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The following email was sent to the author by Alan Williams, Cumberland, Maryland on August 25, 2018. The information contained in it helps to solidify that Melinda Porter was the wife of John McKenzie.
Ed and Tania!
A few days ago, my brother Scott met a man in Atlanta, Michael McKenzie, who is deeply involved in research into that family’s origins. As it happens, he had a roll of Microfilm of 2000 pages of McKenzie research done in the mid-20th Century.
We again owe you a debt of thanks, on behalf of BOTH family trees. Your work on your ancestor Henry, shows us (see attached note of Colonel McKenzie below) that “Linday Porter” (born 1768) wife of John McKenzie (1765) is very likely your Henry’s sister, and a niece of our John and Moses Porter, a connection we would likely have never made without your work.
So once again, our thanks! And know that your efforts will serve many generations to come for people who wish to know their origins. Michael, by the way, is very certain that his particular branch of McKenzies are, as shown by Y DNA testing, very likely Scottish, not Irish.
Best wishes,
Alan Williams
‘A Porter and a McKenzie’ | Porter, Melinda (Linday) (I00558)
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
John Porter...Son of Samuel, and Brother of Scuire Mike, grew up on Play Place, the land Samuel bought from the Anderson heirs. The Porter genealogy gives Oct. 3, 1815 as the date John married Hannah Combs. Nine children, (two of whom died in infancy) were born to them over the next twenty years. My father never spoke much of his Uncle John. He could have spoken only from hearsay because John died in 1862, and my father was born in 1863. So we can only speculate on why John chose to move his growing family from the rough mountain backwoods of the Porter Settlement of Piney Mountain to the much rougher backwoods of Preston County, (Virginia) then. The state didn't become West Virginia until 1863. But in April of 1841, with the aid of George Clise, Squire Mike's son-in-law, he and his wife and seven children traveled for five days to cover the eighty miles of mountain roads from Allegany County, Maryland, to the area of Horse Shoe Run, in Preston County.
John's wife, Hannah, who had long been suffering the effects of paralysis died three years after the moving. Records say it was the year 1844, and that she was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, near Aurora, W. Va.
John's older children were of marriageable age by that time, and some of them married into the families they came to live among.
It has been written that the land John moved to was raw wilderness then, and much of their living was from the wild game of the forests. But being a Porter, and with knowledge of clearing and farming land, it is certain that with the help of his sons, he soon had a farm cleared. John and his youngest daughter Ellen lived with his son Samuel until his death in 1862.
Within the next twenty years, John's children had all married and had farms of their own. John Myers Lawrence, third son of John married Emily Domire and bought a farm at Lead Mine, a distance of 15 miles south of Horse Shoe Run. He ran a small store and was the first Postmaster of that small community.
Little more can be learned of the period of time John and Hannah's children spent in Preston County. And we can only speculate as to what made so many of them and their families decide to move to the area of Blissfield,
Michigan in 1864. Whether they learned of better and easier ways to cultivate land there, or if a big lumber company came and made them good offers for their land, either of which could have been their reasons. But in that year, a train left Oakland, Md. and hauled the personal property, including household effects, live stock and farm implements and 84 people to Lewanne,Co. near Blissfield, Michigan.
All of John's living sons, and several daughters left Preston County with that group, except John Myers Lawrence whom records say, didn't go to Michigan until 1870.
John's oldest son William Thomas Porter had married Susan Sell. He was a minister, and owned a farm. He died in 1858, six years before the migration to Michigan. I have been on the farm formerly owned by William Thomas numerous times, and have photographed his fallen tombstone and forgotten resting place that is somewhere between the house and barn on that farm. The inscription on that smooth, maroon granite stone reads William Thomas Porter, Born 1820...Died 1858. He was only 38 years old.
I have been told by distant relatives whom I chance to meet in that area that Susan Sell Porter re-married some years after William Thomas died.
Several of the children of William Thomas Porter and Susan Sell went to Michigan to live among the Porters in later years. But a number of them stayed in Preston County, and many of their descendants still live there.
Also, John's daughter Maria, who married Steven Harsh did not go to Michigan with her brothers and sisters. Many of her descendants still live in Preston County, and other sections of West Virginia.
Samuel Doak Porter, a great grandson of John who moved to Preston Co. compiled a genealogy of the Maryland and West Virginia Porters. He did a remarkable job considering, as he wrote me in one of his many letters, "So many of the letters I wrote to gather information of the various descendants fell on deaf ears." Thus, some of the lines of descendants are either omitted or incomplete. This is unfortunate, because I doubt that another such genealogy of this vast and scattered group of relatives will ever be written again.
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
John Samuel Porter...My Grandfather
John S. Porter, son of Squire Mike and Elizabeth Devore was born 1828 at Play Place on Piney Mountain, the farm his grandfather Samuel bought from the Anderson heirs. And lest I forget to mention it later in my story, I will say
that from that location on the mountain top is one of the finest panoramic views in Allegany County. Westward, almost all of the eastern slope of Savage Mountain is visible. Looking eastward, one sees a fold of mountain tops all the way to the Blue Ridge Range in Virginia, and far beyond. To the south west lies the beauti¬ ful north branch valley of the Potomac River. North east, one sees a hundred hills and valleys lying fold on fold into Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The mountains and valleys of four states may be seen from there on any clear day.
John S. and his brothers had worked to clear and greatly enlarge Play Place. John married Rebecca, oldest daughter of Grandpap Si. His second cousin. Rebecca was another of whom Frank Porter wrote of as a "Saint of Earth." Her five children, William, Josiah, Michael, Margaret and John Wesley, my father were all born in the log house that Samuel had built near a strong flowing spring of good mountain water.
John and his family lived with Squire Mike until the latter's death in 1877. Thus, John's growing family had the influence of that old patriarch and philos¬ opher in their early environment. And that, with the guidance of a "Sainted mother," indoctrinated them with a kindness and gentleness rarely found in individuals.
This is not to say that they would stand for abuse or exploitation. They could all stand up for their rights when it was necessary. But they were courteous with all people regardless of high or low standing. They were mountain people, but had a refinement not often found in mountain people.
I never saw my grandfather John nor grandmother Rebecca, nor Uncle Will, Uncle Si nor Aunt Margaret. They all died before my time. I do have vivid recollections of Uncle Mike, of whom I shall write later.
John S. and his four sons made a good working team to operate the enlarged farm known as Play Place. The altitude of nearly 2500 feet was favorable for growing potatoes in. the red shale soil. But the location of the place was a lifetime of unhandiness for all who spent their lives there. It was three miles from Eckhart (all up hill). Three miles of (hard to maintain) mountain road that had first been an animal trail and moccasin path, trod by Indians on their way to their hunting grounds that later became Play Place. The road washed out with heavy rains and flash floods. It drifted with the snows of winter and isolated the people who lived there. But the family knew no other way of life and never thought of it as a hardship.
John S. never had good health. But he had knowledge and ability to manage that made him a good farmer. He knew his land, and would never abuse it by overcropping. Long before soil conservation agencies came into being, he was practicing what they came to advocate a half century later. He contoured his hilly fields and strip cropped them so as i:o control erosion. His program of crop rotation kept the soil in a state of high fertility for growing potatoes and other cash crops.
There were no machines to lighten the tasks of farmers in John's time. The more than a hundred bushels of potatoes that were planted every year were dropped by hand in the rows prepared with a wood beam shovel plow. Those potatoes had to be cultivated and hoed at least three times, and the wood beam shovel plows were used to cultivate. The younger boys fell heir to the heavy hoes that were made by local blacksmiths. And hoeing potatoes and corn was an all summer task for boys not big enough to handle a plow.
Then in the early 1880's came the first infestation of the Colorado Potato Beetles. "Potato Bugs," they came to be called, and the growers knew nothing about them. But they soon learned that unless controlled, they would eat the leaves from the vines and destroy the crop.
Controlling potato bugs became another link in the chain of hard work that went into growing the crop. My father told me that he and his brothers and other hired men would work for weeks on end holding a basin under the vines to catch the bugs when they slapped the vines with light paddles. The bugs were dumped into large pails that were filled with lime water, which killed them.
This would have been a huge, unpleasant task to go over every vine in a en acre field only once. But the bugs deposited eggs on the under sides of the leaves. And those eggs multiplied the bugs by a hundred to one when they hatched in nine days. So potato bugging became a month of extra work each summer to grow a potato crop, because once the potato beetles invaded a new territory they became an annual pest.
That was long before the times of mechanical spraying machines, which today could control the bugs on a ten acre field of potatos with chemicals in a scant hour.
But no matter about all that hard work, John S. was almost certain to have a good crop of potatoes to dig every year. And when time came for digging, there was another full month of hard work ahead. A strong man would take a heavy, two horse wood beam plow and go over the center of the potato rows to plow them out of the ground. Numerous helpers would follow the men with the plows and pick the potatoes up in buckets and put them in sacks. Around mid-afternoon the plows were stopped, and all hands went to work loading the sacks on wagons and hauling them to a cave that held two thousand bushels. The cave kept the potatoes crisp, and prevented them from freezing during the severe winters they often had on Piney Mountain.
Then after the potatoes were planted, cultivated, bugged, dug and stored in the cave, there was still the iob of grading and marketing them. The marketing was a job that, even though John S. was always ailing, he could do well. With sLiaw in the bottom of .he wagon bed to prevent freezing, the wagon was loaded with sacks of potatoes and John would start at daybreak for the five mile trip to Frostburg, or ten mile trip to Cumberland, to market his forty bushel load of potatoes.
There were no roads but dirt roads in those days, and such roads were either dusty, muddy or snowy, depending upon the weather. In winter, unless covered with snow the roads were likely frozen ruts.
All of us who live in what I will call "Comfort, and the lap of luxury" today could not even imagine what it was like to sit up on a wagon seat in cold, wintry weather and drive a team ten miles. With the loaded wagon, it took a full four hours to travel the ten miles to Cumberland. I know, because I did it a few times as a big boy prior to 1921 when we got our first farm truck. All a heavily dressed driver could do was get off and walk while driving the team when he got too cold. I know it was never a pleasant task for a man who was in poor health.
There were years, when the crop was short that potatoes sold for a dollar a bushel. But in years when the crop was big they sold for half dollar a bushel or less, and they were not in ready demand at that low price.
But John had his business built up. His customers knew that if they bought potatoes from him they could depend on the quality. He became known to his many friends and customers as "Potato John." Over the many, many years that he dealt with them, he knew every groceryman in Frostburg and Cumberland by their first names. John would invite them to come to his mountain farm for Sunday dinner, and many came. And patient Grandma welcomed them and prepared fine dinners for them.
