Md. The deceased was familiarly known as Uncle Frank. He was a very earnest Methodist, and loved to attend revivals where, in singing and fervent praying, he always took a prominent role. The funeral cortege will leave the residence at 12:30 o’clock Saturday. The funeral will take place at 2:00 o’clock from the M.E. Church at Cresaptown where internment will be made. The Evening Times, Thursday, February 11, 1904

Benjiman Franklin C. McKenzie
b. October 22, 1823Allegany County, Md.
m. Mary Ann Alexander September 19, 1845Allegany County, Md
m. Margaret Boor March 19, 1857Allegany County, Md
d. February 11, 1904Allegany County, Md

Benjiman Franklin McKenzie is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Cresaptown, Maryland.

Sources of Information for Benjiman Franklin McKenzie:
1) Allegany County Courthouse records;
2) St. Patrick's Catholic Church:
3) Allegany County, Maryland Census records;
4) Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.

"Frank" McKenzie was born and raised in Allegany County, Maryland, near Cumberland, and was married twice. The records at the courthouse indicate a wedding license was issued to him and Mary Alexander on September 17, 1845. The family bible says they were married on the nineteenth, two days later. The children of this marriage were:

James Sebastian b. July 26, 1846 d. 1900-1904 Uncle Bias or Bas
Harriet Annb. Feb. 8, 1848d. January 20, 1861
John Franklinb. Feb. 4, 1850d. Aft. 1926
Mary Marthab. Dec. 28, 1852d. December 23, 1936

The Federal census of 1850 for Allegany County, Maryland taken by J. Dilley on October 25 shows B.F. McKenzie and Mary on page 151, line 28. In their household were: Sebastian 4, Harriet 3, and John F. 1 as well as Daniel Alexander 12 and James 3. Since this was Mary's maiden name, these two boys could have been her nephews or brothers.

She had another child in 1852, Martha, and when she died March 12, 1854, Frank was left to cope with their four children age 2 through 8. Three years later he married Margaret Boor. By the time the census was taken again on July 12, 1860 there were five children as Hannah had been born two years before.

The census records of 1850 and 1860 show Frank living next door to his parents, Jessie and Catherine. On Saturday, January 3, 1863, his father died. On the following Monday he was selected by the Circuit Court to be part of the Petit jury for the month of January. This was learned from an article in the Cunberland Union & Allegany County Gazette dated Saturday, January 10, 1863, Vol. I No. 17 a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. Another issue of this newspaper lists "Qualified Voters" in 1865 and Benj. F. as well as eight other McKenzie men are listed in District 6.

The census of 1870, taken on July 12, 1870 shows Frank, 49, a farmer with personal property valued at $700. Margaret was 38, James 24, John 20, Mary 18, Charles 9, William 7, Henry 5, Ida 2 and Ambrose 5/12 having been born in February. Nelson 23 was also listed in the household. He is not a son and no relationshio is mentioned. Everyone was born in Maryland, except Margaret who was born in Pennsylvania.

By June 9, 1880 apparently the three living children of Mary and Frank had their own homes. So the household included Benj. F. at 57, Margaret at 45, Charles Jacob 19, William 16, Edward 14, Ida L. 12, and Ambrose 11. Mr. McKenzie was farming, Charles was "driving team" and William "works on Ct. House". Frank had not worked for six months of the year and Charles for one month. The parents of Frank were both born in Maryland and Margaret's were born in Pennsylvania.

A page from a McKenzie Family Bible exists that lists Frank's marriages and the births of a number of his children. See "McKenzie Family Bible-Benjiman Franklin McKenzie" at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com web site.

A city directory of Cumberland, Maryland for 1985-6, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress (Stack #2) states that Benjiman F. McKenzie is a farmer in Cumberland - exclusive of Cumberland City, Barton, Frostburg, Lonaconing, Mt. Savage, Cresaptown or Western Port. There were other McKenzies at Rawlings and at Cresaptown, including Moses, Jr.

On June 18, 1900 the census was taken again and at that time Frank was 76, Margaret was 66 and the record states they had been married for forty years. With them was Annie, a 50 year old neice. Since her last name is not reported, it is assumed it was also McKenzie.

Frank and Margaret made their home in a log cabin in Cresaptown. There was a small cemetary behind it as well as a stream and there were grape arbors in the front yard. His wife bought a parcel of land next to their cabin in 1987 from the Brethern Church and at that time he was listed as a trustee of that church. His grand-daughter, Marguerite, recalls that he was a Methodist and a circuit preacher.

He had a beautiful singing vioce and at chataque meetings and at church he could be heard above all the rest. Chatque or camp meetings were held occasionally for a full day. Everyone came in their wagons, brought a picnic lunch and spent the day in the big tent with sawdust on the floors listening to the Marine Band or other music, singing and listening to speakers. Sometime's on a warm summer evening, Frank would sit outside of his home and sing and the neighbors ans passers-by stopped to enjoy it.

At Christmas time Frank and Margaret spent several weeks with their son, Charles and his family in Narrows Park. And it was there that he sang "Lord I'm Coming Home" after which he went upstairs and had a "seizure" (according to his grand-daughter Helen) and he passed away. He is buried on the grounds of the Methodist Church in Cresaptown but there is no stone and norecord. There is a relatively new church there and when it was built, some graves were moved.

Per the notes of Col. Gabriel Thornton MacKenzie, B.F. McKenzie was known as "Shouting Frank". It is interesting to note that Col. MacKenzie's research was independently from that of Ray Leidinger, yet both uncovered facts consistent with B. F.'s boisterousness.

In 1866 another Complaint was filed in the Court of Equity of Allegany County, Maryland by the heirs of Jesse McKenzie seeking the equitable partition of land left by Jesse McKenzie when he died intestate. The Complaint references the children of Jesse McKenzie, including Benjiman Franklin McKenzie, who was living on the land at the time the action was filed. The case lists all of the children of Jesse McKenzie and also notes that Jesse’s wife, Catherine had passed away in 1864. Ultimately, the land was ordered to be sold by the Court and the proceeds distributed to the various heirs.

Benjiman Franklin McKenzie's obituary reads as follows:

Death of Mr. McKenzie

Mr. Franklin McKenzie, aged 81years, a respected farmer of Cresap-
town, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the residence of his son,
Mr. Chas. J. McKenzie, Narrows Park, death being due to pleurisy and
old age. Mr. McKenzie is survived by the following children: Charles J., grocer,
of Narrows Park; Edward, Baltimore & Ohio railroad engineer; William,
of the St. Louis, Mo. fire department; Ambrose, of Luke, Md; John F., of
near Borden Shaft, and Mrs. Thomas Llewellyn, of Gilmore, Md.
The deceased was familiarly known as Uncle Frank. He was a very earnest Methodist and loved to attend revivals where, in singing and fervent prayer he always took a prominent part. The funeral cortege will leave the res-
idence at 12:30 o’clock Saturday. Thefuneral will take place at 2 o’clock
from the M.E. church at Cresaptown, where internment will be made.

Benjamin married Mary Ann Alexander on 19 Sep 1845 in Allegany County, Maryland. Mary was born in 1826 in Maryland; died on 12 Mar 1854 in Near Cumberland, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]