As John's boys grew up they married. Uncle Will was near thirty when he married Mary Rase, a daughter of a German neighbor. Two daughters, Leota and Idella were born to them in the log house on Play Place. They lived in with Grandfather John and Grandmother Rebecca.
Uncle Si married Lizzie Rase, a sister to Uncle Will's wife. They went housekeeping in a small log house on the farm that had stood vacant for many years. Within eleven years they had Cecelia, Sophia and Gilbert, in that order.
And during that period, Uncle Mike married Lizzie Engle. Uncle Mike rented a small company farm not far from the Porter graveyard. They had two daughters, Miranda and Geneva.
Aunt Margaret, "Maggie" never married. She just stayed at home and helped Grandma. My father was still a young man then. Somehow, those Porters could live agreeably with two or three families in one house.
Forest fires were another frightful hazard on that mountain-top farm. The dense mountain laurel and other underbrush that grew up after a fire, made fuel for another almost every dry spring or autumn. It was almost a known fact that the fires were set deliberately to make huckleberries grow, since the vines grew profusely on land that fire had burned over. There was no forest service, nor penalties for setting fires in those days. But the fires that swept up the mountain from all directions often burned for weeks and trying to keep them under control kept the men from digging potatoes and husking corn and getting their fall work done. And fighting forest fires was hard, payless work.
There was always the danger of the fire getting close to the farm yard and burning the buildings. Also, all the fences were made of rails then, and when a rail fence burned it took much work at spring planting time to rebuild it.
It was during one of those terrible fires that Maggie became so frightened she never recovered from the effects of it. She believed the fire was still burning near the house and barn long after it had been extinguished. Her eyes became starey. She would leave her work in the house and steal off in the woods behind the barn and get herself lost. Her brothers would have to hunt for hours to find her. But she would run off again at the first opportunity. Her mind deteriorated rapidly. She soon became so despondent she paid no attention to anything nor anyone.
She had always been so companionable with Grandma, but then she no longer noticed her. Squire Mike had died some years before, and Maggie had been given his room, just as he had left it with books, manuscripts, business papers and documents all in the corner cupboard. She began spending all her time in that room. She would be up and standing at the east window to watch the sun come up over the mountain, and stand there staring at it until it went out of sight over the house-top. Then in the afternoons she would go to the west window and stare at the sun until it sank and set behind the western ridges. When the cold weather of fall came , Grandma would build a log fire in the open fireplace to make the room comfortable. Maggie would not notice that she was in the room.
But then, one day Grandma noticed that the corner cupboard door was open and that all of Squire Mike's papers were gone. Maggie had burned them in the open fireplace. Nothing was left but his Bible. (We have that bible in our home.)
Maggie lived only a few months longer and just wasted away to death. Her passing, and under those conditions was a great sorrow to Grandma. And by that time Grandfather John had become an invalid. He had grown heavy from a
diabetic condition. He became so big they had to get an extra large chair with wide arm rests to comfort his swollen arms. As his illness progressed, he began losing use of his fingers and toes a joint at a time over a period of two years, and then became helpless. His sons carried him from bed to chair, and from
chair to the table until he died in 1884. He was 56.
A nice new dwelling was under construction during the latter period of John's illness, but he died before it was ready to move into. | Porter, John Samuel (I13373)
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
Josiah, "Si" Porter... Second son of John S. and Rebecca Porter.
I must say of Uncle Si, I have no recollection of him. He married Lizzie Rase, a sister of Uncle Will's wife Mary. They went housekeeping in the old log house that was vacated after the family moved into the new house. From what I have heard, Uncle Si was a much smaller man than Uncle Will, but he was renounced as the fastest worker in all the area. It was said that he almost ran at his work, and unless the work Was too heavy for his size, he would do as much as any two men who worked with him.
Those were the days of making hay with a mowing scythe and raking it with a hand rake. It was also the days of harvesting grain with a cradle and raking it into sheaves and tying them with bands made of the grain straw. Uncle Si
was too small to stand up to a twelve hour day cradling grain because it was very heavy work. But at raking and tying the grain into sheaves, he could follow the best of cradlers, a task that it took two men to do. Long years after Uncle Si died, I heard old men say, "He was the only man in the area who could take up grain after a good cradler."
Two daughters and a son were born to Uncle Si and Aunt Lizzie up to the year 1890, Cecelia, Sophia and Gilbert, in that order. The two girls grew to young womanhood at Play Place. Gilbert was younger.
It was always a financial strain for so many families to live from the meager and dwindling income from the hilly farm. So, Uncle Si, being known for the amount of work he could do was much in demand to help neighboring farmers at harvesting and butchering. The wages were a dollar a day. And at harvesting a day was from sunrise to sunset. A day at butchering was from long before daylight to midnight in many cases when they tried to finish the job in one day.
But the outside income helped support the growing family, and Uncle Si was one of whom it was said, "No matter how small the wages, Si would save a little." Most likely his frugal wife was a great help.
I have heard it said many times that "The honeymoon lasted all their short life together for Si and Lizzie," which could hardly have been more than twenty years. They never had any words but kind words for each other and their children.
Uncle Si didn't have robust health either. His small body couldn't stand up to the pace his inner drive demanded of it. With his resistance low from the summer work, he would catch colds during winter, and usually pneumonia would
follow. This happened winter after winter, and each siege would leave him a little weaker for the hard summer work of planting and harvesting. But he simply could not slacken the pace of running at his work. He said that to work at a
slower gait tired him out. Many years later, his cousin Frank Porter who knew him so well wrote of him, "What a pity that Si had to try to do sixty years work in thirty years and leave his family when he was only 44.
His fifth or sixth bout with pneumonia killed him in January of 1900.
Uncle Si's daughter Cecelia married Walter Engle, a butcher, and lived on a large farm at Eckhart. They had one son,Lester. Cecelia died in I960, aged around 80. Her son Lester worked all his life as a meat dealer with his father. Lester retired a few years ago, and moved to Florida. He died there on December 13, 1975. Aged 72. His body was brought back to Eckhart for burial.
Sophia, Uncle Si's second daughter married Herbert Griffith around 1905. She had three sons, Gilbert, Herbert and Homer. Homer died of cancer at 45. Herbert and Gilbert are still living.
Sophia has long been a widow. She has been in Cumberland Nursing Home for the past three years. I go to visit her frequently. She is very frail, almost totally deaf at 93. I can hardly read of another Porter who lived that long.*
Gilbert, Uncle Si's only son married Gladys Sleeman around 1919. They ran a dairy farm on old Frog Hollow Road, which was the road that led from Eckhart to Play Place farm on Piney Mountain. Sometime in the middle 1920's,
Gilbert bought the old log house in which he had been born at Play Place. He tore it down and moved it to his farm and rebuilt it for use as a machine shed.
Gilbert died in November of 1935. He and Gladys had no children. | Porter, Josiah J. (I13378)
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
Michael R. Porter... Third son of John S. and Rebecca Porter.
Uncle Mike was the only one of my father's brothers I ever knew. He was a short, thick bodied man that could be called "roly-poly". He had unusual strength and athletic skill. In his young manhood, he would wrestle with any man, regardless of size, who challenged him, and rarely if ever did he lose in the match. He was never known to pick or start a fight, but he was never known to run or back down from a bully who went looking for a fight. In those days, any man who had won the reputation of whipping a number of bullies had to defend himself frequently because there was a bully or two in every small town or community. The urge to get into fights was always more prevalent when the men were drinking, and drinking was an evil in those days as it is in these days. But such bullies never picked a second fight with Uncle Mike.
It could be said of Uncle Mike that he didn't have the qualities of refine¬ ment that his brothers had. But the charactertistic of treating everyone with respect, he had. Everyone liked him, even those he had to throw or whip. He never held a spite or grudge against anyone.
When Uncle Mike married Aunt Lizzie, he left the Piney Mountain farm and rented a Company farm near the Porter Graveyard. He was a good farmer, and prospered in a small way.
Aunt Lizzie was a good housekeeper and a good helpmate. Both of their daughters, Miranda and Geneva were pretty well grown up when I was a small boy. But it was around the time the girls were becoming young ladies and going out to parties and square dances that Aunt Lizzie began going out with them. Uncle Mike didn't like that, and when he objected to it they all turned against him and continued going out, and Uncle Mike began drinking, which in turn made more to cause disagreement.
Miranda, the oldest daughter got married around that time, and before long Geneva got married. Aunt Lizzie left and went to live with her daughters. Then Uncle Mike sold his livestock and equipment, and came down on our farm and lived with us that winter. But he drank a lot, hoping to drown his sorrow and troubles. I was hardly six years old then but I remember it well.
The next spring Uncle Mike divided the money he got from his sale, half and half with Aunt Lizzie. Then he bought a house in Eckhart and lived alone. He worked at odd jobs. He was a fair veterinary, or stock doctor for having had no schooling in the profession, and at that time almost everyone in Eckhart kept a cow or two and many kept a horse. And when an animal got sick, Uncle Mike was called to doctor them. He made a good living, but he continued drinking. On his visits he often told us "It ain't a home. It's just a place to stay."
He and Aunt Lizzie never went back to live together, and within just a few years, she died. I still remember how he cried when he came to our home on a snowy day ond told us about Aunt Lizzie's death. There were no telephones then, and the only way to get messages abroad was to carry the
Over the years after that, Uncle Mike often came on Saturday evenings and spent week ends in our home. He and my father would talk for hours on end about their young life on the Piney Mountain farm. How I have wished since that I had taken notes of their conversations. I would have had a much longer and more interesting story about the Maryland Porters.
While I was growing up, I often worked in the fields with Uncle Mike when he would come almost every spring to help with the planting. And in the fall when he would come and help with the apple picking, grain seeding and corn husking. He was always agreeable, and had a lot of paf'ence with children. Like Uncle Will, he was handy in a shop, but never did such fine finished work. He continued to drink some.
Then the time came that perhaps because of having no where else to live, his daughter Geneva, her husband and their four small children moved in with him. Geneva had never had a very pleasant life because her husband was addicted to drinking. And during his drinking spells he was mean to his family... so mean in fact that a few years later, Uncle Mike bought another house near by, and after giving his son-in-law a good thrashing, left Geneva and her family in his house and moved into the other and lived alone again.
He continued working at odd jobs and stock doctoring, and spent most of his earnings to support Geneva and her children when her husband got on a drinking spell.
Geneva s husband was a good worker, and a good provider when he was sober, and he would stay sober for months at a time. But when he went back to drinking, he would come home and run his wife and children out of the house, and they would have no money to live on until the next pay day. On these occasions, the family would move in with Uncle Mike again until the drunk was over.
Geneva and her first four children lived under such conditions for several years. Then on the Saturday night before Easter of 1917, her husband came home drunk and ran the family out and went to bed. The family went up to Uncle Mike's to spend the rest of the night. No one ever knew for certain how it happened, but supposed that the drunken man went to bed smoking a cigarette and went to sleep. The house burned to the foundation that night, and the drunk's body was burned beyond recognition. He left his widow and four children without a penny for support.
Uncle Mike became a totally changed man. It was during the work boom of World War I. He got a job on the Eckhart branch railroad maintaining track for the coal boom that followed. He took it upon himself to support Geneva and her children whom he loved dearly. On one of his many Sunday visits with his newly acquired family to our home, he told us, "I have wondered a thousand times why I have been left here to waste my life away, but now I know. I was left to support these children." He became religious, and never drank after that.
After a few years, Geneva married again... a man much younger than herself. For a number of years the new husband seemed industrious and a good family man. Four more children were born. It seemed he was accident prone, because he was seriously injured in mine and automobile accidents several times. And in time, he began drinking. He was never as mean as the first husband, but no drinking man is pleasant to live with.
Uncle Mike always had a housekeeper, (of sorts) and never went back living alone after that. The older and younger children were a joy to him. He loved them, and they loved him. But his life was never as pleasant as one who had not had that much family trouble.
Geneva's health began to fail, and she died when her youngest child was quite small. By that time the older children from the first marriage were growing up. Loretta, who was around fifteen took over as housekeeper and care of the younger children. The older boys found work, and the family stayed together, the second husband staying with them.
After several heart attacks, and frequent spells of illness, Uncle Mike, who despite his strength, had, like his brothers, been an ailer all his life died in November of 1928.He was 72. He is buried in Porter Graveyard.
Geneva's children scattered after they grew up. Most of them married well, and several of them hold good positions in the new areas of which they located.
After the children were grown and left home one by one, the second husband became a drifter. He went from job to job, and got himself drowned while drinking with a gang of cronies while on a fishing trip.
"NOTE: Since I began writing this, Sophia has passed away, May1976.There are
but two of the descendants of Squire Mike's son, John, still living, my sister
Pearl and I.
Buried in Porter's Cemetery in Frostburg, Maryland. | Porter, Michael R. (I13376)
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
Michael, "Squire Mike," who was my great grandfather was a scholar. In those days, few men thought of education from books or institutions of learn¬ ing as a way of making their living. They thought that knowledge of how to live from the land was the best security a man could have. But Mike attended Catholic schools in Cumberland, and once considered entering the priesthood. He lived with a burning desire for learning, and spent all his spare moments
reading and studying such books as he could get. He attained intelligence far above most of the men of his locality and time.
Up to the time of Mike's marriage to Elizabeth Devore, all the Porters had remained devout Roman Catholics, the faith of their fathers. He became a student and inveterate reader of the Holy Bible. (Lest I forget to mention it
later in my story, I will state that Great Grandfather Mike's bible is in our home at this moment. It is warp-backed, faded, yellow and brittle, but still almost intact and readable. It has been extensively used. I can't find the date of publication, but it is at least a hundred and fifty years old.)
Squire Mike's wife was a Methodist, and his marriage coincided with the Francis Asbury evangelistic crusade on the frontier. I have never heard whether or not the marriage was solemnized by a priest; but that was almost a 'must' by devout Catholics, even though they didn't continue on in the faith.
But Mike and his brother John became devout Methodists, and I have heard my father say, "As Mike and John went, so went most of the Porters." During the latter half of his life, Mike with the help of his brother John, turned most of the descendants of John the Jacobite to the Methodist Church. It has remained the faith of most of the Maryland Porters, and the descendants of John that still live in West Virginia.
To the end of his life, Mike remained a man of strong convictions. He was highly respected for his good business and Christian judgment. Being about the only man in the Porter Settlement who could read and write, he was contacted to write deeds, contracts and wills (all with a goose quill pen.) It was to Mike that all the men of the Settlement came for legal advice and Affairs they had no knowledge of. It was to him they came for advice on crop and livestock management.
In his foresight, Mike began to realize the handicap of the lack of education, even in that early agrarian society of self reliant men who had good knowledge of living off the land. He realized that he would grow old and a time would come when he would no longer be in their midst to attend their business affairs. So he began conducting a school in his home for the children of the ever growing Porter Settlement... no charge.
But here I will say that, while Squire Mike taught most of the children in classes he held in his log house home for twenty years, he neglected to teach his own sons and daughters. I have heard my father say
that neither his father John S. nor any of his brothers or sisters could read or write. On the other hand, the school teaching could have begun after his own children were grown.
Souire Mike was a devout Christian. He would not allow a word of obscenity or profanity spoken in his home. It was said that he would have told a King or President who swore "We don't allow such language in our home."
Frank Porter wrote of him, "He was a man who would give courtesy, and demand respect. He would pray with a sinner, or fight a blackguard."
Squire Mike was a stern abolitionist. As far as I can learn, none of the Porters in our line ever owned a slave.
He had no use for anyone who was in sympathy with the South. One of his daughters married, a southerner named Kimberly, who had come from Tennesse. From his conversation, it was obvious that he favored the South. It was said that Souire Mike came near making outcasts of his daughter and her family. They lived on an adjoining farm, and were treated almost like they didn't exist. I suppose it was just another manifestation of Porters standing firm for what they believed was right or wrong.
While the conversion to Methodism was in progress, Squire Mike held worship services in his home and served as preacher.
As far as I have been able to learn, there were only two families of the area, (neither of them Porters) who remained in the Catholic faith after
the mini-reformation that began when Mike and his brother John turned to Metho¬ dism. But I will add that the Porters never turned against the Catholic Church. They turned away from it. I would rather believe that the} followed the faith of Mike and John.
Frank Porter, who was a son of Squire Mike's youngest son William, and grew up in the Porter Settlement on Piney Mountain, spoke often of "Grandpap Mike" in the many letters he wrote me. Frank was only 11 years old when Mike died in 1877. Yet he told me of the influence of Grandpap Mike, and how it had affected his life in later years. In one of his letters, he told me that he had heard him spend a half hour every morning praying aloud for guidance of his family and neighbors. And he said special prayers for his grandchildren.
Frank wrote me that when his children were born he began following Squire Mike's practice of praying daily for their guidance and keeping. "They both became good Christians and useful citizens. My prayers have been answered," he stated.
Frank advised me to follow Grandpap Mike's practice of praying daily for our then young family. Though I have never been given to praying aloud, I have prayed silently for our children from that day to this. Our four children are grown now and have families of their own. And my praying continues for our grandchildren, and all generations yet to come.
Like Frank, I believe that my prayers have been answered. Our children are good Christians and useful citizens. Our family is a joy and comfort to their mother and me.
There seems to be no record of when Scuire Mike's wife Elizabeth died, nor whether she lived to see her children grow up. My father, John Wesley Porter, was fifteen years old when his grandfather Squire Mike died. I have heard him speak often of Grandpap, but he had no recollection of his grandmother, though he had heard that she died from the bite of a venemous snake.
Copperheads and rattlesnakes were numerous and a constant summer menace in the early Porter Settlement, (and in all other mountain settlements of those times.) I have heard my father say it was not unusual to encounter and kill a half dozen snakes in a day when they were harvesting grain.
It is ironic, and I might add "Tragic" that Squire Mike sold the mineral and coal rights of Play Place for $600.00 when the land came into his possession. As it turned out, millions of tons of coal were mined from under the land since then, and his descendants scratched hard for the living they got from the stony, hilly fields that covered it. Mike didn't believe there were any minerals under it.
Cataracts clouded the vision of the wise and far seeing eyes of Souire Mike a number of years before his death. But many who knew him said that what he lacked in sight was well retained in his brilliant mind. He died in 1877, and is buried in the Porter graveyard.
He died on 15 Feb 1877 at the age of 84. Note from Phyllis Rosley on January 21, 2012: Michael R. Porter, "Squire Mike", son of Samuel Porter (agb) and Sarah Anderson, was born April 12, 1792, at Play Place on Pine Mt., near Frostburg, MD. He died there Feb. 15, 1877 and is buried in the Porter Cemetery. He was educated in a Catholic School in Cumberland. He married Feb. 15, 1815, Elizabeth Devore, a Protestant and he became a Protestant after their
marriage (All from Frank Porter, Michael's grandson). Elizabeth died of snake bite.
Michael purchased Play Place from the Anderson heirs. Their children are:
Sarah Porter 1816-
Richard Porter 1817-
Emla Porter 1819-
Rebecca Porter 1820-
Susanna Porter 1822-
SAMUEL Porter 1824-
Thomas Porter Died in infancy
Mary Ann Porter 1826-
John Samuel Porter 1828-1922
Catherine Porter 1831
FP (Frank Porter) not sure if she died young or grew up and married Jim Bethel Porter,
great grandson of John Porter(a) brother of Levi Porter
Nancy Porter 1833-
William E. Porter 1835- | Porter, Michael G. (Squire Mike) (I32431)
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The following excerpt is from John Marshall Porter's "Sketches of Maryland Porters", circa 1976. Scott Carter Williams brought it to the attenetion of Michael A. McKenzie in 2018.
Rebecca... "Grandma Porter," Oldest daughter of Grandpap Si.
As anyone who follows the line of descendants in the Porter genealogy can note, Rebecca and Squire Mike were second cousins, though she was a daughter of Mary Margaret Combs, Grandpap Si's first wife. She was four years older than John S., my Grandfather. I can describe her only from recollection of what Frank wrote of her, and from what my Father, Uncle Mike and the daughters of Uncle Will, and Uncle Si, who grew up very near her told me. From this, I have the impression that she was the very soul of kindness, gentleness and a feeling of love and understanding for all of God's creatures.
To quote what Frank Porter wrote of her, "Aunt Becky was small and petite. Never young, yet never old. Plain to homeliness, but lovely as an angel. Her inner goodness and gentleness shone through her physical shape and glorified it."
Her life was always hard but she knew no other, and she never complained. It had fallen her lot in life to do and care for many people, young and old. She had cared for Squire Mike in his blind and ailing years. She had the sorrow of caring for her only and beloved daughter, Maggie, with whom she had lost contact in her young life through mental illness.
She had the care of Grandfather John in the latter part of his comparatively young life. But she lived life as it was to be doled out to her. She never became bitter and gave way to self-pity, as we can see she might have done. Those qualities of sterling character, she had inherited from the early Porters she descended from, and she stamped them indellibly upon the characters and dispos¬ itions of her offspring. Yes, and almost everyone she came in contact with.
The farm on Piney Mountain in Grandma's time was for many years a sort of haven for outcasts. Old bachelors, of which there were always two or three made the place their home. They had come when they were younger and able to work. They stayed until they were old and disabled. They were never turned away. If they needed the services of the family doctor, Porters paid for it. If they died there, and several did, Porters paid for a respectable burial...though
there was, at that time a County fund for the purpose.
And in addition to this, Grandma Porter took two orphaned nieces, Ida and Matilda Sharp, daughters of her sister Katherine to raise to young womanhood, and marriage. The old log house on Play Place was never large, yet somehow Grandma found food and shelter for many people.
Even though the land was steep, rocky and hard to work, there was always abundant food, and such a houseful of residents, visitors and star-boarders consumed huge quantities of it. Some winters they butchered a dozen big hogs, and likely two beeves. They butchered a lamb or mutton from the sheep flock as the need or choice of meats arose. The garden was big, and furnished all the needed vegetables, the cellar was filled with potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables for winter. The cellar shelves x?ere loaded with fruits and vegetables of summer canning. And this was endless toil for Grandma, who did all the canning on a wood stove, in which, just to keep a good fire going was an almost endless task in itself.
The school at Eckhart where Grandma's children attended was a three mile walk across fields and over wood paths. Frank, who was two years younger than my father stated that he couldn't go to school until he was twelve. He was too fat to stand the walk.
The nearest church was also three miles distance. Yet all the sons of John and Rebecca had attended Sunday School and church regularly enough in youth to instill the custom of attending church all their adult lives. And in turn, instilling the custom of regular church going into their own children.
All during my early and middle life my father spoke frequently of "Mother", as he called Grandma. One saying of Grandma's that he repeated countless times was, "If you can't say something good about a person, don't say anything." My father lived religiously to that admonition. When gossip or villification was being indulged in by others, he simply remained silent, no matter how much the criticism or berating was deserved. He retained that practice to the end of his life, even though on many occasions, he would have been justified in returning evil for evil.
I have inherited and acquired many traits of characteristics from my father through the years of living and working side by side with him, and I wish I could have acquired complete control of my thoughts by remaining silent. But I have never been able to do that as he did.
Grandma Porter had little besides necessities of life...surely no luxuries. Yet she lived a noble, useful life of service to others with a peaceful mind until March of 1900. On the tombstone in Porter graveyard that marks the resting
place of John S. Porter, Margaret Porter is inscribed "Rebecca Porter" Born 1824...Died 1900. "She lived for others. Servant of God, Well done."
I never learned who composed that epitaph, but assume it was someone who knew and loved her... But who could it have been? It was said that "Everyone who knew her loved her." | Porter, Rebecca (I13338)
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The following information has been supplanted by a book entitled "The McKenzies/MacKenzies of Maryland" which will soon be available on line. Ed. Note by Michael A. McKenzie November 15, 2013
McKenzies of Early Maryland-The First Generation
Ed. Note: John's name was spelled "MacKinzie" in his Will dated 1758. For ease of access to this portion of the web site, I have used the Spelling"McKenzie". Michael A. McKenzie, November, 2012.
By: Bobbie McKenzie, Dick MacKenzie, Michael McKenzie and Ann McKenzie Stansbarger (1) – the numbers in parentheses in this document coincide with the endnotes.
This document currently is a “work in progress”. It contains the known historical data with respect to John and Katherine MacKinzie. The authors goal was to separate fact from lore. The authors currently are reviewing all available historical information to make certain that the data presented is accurate. If you are aware of data that conflicts with any of the current citations, please bring it to the attention of Michael A. McKenzie, macmck@bellsouth.net.
John MacKinzie (2) was born in abt. 1687. (3) The location of his birth is not known. He married Katherine, last name unknown, in circa 1714. (4) Katherine’s birth date and the location of her birth likewise are unknown. (5) John and Katherine had six children:
1.Gabriel McKenzie (6) (7)
Born circa 1715, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Married Sarah Durbin 1742, Baltimore MD (8)
Had children Samuel, Daniel, John, Aaron, Sarah and Gabriel, Jr.(9)
Died 1793, Allegany Co, MD
2.Daniel MacKinzie
Born 7 Feb 1716/17 in Hopsons Choice, MD
Married 1738 Mary (Molly) Porter (9.5)
Had children Henry, Daniel, Eli, Honor, Mary, Eleanor, Orphay and Aaron (10)
Died 1783
3.Moses McKenzie
Born about 1720 in Hopson's Choice, MD
Married Rachel _______, who was his wife at the time of his death in 1767
Had children Nancy Ann, Moses, Jesse, Joshua, and (possibly), John (11)(12) (13);
Died circa 1767, in Unknown, MD
4.Anne McKenzie
Born circa 1725, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Married John Mattox before 1750
Had children Michael (Michael McKenzie Mattox) and John. Michael McKenzie Mattox moved to Georgia and died in Tattnall County. (14)
5.Aaron McKenzie
Born circa 1725-1730, Hopson's Choice, MD
Married Jemima Unknown.
Had children William, John, Aaron, Amelia (Millie), Nancy and Margaret (15)
Died 1797, Hancock County, Georgia
6.Michael McKenzie
Born circa 1727, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Had children Aaron, Daniel, William, Michael, Jr, and (possibly) Samuel (16)
Died circa 1810
John MacKinzie/MacKenzie was a planter/farmer in Baltimore County. The area in which his plantation was located eventually became part of Anne Arundel County. In 1840, the area became known as the Howard section of Anne Arundel County and in 1851 Howard County became an official county of Maryland.
In January, 1716, John obtained a Warrant for 100 acres of land in (then) Baltimore County. The warrant referenced that the property was called “Hopson’s Choice” and was located “on the south side of the main falls of the Patapsco River.” (17) The property was resurveyed in 1741 and reflected that it contained 172 acres of land. (18) Between 1718 and 1721, he obtained a warrant for an additional 100 acres of land also located in (then) Baltimore County known as “Addition to Hopson’s Choice”. The warrant likewise stated that the property lay “on south side of the main falls of the Patapsco River.” (19)
In March 1719, John MacKenzie and nine other inhabitants “of both sides of the Main Falls of Potapsco” petitioned the court “that . . . Christopher Randall may allow us our common and ancient road” allowing them access to the “mill and church.” (20)
He added to his property in 1726, when he acquired another 138 acres of land known as MacKinsey’s Discovery. (21) The survey of the property once again refers to land located south of the Main Falls of the Patapsco River, which is a reference point associated with all of John’s property.
During the June term of Court in 1735 in Anne Arundel County, John MacKinsie obligated himself to raise two orphan boys, Thomas Lants, age 5 and Francis Gallahors, age 3 until they reached the age of twenty-one years. In exchange for their servitude, John was charged by the Court with the responsibility of feeding and clothing the children and making certain that the boys learned how “to read write and cast up accounts.” (22)
In 1744 in Anne Arundel County a survey was conducted for John MacKenzie of “MacKinzie’s Discovery” Enlarged, 162 acres and a Patent was issued for the land. (23) Once again, it referenced that the property was located “on the south side of the main falls of Patapsco River.” (24) A map from Hopkin’s Atlas of 1878 shows property belonging to both Aaron McKenzie and David McKenzie located on the south side of the Patapsco River. (25)
John MacKinzie’s six children were born on his plantation S. of the Great Falls of the Patapsco River. (26)
John MacKinzie/MacKenzie signed his will on 17 MAR 1758. (27) He died sometime between March, 1758 and 17 JUL 1758, when his widow Katherine, and his children Daniel, Moses and Michael (and Aquila Randall) posted bond as sureties to inventory his estate. (28)(29) In his will, John Mackinzie bequeathed to his son Daniel 96 acres out of two tracts called “Hopson’s Choice” (30), and “Addition to Hopson’s Choice”, to his son Moses, 96 acres, part of a tract called “McKenzie’s Discovery”, to his grandson Michael McKenzie Mattocks, son of John Mattocks and Ann McKenzie Mattocks, his wife, 50 acres, part of a tract called “Hopson’s Choice”, to his grandson William McKenzie, son of Aaron McKenzie, 96 Acres of “McKenzie’s Discovery” with the remainder of his land, 96 acres, to his son, Michael. The will mentions by name five children only, with no reference to Gabriel. Item six, however, provides that all personal property to go to his wife Katherine during her life and then to be sold and the money divided equally between his six (31) (6) children, viz. five sons and one daughter.
On 2 APR 1776 John’s grandson, William McKenzie, son of Aaron, sold to Greenbury Randall 96 acres of “McKenzie’s Discovery”. (32) The parties agreed that 1/4 acre “at the head of the great falls on the Petapsico River where John MacKenzie and his wife are buried” will be reserved. Obviously, by 1776, Katherine MacKinzie also had died. This property is now in Howard County MD, across the river from Baltimore County. (33).
Endnotes
1.The four individuals listed have collaborated on drafting the information set forth in this “Source”. They have a combined 74 years of experience researching McKenzie genealogy, as follows as of February, 2011: Bobbie Holt McKenzie, 42 years, Dick MacKenzie, 7 years, Michael McKenzie, 13 years and Ann McKenzie Stansbarger, 12 years.
2.“MacKinzie” is the actual spelling of John’s name in his will drafted in 1758. The spelling of the family name has varied quite substantially over the course of the last three centuries. Primarily, the authors have chosen to use the spelling “McKenzie” because it currently seems to be the one most prevalently used throughout the country. The author recognizes that one branch of the McKenzies has continued to spell its name “MacKenzie”. This branch descends from John McKenzie’s son, Daniel, and remained in the vicinity of Baltimore for several hundred years. (information provided by Richard Lee “Dick” MacKenzie of Pennsylvania). Finally, yet another branch of McKenzie’s currently spell their name “McKinzie”. In order to properly reflect everyone’s heritage, the current spellings of various individual’s names are reflected on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com.
In July, 2010, one of the authors of this “Source”, Michael McKenzie, received documents from the Maryland State Archives relating to the will, bond and inventory of the Estate of John MacKinzie that showed the McKenzie name to be spelled both “MacKinzie” as well as “MacKenzie”. The “MacKenzie” iteration was clearly set forth on the sleeve that held the sheaf of papers, although in various places in the documents the spelling “MacKinzie” was used. It is clear that by the early 1800’s, at least in connection with the western Maryland McKenzies, the “a” had been dropped following the “M” and the spelling eventually became “McKenzie”.
There have been numerous iterations of the spelling of the family name. Alan MacKenzie sent the following e-mail to the Clan MacKenzie web site on March 7, 2000:
The name Mackenzie was pronounced often like McKinsey hence that spelling. I once mentioned that when researching my gggrandfather in the parish of Tarbat in Easter Ross the Parish Clerk listed all Mackenzies as McKinzie. Once that parish clerk was replaced some 20 years later the name was spelled as McKenzie. So spelling from the 18th or even 19th century could be whatever people felt like. Most of the Mackenzies were farmers of one sort or another and were mostly unable to read and write. Their name was in the hands of the parish clerk. I suspect that your McKimsey is just another mis-spelling of Mackenzie. Probably a US version! When Highlanders went to England it was not uncommon to drop the Mac so they did not appear to be Highlanders from their name. Highlanders were not popular - at least not until Queen Victoria came along, or when George IV visited Scotland in 1823 or thereabouts and had a highland parade in Edinburgh. The other factor that changed the southern view of the Highlander was the large number that joined the British Army via the kilted Highland Regiments. After that we were good guys - saving the empire and all that!!! Vast numbers also served as soldiers in India with the East India Company and some of them made a lot of money doing that. A lot died too. The fact that your ancestor fought at Culloden on the Jacobite side suggest that he was a Highlander and with one of the Clans. Other than Mackenzie the only other name that sounds remotely like MacKimsey is MacKim mie (son of Simon) a Fraser Clan name. My best guess is that it is a variation of Mackenzie. By the way, the 1841 census shows no one in Ross-shire of that name MacKimsey or any variant. Alan McKenzie, Clan MacKenzie Society, Canada.
Alan MacKenzie sent the following e-mail to the Clan MacKenzie web site on March 10, 2000:
Now look at the variations of the way Mackenzie was spelled over the years in Scottish documents: Makcainze 1570; Makcanze 1571; M'Canzeoch 1551; M'Cenzie 1560; MkEnzie 1678; M'Einzie 1549; McHinzie, McHingzie, M'Hunzie, McKinzie 1684; M'Kainzie, M'Kenzoch 1586; McKanye 1590; McKanyee 1629; M'Kanze 1544; Mackeanche, Makkanchy 1499; M'Keanzie 1662; Makeinny 1629; Makeinzie 1597; McKenyee 1642; McKenyie 1650; Makenze 1528; Makkangze, McKangzie1569; Makkanze 1573; Makkeeinzey 1649; M'Kenezie, M'Keinezie 1620; McKeinzie 1633; M'Kenich 1532; Makkeny 1663; Makkenych 1567; Makkennych 1545; Makkenze 1509; McKenzocht 1546; McKenzy 1721; M'Kinze 1530; Makkinze 1513; M'Kynich 1718. Dr George Fraser Black who compiled this massive piece of valuable research was born 1866 and died 1948. He was a historical scholar on the staff of The New York Public Library from 1896-1931 and spent half a century on the research for his book "The Surnames of Scotland – Their Origin, Meaning and History".
3.Ann McKenzie Stansbarger located a deposition in the Maryland Archives given by John MacKinney (actual spelling) in 1745 in which he stated his age as being 58. His testimony reflects that he was born in 1687, not 1694 as stated on many genealogy web sites. The document is indexed in More Maryland Deponents 1716-1799 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., as follows: “MacKinney, John, age 58 in 1745 (AA 2:233). The document has been posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site. You can access the document by searching for “McKenzie, John” on the home page and then scrolling through the “Johns” until you reach McKenzie/MacKenzie, John born 1687. Go to John’s home page and scroll until you locate the document.
4.The authors cannot locate any written reference that substantiates that Katherine’s maiden name was “Gabriel”, which is the last name reflected on many McKenzie genealogy web site listings. If anyone knows of a written reference for her last name, please contact Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net so that the information can be posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.
5.The authors have not been able to locate a document that reflects Katherine’s birthdate as being 1692, nor have they located any document to substantiate that she was born in Ireland, which is a “fact” that has permeated the Internet for at least the last dozen years. If you have documentation to substantiate a birth date for Katherine , please contact the Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net.
6.IMPORTANT PIECE OF CONNECTING GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE: Per the handwritten research notes of Gabriel T. McKenzie, U.S. Army (ret.), Gabriel McKenzie was designated as the person to make an inventory of John MacKinzie’s personal effects after John’s death in 1758. Gabriel was designated as the “nearest next-of-kin” to make the accounting. One of the authors, Michael A. McKenzie secured this document from the Maryland State Archives in July, 2010. It is the personal property inventory of John MacKinzie’s estate. At the end of it, Gabriel McKenzie is listed as the “nearest relation”. The document is located at Perogative Court (Inventories) Box 68, pp. 54-56, at p. 56, John MacKenzie, 1758 [MSA S534-69]. This document proves conclusively that Gabriel was the “sixth” and unnamed child in John MacKinzie’s will. The document has been posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.
7.More detailed information pertaining to John’s six children is set forth in “Source #3” in the “Sources” section of the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.
8.The authors have searched for the written record that reflects Gabriel’s marriage to Sarah Durbin, but have never located it. If you have a copy or know where it is located, please contact Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net.
9.Ann Stansbarger’s analysis of the children of Gabriel, with which the other authors agree, flows as follows: Gabriel MacKenzie (actual spelling – Ann, is this correct?) was listed along with three other McKinseys --Samuel, Daniel and Aaron -- in the 1778 Washington County Oaths of Fidelity. A man had to be 18 years of age or older to take the Oath, so this is an indication that Samuel, Daniel and Aaron were all born prior to 1760. By the time of the 1783 Maryland Tax Assessment, Gabriel McKinsey was listed in Wills Town and Sandy Creek Hundred, Washington County, with five other McKinseys: Samuel, Daniel, Aaron, plus John and Gabriel Jr. Gabriel (Sr.) and four others of the name were listed together on page 17, while Gabriel Jr., also of Wills Town and Sandy Creek Hundred, was listed separately on page 64 under the heading of “Bachelors.” Gabriel, Jr. was most likely the youngest. In 1793 Gabriel “Jr.” sold his father’s land (Military Lot 3365) to Peter Majors. Maryland State Archives [MSA S1188-1536 From SL 40,162] Allegany County. This strongly suggests that Gabriel Sr. was deceased by that time. . On 1 April 1802 "John McKinsey of Gabriel" sold to Wm Stidger Military Lot 3683 west of Fort Cumberland and a tract called Mathews Addition. (Allegany Co Deed Bk C, p 475, April 1802). On 31st of March 1802 came Linday McKensey, wife of John, to relinguish her dower right.. Gabriel Jr. and John are linked to Gabriel through contemporary land documents. Based on their close physical proximity during the above period and the fact that Gabriel was the only Generation Two McKenzie male in Western Maryland at the time, the logical inference that can be drawn from the physical evidence is that, in addition to John and Gabriel Jr., the other three McKinseys -- Samuel, Daniel, and Aaron -- were also sons of Gabriel b 1715.
Gabriel Sr. may have had a will but, but if so, it has not survived.
Identifying the female children of Gabriel McKenzie and his wife Sarah has been more difficult than identifying the male children. Sarah McKenzie married Moses McKenzie, the Revolutionary War soldier in December 1784 in Hampshire VA (now West Virginia) on the other side of the Potomac River from Allegany Co MD. Lucy M. Vicker of Allegany Co. MD aged 69 submitted an affidavit stating that she was present at the marriage of Moses McKenzie and Sarah McKenzie the latter also being named McKenzie. We know that Gabriel Sr’s brother, Aaron, son of John of Hopson’s Choice, moved to VA and later to GA, with his family. None of the other siblings of Gabriel Sr. moved their families to western Maryland. For this reason the logical inference that can be drawn from the factual record is that Sarah McKenzie was a daughter of Gabriel McKenzie and Sarah Durbin. That would have meant that Sarah was a first cousin to Moses the RW soldier at the time they married.
As Bobbie Holt McKenzie further pointed out in February, 2011, “the old Scottish naming pattern supports this: first son for husband's father; in our cases i.e. John. First daughter for wife's mother. Second son for wife's father. Second daughter for husband's mother. Doesn't always work, but it can help. Actually Moses and Sarah were married by a traveling Catholic priest Rev. Frumbaugh at the home of Jacob Slagle, who also owned property in Allegany County. Probably married there (Hampshire Co.) because he was closest priest at the time. Usually a priest would only marry if both parties were Catholic. So both Moses and Sarah must have been Catholic. If both Catholic and related i.e. first cousins (first degree of consanguinity) they would need a special dispensation to marry. That's been my only hesitation in saying Sarah is daughter of Gabriel. But "frontier" marriages may not have observed this rule. We know that they did at St. Patrick's in early 1800 McKenzie marriages.”
9.5.To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is no documentation extant that supports that Daniel married Mary (Molly) Porter in 1738. (Check this with Bobbie)
10.Bobbie Holt McKenzie wrote the following e-mail to Michael McKenzie in 1999:
There should be no confusion over the children of Daniel and his brother Gabriel. Daniel's children are detailed in his will and in subsequent land dealings selling their inherited land.
Liber BC & GS folio 215.
1783 3 Sept. Anne Arundel County Will of Daniel, aged 66 on 7 Feb 1783, divides [700?] acres of "Molly's Fancy," other land and personal property among wife Mary and eight children. Henry, Daniel, Eli, Honor [Mrs. Thomas Johnston], Mary [later Mrs. William Jones], Eleanor [later Mrs. Joshua Harp], and Orphay [Mrs. Joshua Young] receive 100 A each (of "Molly's Fancy") in Dist. #6, Frederick Co. Son Aaron is given all land owned in Anne Arundel co. upon the death of Daniel's widow Mary.
11.The authors currently have no documentation of Nancy Ann as daughter of Moses except a statement in Samuel Doak Porter's book. Per the research and analysis of Bobbie Holt McKenzie, Moses b. 1760 was probably the first-born of a second marriage. In 1783 he is listed as "Moses of Anne Arundel Co." when he sells the remainder of the property left to his father by John 1758. The right of primogeniture was still honored then, so Moses 1760 as the oldest son would inherit the right to his father's property. It also is clear from records at the National Archives that Moses, Jesse and Joshua were three brothers who served in the same battalion in the RW and all are considered to be sons of Moses b. abt. 1720..
Most probably there were other older children besides John d. 1792. At the time of Moses' death in 1767 if Rachael were responsible for children other than Moses, Jesse and Joshua, she most likely would have apprenticed any under 18 (she did apprentice her son Joshua) or had herself or someone appointed guardians.
12.A “John” died ca 1792 in Allegany Co. Moses, Daniel and Gabriel signed bond as administrators on March 12, 1792. Bond says John was very old and very poor. Inventory shows it. Adm Accounts Allegany Co.
22 March 1792 John McKinsy, estate appraisers: Daniel & Moses McKenzie, Wm Shaw, Evan Gwynne
11 Oct 1796 John McKinsy estate. Moses McKensy, adm. Accounts paid to Robert Sinclair & I King, John Willuts, Daniel McKinsey, Evan Gwynne, Ezekial Whiteman
The Moses referenced in the preceding paragraph is most probably Moses RW b. 1760, son of Moses of John. There are no other Generation 3 Moses old enough to have served in this capacity. The “Gabriel” referenced several paragraphs above is probably the Uncle of John and Moses. We know Gabriel was the oldest son of John MacKinzie based upon the records of the administration of John MacKinzie’s estate in the late 1750’s. Gabriel died 1793 so he does not appear in any subsequent records pertaining to the estate of John McKenzie, died circa 1792 in Allegheny County, Maryland. The “Daniel” referenced above is probably cousin to John and Moses, and son of their Uncle Gabriel. Gabriel’s son, Daniel, was born circa 1752 and is known to have been residing in western Maryland in the 1790’s.
This John d. 1792 is probably one of the first born children of Moses 1720. Taking into consideration the Scottish naming pattern, surely Moses would have had a son John. This John d. 1792 is considered by the county recorder as being "old." If he were born 1740-45, he would be ca 50, a healthy life span in the 1790s. According to a study done in Philadelphia in 1790, life expectancy in 1790 for the US population was 34.5 years for males and 36.5 years for females.
13.It is generally accepted that Moses McKenzie b. abt. 1720 had three sons who served in the RW. Through historical records and process of elimination, those three sons were Moses, b. 1760, Jesse, b. 1762 and Joshua, b. abt. 1764.
Moses McKenzie b. 1760 served as a drummer boy in Revolutionary War beginning at age 18. He enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland and was discharged at Annapolis. He fought in the Battle of White Plains 1778, the Battle of Monmouth, and the Siege of Yorktown. He was a member of the Maryland Line. Moses served as a drummer in Lt. Col. Ludwig Weltner's German Battalion. Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution , Baltimore Maryland Historical Society 1900 He received a Federal Land Warrant on April 8, 1793 for 100 acres of land (that being Federal Warrant Number 11,514) for his service in the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary Records, Harry Wright Newman, Genealogical Publishing Company (1993), page 72, originally published 1938. Ed. Note:
The name was spelled McKinsey at the time. In addition to Moses McKenzie's Federal Land Warrant, his brothers also applied for and received land warrants of their own. Jesse McKinsey received Federal Land Warrant 11,513 and Joshua McKinsey received Federal Land Warrant 11, 514. In view of the sequential numbering of these warrants, it appears that the brothers applied for them at the same time which suggests a family relationship between the three.
Moses McKenzie b. 1760 was a new recruit on September 5, 1778 at White Plains. Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution , Baltimore Maryland Historical Society 1900. All of the Muster Rolls reflect that his brother, Joshua McKenzie was in the same battalion and also served as a drummer boy. The records further reflect that Moses and Joshua served in Lt. Col. Weltner's battalion from 1 August 1780 until 15 November 1783. During that period of time they served as Privates.
Moses’ Federal Land Warrant reads as follows:
To the GEOGRAPHER of the UNITED STATES, or to the Surveyors appointed by him to survey the Military Lands. YOU are hereby required to Survey for MOSES MCKINSEY, a soldier in the Maryland Line during the late war - - - One Hundred Acres of Land, in any of the Districts appropriated for satisfying the Bounties of Land, due to the late Army of the United States, and return this Warrant to the Board of Treasury, agreeably to the Act of Congress of the ninth Day of July, 1788.
Given at the War Office, this
Eight Day of April One
Thousand. Seven Hundred and Ninetysix.
James McHenry
Sec. of War
Registered
(on back)
For value received I hereby assign
all my right and claim to the
within warrant unto Samuel Arnold, Senr.
as Witness my hand and seal
this fourth day of November
1796
his
Moses X McKinsey
Mark (6)
By an Act of the Maryland Legislature in 1777, it was ordered that a bounty of 50 acres of land should be given to each able-bodied recruit who enlisted and served in the American Army for a period of three years. An additional Act was passed in 1781 directing that these lands should be chosen from the territory of the State of Maryland lying West of Fort Cumberland. History of Cumberland by Loudermilk.
Moses came from Pennsylvania to Maryland around 1794. He purchased Lot 3416 in Allegany County on December 13, 1795. He then sold that lot to Daniel Lawrence Speelman in 1798 Allegany County, Maryland real estate records, Deed Book “A”, page ___. and signed the deed as Moses of Bedford County, Pennsylvania with Sarah, his wife, relinquishing her dower rights. The Cumberland area was not very populated at the time Moses McKenzie moved to the area. There were settlements in an area called Old Town as well as in Cumberland. Moses McKenzie along with Gabriel McKenzie, Joshua McKenzie, Daniel McKenzie and Samuel McKenzie were listed as being some of the settlers living on land lying West of Fort Cumberland. (History of Allegany County, Maryland by Thomas & Wilson page 3; Scharf’s History of Western Maryland, Volume 2, page 13439).
In April, 1818, Moses McKenzie, a resident of Allegany County, State of Maryland, applied for a pension by right of his services during the American Revolution. Revolutionary Pension of Moses McKenzie, W 4288, National Archives, Washington, D.C. He swore before the Circuit Court of that county that he was aged 58 years, and had enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland in the German Regiment as a drummer boy - date of enlistment not given. He was assigned to the company of Captain Baltzell, and participated in the Battles of Monmouth and Yorktown.
Moses’ pension ultimately was approved but he died on March 3, 1824.
In October, 1841, his widow, Sarah McKenzie, of Cresaptown, Maryland, aged 76 years, applied for a widow’s pension by rights of her deceased husband’s service in the Revolutionary War. She the said Sarah McKenzie swore that she married Moses McKenzie sometime in the month of December, 1784. John Durbin of Knox County, Ohio, made an affidavit that he was present at the wedding which took place at the residence of Jacob Slagle in Hampshire County, Virginia, and that the ceremony was performed by a Catholic priest. Lucy M. Vicker, of Allegany County, Maryland, aged 69, submitted an affidavit stating that she was present at the marriage of Moses McKenzie and Sarah McKenzie, the latter also being named McKenzie. The claim of the widow, Sarah McKenzie, likewise was approved by the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Revolutionary Pension of Moses McKenzie, W 4288, National Archives, Washington, D.C..
Moses’ pension for his service in the Revolutionary War reads as follows: “ a sum of money, annually during life, quarterly, equal to half pay of a drummer in the rev. war." Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D., Volume II, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1985. The pension paid to Moses’ widow, Sarah reads as follows: “during life, half yearly, half pay of a private, for her husband, Moses McKinsey's”services during the Rev. War." Id.
Moses McKenzie died on 24 MAR 1824 in Cresaptown, Maryland.
14.Based upon the research of Anna Brown of Virginia, March, 2000. (Note: I’m not sure where I got this information. Does anyone have any more information?)
15.To be completed re: the accuracy of this listing of children.
16.This Samuel is listed as a possible son of Michael because there is a 'Samuel' listed with Aaron and Daniel Mackenzie in the 1778 Anne Arundel Oath of Fidelity. By the time of the 1783 tax assessment, he no longer appears and is not listed in any subsequent census. (I’m confused by this one. I don’t see a Samuel listed in the Oath document that Don circulated last week. Am I just missing it?)
17.Maryland State Archives, Patented Certificate No. 2396, MSA S1190-2506, pages 1-3 From SL 21,637. The index to this document is a bit misleading since it references “Hopson’s Choice – Joseph MacKinsey”. If you look closely at the document it becomes obvious that the owner is John McKenzie. The document is located on the www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com web site linked to John McKenzie (b. 1687).
18.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 747, MSA S1189-789, From SL 21,537 pages 1-3.
19.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 141, MSA S1190-227, pages 1-3, From SL 21, 558. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1694).
20.Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 16, page 244, Maryland Historical Society: In the proceedings of the Baltimore County Court (Liber I, No. B, 1708-1715, Folio 276-277, we find a petition of the inhabitants “of both sides of the Potapsco”, presented in March 1719, in which the petitioners set forth that they “are very much agreeved by Xpher Randall of the place aforesaid by refusing the inhabitants of the place aforesaid their common and ancient road to the mill and church and oblige the said inhabitants to goe and uncommon road through bushes and mires soe that the poor inhabitants cannot go about their lawfull occasions without indangering both horse and man”, and they request the court “that the said Christopher Randall may allow us our common and ancient road”. This petition is signed by Jos. Shewell, Joseph Harp, John Boden, Philip Sewell, James Gaskin, John Yeat, Edward Teale, John MacKinze, John Whipps and William Tucker or Tuckner.
21.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 3096, MSA S1190-3217, pages 1-4, From SL 21,647, storage location 01/25/02/28. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. 1687).
22.(MSA Judgment Court A.A. Co., Book IB 1, 1735 Jun. Court, p.238 Location: 1/1/8/28). The entire document reads as follows: “June Court 1735. The Court binds Thomas Lants aged five years old the 21st day of March last and Francis Gallahors aged three years old the sixteenth day of August next unto John MacKinsie his heirs, administrators and assignes until they arrive to the age of Twenty one years. In consideration whereof of the said John MacKinsie obliges himself to find the said Thomas and Francis sufficient meat drink washing cloathing and lodging during the term of and also to learn the said Thomas and Francis to read write and cast up accounts until the expiration of their term of servitude to give to each of them a suit of cloaths and such other necessary cloathing as is usually giv unto orphans bound out by this court. Wherefore it is considered by the Justices here this 10th day of June Anno Dom 1735 that the said Thomas and Francis Serve the Said John McKinsie the full term aforesaid accordingly.”
23.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 939 MSA S1189-994, From SL 21,540 pages 1-5.
24.Maryland State Archives, Patented Certificate 939, MSA S1189-994 From SL 21,540 pages 1-5. According to the land patent for MacKinzie’s Discovery Enlarged, “Improvements” [included] one tobacco house 40 foot long 22 foot wide”. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687).
25.Hopkins Atlas of 1878 located at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687).
26.Ed. Note: This footnote was originally written in 1999 after Ann Stansbarger wrote an e-mail to Michael A. McKenzie. Since the time it was composed, the authors have done additional research that refines some of the information reflected in it. For a more detailed and more accurate explanation of John MacKinzie’s original land holdings on the Patapsco River, see “Source # __” authored by Richard Lee “Dick” MacKenzie located in the “Sources” section of the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site. The following is the original e-mail:
“Ann Stansbarger located the site of John MacKinzie's plantation during a trip to Baltimore, Maryland in June, 1999. She wrote the following e-mail to fellow McKenzie researchers following her trip (Ed. Note: some of the information in this letter has been proven to be incorrect – see the
Speaking of John and Katherine Gabriel McKenzie, I had a very unexpected surprise this week. I was in Baltimore for a two-day conference. I had hoped to be able to take a day and go to Annapolis, to the Hall of Records, but my schedule didn't work out that way. Anyway, I got lost trying to get to my hotel and I found myself on the new expressway ("100") leading to Ellicott City. Ellicott City is along the Patapsco River, very close to the original plantation belonging to John and Katherine. One thing lead to another, and I ended up finding what's left of the old plantation site (which dates back to 1716 and is made up of McKenzie's Discovery, Hopson's Choice and a number of other land patents), and meeting the people who live there now. Their names were Phil and Jean and they were incredibly nice people. Fortunately they are very interested in preserving history so they have done an excellent job of preserving the property. The main house is a lovely white colonial, built by Aaron and John McKenzie in 1890 on the site of a much older home. The house is surrounded by very old "out buildings," including a log cabin smoke house and a stable/blacksmith's shop. It was very exciting and I came away with lots of good information. Jean and Philip gave me a copy of an article that was written in the Central Maryland News newspaper about their property. I'm planning to include a copy of it in the Quest notebook (which she never produced for the other McKenzie Quest researchers), but here are some of the highlights:
The home stands on land that was once part of two tracts, "Addition to Hopson's Choice" and "McKenzie's Neglect." McKenzie's Neglect was a piece of land that was incorporated into "McKenzie's Discovery." The earliest home of record on the site was a log cabin built by Aaron McKenzie in 1817. Aaron eventually erected a smokehouse in 1830, also made of logs, and an old log barn that was inscribed "Built by Aaron McKenzie February 1860." A third building, this one of stone, served as a blacksmith shop. The brick chimney and hearth as well as the huge wood and leather bellows are still there. A carriage house built in 1880 completes the group of out buildings, while the retaining wall of an old corn crib now serves as a lovely rock garden. Most of the buildings are still complete with hardware made at the forge. At the southeast corner of the original survey a small cemetery can be found. Three crude carved granite headstones mark the graves of three of the early McKenzie residents. They read: D:M -- B 1798, D 1885; S.D:M -- B 1811, D 1894; Ruth:M -- B 1838, D 1891. The main house, built in 1890, sits on the site of the original log cabin. It has eight rooms and two baths. The foundation stones were cut from the granite quarry on the property. An unusual feature of the cellar is the arched construction under the kitchen fireplace, a feature commonly found only in much older homes. Ash and chestnut beams were used in the construction. The plaster is of the old type, with cow or horse hair mixed in it to give it strength. The floors are pine. (The article goes on to describe the house in more detail.)
The property remained in McKenzie hands until 1900, when a portion of it was sold to Susannah Keyes. The remaining land was sold to Dolly Madison MacLean in 1930. It is this second portion (40 acres) that eventually found its way into the hands of the current owners.
Back to Mike McKenzie's e-mail: I was curious about the waterfall as well (John and Katherine were supposedly buried beside the "main falls of the Patapsco River"). I asked everyone I could find about it, including Jean and Phil, and the lady in the Tavern in Ellicott City. No one knew what I was talking about. They did say that the Patapsco River used to be much, much bigger and that it has since become almost completely "silted in." I did find a reference in one book to a falls at Elk Ridge Landing, which is within a few miles of the old plantation site, so I went there as well on Wednesday. The river apparently used to be navigable up to this point by ocean-going ships (hence the name Elk Ridge LANDING). This is where the plantation owners took their hogsheads of tobacco for shipment to Europe. Today the area is a park, but the river is so silted-in that there is nothing left but a shallow creek. No sign of a waterfall there either.”
Ed. Note: In J. Thomas Scharf, The History of Baltimore City and County, the author states at page 15, (referring to the Patapsco River, “It has been in former times the avenue into the heart of the country, through which large schooners passed to points nearly as far as the Relay House. This, however, is no longer possible. The great flood of July, 1868, tore away such quantities of sand, soil and other materials from the country above as to fill up the channel for about four miles, leaving only two or three feet of water in places where it was formerly ten or twelve feet deep”.
Today I talked to the director of the Howard Co. Historical Society. (The area is no longer part of Ann Arundel Co.) She said she would help me research the family and the history of the river. Hopefully I'll have more information in the future on this. Lastly, with regard to directions, I'd like to handle it "off line" for reasons of privacy. Before I left Jean and Phil's house, I mentioned our McKenzie Quest project. I asked for their permission to tell the other members of our group about them. I said that that would probably mean that they would have more visitors in the future. (Amazingly they have only had THREE McKenzies come calling since Jean's family bought the place in 1955!) At first she hesitated, but then she said "Why not. McKenzies are such nice people." (How nice of her to notice!) If anyone else would like to visit the place I would suggest that you contact me and I'll give you Jean and Phil's phone number, and directions. I talked to Phil today on the phone to thank them again for their hospitality. He said that Jean had just mailed off a package containing copies of all the information they have on the property -- for the Quest notebook. I was touched. I thought that was so sweet.
27.Will found in Anne Arundel County, Box M Folder 13, with copy in Maryland Hall of Records, Liber 30, pp. 521-522.
A transcription of the will reads as follows:
In the Name of God Amen. I John MacKinzie of Anarindale County being very sick and weak but of sound and perfect memory praised be to Almighty God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I revoke all wills by me formerly made and do acknowledge this my last will and testament.
Imprimis I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it and my body to be buried in decent and Christian manner and as for my temporal estate that the Lord in his great mercy hath bestowed upon me my will is that my well beloved wife Katherine MacKinzie after my just debts and legacies mentioned in the following will are paid all my personal estate to be by her possessed during her natural life.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel MacKinzie ninety six acres of land out of two tracts the one called Hopson’s Choice, the other called the Addition to Hopson’s Choice as it was devised to him in my lifetime to him the said Daniel and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Moses MacKinzie ninety six acres of land being part of a tract of land called MacKinzie’s Discovery to be laid out as it was in my lifetime to suit his plantation he now dwells on to him the said Moses and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my grandson Michael MacKinzie Mattocks the son of John Mattocks and Anne MacKinzie his wife 50 acres of land being part of a tract of land called Hopson’s Choice to be laid out as it was in my lifetime to him the said Michael MacKinzie and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my grandson William MacKinzie son of Aaron MacKinzie ninety six acres of land as it was formerly laid out in my lifetime to him the said William MacKinzie and his heirs foe ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Michael MacKinzie the remaining part of my land being ninety six acres of land to him the said Michael and his heirs for ever.
It is my will and desire whatever part of my estate my children have received hitherto or shall receive before my death shall not after my decease be deemed or appraised as part thereof.
Item I do hereby appoint my loving wife Katherine MacKinzie together with my son Daniel as the executors of this my last will and testament and what shall be remaining of my personal estate in my wife’s possession my will is that after her decease it be equally divided amongst my six children, viz. five sons and one daughter hereby revoking all other wills heretofore by me made. Qualifying and confirming this only as my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this seventeen day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight.
Signed, sealed, acknowledged his
Published and pronounced
In the presence of us John x Mackinzie
John Sellman
Aquila Naneallmark
Robert Davis
John Arnold
The last name of Aquila is usually deciphered as “Randall”, as is suspected as being John’s lawyer.
28.Anne Arundel County, Box 60, folder 9, John MacKenzie, 1758, [MSA S541-69]
29.Account of John McKenzie’s estate can be found at Anne Arundel County Liber 37, folio 185; Liber 37, p. 226 [MSA S529-55]; Liber 68, folio 54; Debt Book F, pg. 62; Liber 38, folio 279; Liber 38, folio 466; Liber 40, folio 332; Liber 40 [MSA S529-58]; Folio 340; Liber 41, pp. 27, 60, 108, 113, 140, 175, 201, 354, and 404.
30.The author has seen "Hopson's" Choice spelled both "Hopson's" and "Hobson's" in various references to the McKenzies of Early Maryland. The correct piece of property is “Hopson’s Choice”. The original Will of John McKenzie refers to it as "Hopson's" Choice. Also, the original patent from the 1718-21 era refers to it as Hopson’s Choice. There was a patent for a piece of property known as Hobson’s Choice, but it is an altogether different piece of property and has nothing to do with the McKenzies of Early Maryland.
31.It is generally accepted among researchers of this McKenzie line that the sixth child referenced in John MacKenzie's will is Gabriel McKenzie. The similarity of names of his offspring, when compared with his brothers and sisters suggests that he was the unnamed child in the will. Also, since he was the oldest, and based upon existing land records, he was already an established farmer with hundreds of acres of land of his own at the time his father died in 1758. As noted in his “Source” on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, the extent of his property holdings is borne out in the deed records from various counties in Maryland. Finally, in addition to the foregoing, in July, 2010, Michael A. McKenzie, one of the authors of this “Source” located a document in the Maryland State Archives that unequivocally proves that Gabriel McKenzie was the son of John MacKenzie. In Perogative Court (Inventories) Box 68, pp. 54-56 John MacKenzie, 1759 [MSA S534-69] on page 56 following the itemization of John MacKenzie’s personal property is the notation “Gabriel MacKenzie. Nearest relation.” To the best of the author’s knowledge, there were no other Gabriel McKenzies living in Maryland from 1700-1750. Consequently, the aforementioned document is written proof that links together John and Gabriel and legitimizes earlier researchers’ “beliefs” that the two were father and son, respectively.
32.Deed Book IB 5 page 317, Anne Arundel records.
33.As of December 2010, with the assistance of Google Maps and Ann Stansbarger, the property was located north-northwest of Ellicott City, Maryland. See also the map entitled McKenzie’s Discovery Enlarged, Hopkins Atlas of 1878 Howard County, Maryland which depicts the general area where the land was located. The location on the map coincides with the references in all of the various early deeds which stated that the land was located south of the main falls of the Patapsco River. There also is a document prepared by Dr. Caleb Dorsey that Ann Stansbarger located at the Howard County Historical Society that shows how all of the various parcels of McKenzie property fit together just south of the Patapsco River. That map is located on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com.
Translation added by Don Kagle:
Nov 1737 Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
John Mackensie brings into Court his servant woman named Mary Johnson & informs the Justices thereof that she has abase born child, whereupon the said Mary being demanded whether she is guilty of having abase born child or not, confesses that she is guilty thereof & submits her self to the Judgement of the court & offers the sum of thirty shillings as a fine for the offence aforesaid wherefore it is considered by the Court here that the said Mary Johnson be fined to his Lordship the sum of thirty shillings which is ordered & immediately paid to Zachariah Maccubbin Gentleman Sherriff for the use of the County aforesaid & the said Zach. Maccubbin being present acknowledges the reciept thereof & it is further considered by the Justices here that the said Mary Johnson serve John Mackensie her Master twelve months for the trouble of his house occasioned by the bastard child aforesaid thereupon she is discharged her Master being lieable for fees.
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The following information is from Bobbie McKenzie, December, 2013:
We all appreciate sharing information we find, but I am not the source of all the information posted on the website. There are several researchers on John’s line in Christian Co whose names I supplied to Mike McKenzie.
1. There must be two Hares. Hare, Va. and Hare’s Valley. PA. It may have been so small it was never mapped.
Elizabeth, dau of Daniel and Martha
b. 6 May 1789( place is debatable, according to the memories of the contributors below.) Kentucky
d. 12 April 1879 Ross Co Oh
buried Plug Run
The following list contains the names of early settlers in various localities in the county. The figures following the names respectively indicate the earliest year in which those persons are known to have resided in the county. Many of them may have settled still earlier. Dublin and Tell Townships: James COYLE, John APPLEBY, James NEELY, James MORTON, Samuel MORTON, and John STITT, 1778; Samuel FINLEY; George HUDSON, 1786. Cromwell Township: James, Gavin, George, Robert, and Thomas CLUGGAGE, 1766; Thomas CROMWELL, 1785. Shirley Township: James CARMICHAEL, 1762; James, Robert, and Patrick GALBRAITH, 1771; James FOLEY, 1772; Charles BOYLE, 1773; William MORRIS, Jacob HARE and Gideon MILLER, 1762. Brady Township: Peter VAN DEVANDER, 1775; David EATON, 1775; Joseph PRIDMORE, 1781; Caleb ARMITAGE. Henderson Township: John FEE, 1775; John DORLAND; Joseph NEARON, 1781; Daniel EVANS, 1778; Benjamin DRAKE, 1785. Huntingdon
written by J Simpson AFRICA of Huntingdon, in Egle's 1876 "History of t
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"; a. portion of Bedford County was taken off to
form ...
Ohio Family Group Sheet for Jacob HARE Family
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Submitted by: Donna Barnes Clark
Email address: wherearemyrelatives@earthlink.net
Husband: Jacob HARE
Birthdate: abt 1740
Birthplace: Germany
Death date: abt 1820
Place of death: Ross County, Ohio
Father:
Mother:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Wife: Christine EPHAU
Birthdate: abt 1746
Birthplace: Germany
Death date: abt 1823
Place of death: Ross County, Ohio
Father:
Mother:
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Michael HARE
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 11, 1759
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: January 1837
Place of death: Highland County, Ohio
Marriage date: June 5, 1781
Marriage place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Isabella ROE
Child No. 2: Daniel HARE father of Elizabeth Hare McKenzie
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 5 1767
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: December 22, 1850
Place of death: Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio
Marriage date: abt 1788
Marriage place: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Martha ARMITAGE
Child No. 3: Mary HARE
Sex: F
Birthdate: May 15, 1787
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: June 16, 1845
Place of death: Ross County, Ohio
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Ross County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Thomas EDMISTON
Child No. 4: Jacob HARE`
Sex: M
Birthdate: August 21, 1768
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: April 8, 1862
Place of death: Ross County, Ohio
Marriage date: May 19, 1829
Marriage place: Ross County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Anne MELSON
Child No. 5: Elizabeth HARE
Sex:
Birthdate: 1770
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: December 7, 1803
Place of death: Twin Twp., Ross County, Ohio
Marriage date: April 3, 1794
Marriage place: Kentucky
Spouse's name: Lewis IGOU
Child No. 6: Philip HARE
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1774
Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death date: February 1848
Place of death: Hamilton County, Indiana
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Mary HALL
Documentation:
Notes for Jacob Hare:
From page 48, HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON CO. PA,: Hare's real estate consist
of four adjoining tracts of land, situated on the south side of the
Juniata River, including the borough of Mapleton, and extending there
from up the river and up Hare's Valley. These tracts, containing over
400 acres, were confirmed to Frances Reed by patents issued June 1794.
On page 44, 100 acres and 5 acres on the Juniata R. were identified as
'The old Plowman Farm'.
Chapter XXII HISTORY OF JUNIATA VALLEY: "In a small isolated valley,
about a mile south of Jack’s Narrows, lived a notorious Tory named Jacob
HARE."
RESIDENCES(2):
Where did Jacob HARE emigrate from? Page 371, HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON CO.
PA.: This portion of Huntingdon County was settled almost wholly by
immigrants from Maryland, who came over Indian trails amd brought their
effects on theior backs.
"During the latter part of the year 1799, Jacob HARE came from Virginia
and settled in the northern part of Paint township, and he was one of t
very earliest, if not actually the first settler north of Amsterdam. He
was a man of great determination, almost amounting to obstinacy, and
well-fitted to encounter the hardships of pioneer life.
During the Revolution, he had been a strong Royalist, and bore the marks
of his sentiments in his ears which zealous patriots of Virginia had
cropped as a punishment for his determined Toryism. It is related of him
that he hurrahed for King George on his death-bed many years after his
removal to Ohio. He purchased the land of MASSIE, and settled about a
mile and a half from Bethesda chapel. One day, while at work about his
house, Mr. Hare heard a great commotion in a ravine nearby, and taking
his gun and hunting knife, went to the spot where he found his dogs had
attacked a large bear and brought him to bay. Fearing to shoot lest he
injure the dogs, Mr. Hare attacked the bear with his knife. It reared
on its hind legs and succeeded in a hold about his body, embracing h
a manner more close than affectionate. While in this position, Mr. HARE
plunged his knife into the body of his huge enemy time after time until
its hold relaxed and it fell dead, leaving him none the worse except for
a few scratches."
REMARKS:
The above account, particularly the statement "bore the marks of his
sentiments in his ears which zealous patriots of Virginia had cropped as
a punishment for his determined Toryism." fairly clearly confirms that
this Jacob Hare and the one described on page 46 of the HISTORY OF
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PA. are one and the same. The only discrepancy is he
statement "patriots of Virginia" since the HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
describes that occurrence as happening in that local area.
LOCAL COLOR:
The following is copied from page 340 of HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND
COUNTIES, OHIO: "The early settlers had their times for enjoyment and
jollity, among which were gatherings for log rollings, house raising,
corn hucking, etc. At such times rhymes were made and sung, in which the
names of most of the settlers were brought in something as follows:
"I see a bear,
Said Jacob HARE
Shoot him down
Said George BROWN
He's very poor
Said Ben McCLURE
Poor as carrion
Said Sam Irwin
Throw it to the dogs
Said Alex SCROGGS" etc.
Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. is the complier.
In the compiler's file 47, generation 6 will be found a photocopy of a
very old hand-written document which appears to be in very bad conditio
The hand-writing seems old-fashioned and belabored. There are apparently
two documents photocopied on the same paper, so that wording below
follows the positioning, misspelling etc. as closely as possible:
"Jacob HARE was born about 1730 in Germany. Died about 1820 in Ross
County O. and buried in Twin Township. This wife Christine Afau was born
about 1734 in Germany. Lived in Huntington County, Pennsylvania on Hares
Valley. Died in Ross County O. about 1823. Their children were Michel,
Daniel, Jacob, Philip and Elizabeth HARE. Lewis Igo married Elizabeth
HARE in Kentucky Apr 3d 1794.
HISTORY OF JUNIATA VALLEY, Chapter XXII, pages 259
-->265,
go in to details of the exploits of Michael's father, Jacob HARE RIN183,
no where in the passage is any mention of Michael's participation.
However, the last paragraph of page 264 says in part: .....but, after
peace was declared and the treaty between the United States and Great
Britain ratified, HARE returned, and claimed the benefit of that part of
the treaty which restored their possessions to all of his Majesty's
subjects that had not taken up arms against the colonists. As there was
no direct evidence that he had killed LOUDENS-LAGER, Congress was
compelled to purchase back and restore his property to him."
Compiler's comment: "If the above is correct it has a direct bearing on the Deed -
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H-1, pages 158-159 - 6 March
1801 - 'Deed - Jacob HARE & Daniel HARE By their atty Hezekiah RICKETTS
to Joseph RICKETTS'. This Deed which gives the residence of both
Jacob and Daniel as Adams County, North West Territory contradicts
page 265 of the Juniata Valley history which states that Jacob return a
lived the reminder of his life in Hare's Valley."
Notes for Daniel Hare:
PIONEER RECORD AND REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS
AND SETTLEMENT OF ROSS COUNTY, OHIO - pages 56-57 - By Mrs.
MCKENZIE-1091, mother-in-law of Mr. William Igo-156.
"Her father, Daniel HARE-187, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, -----SO SHE MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN KTY??
and from there to Ohio, in 1796. Her husband's grandfather was a drum-
major in the Revolutionary War, and served seven years. Her husband, Mr.
MCKENZIE, was in the war of 1812, as the captain of a company for some
time, when the companies were consolidated, which relieved him. died
aged about eighty years. He was for many years a leader in the M.E.
Church. Mrs. MCKENZIE says her father came to Ohio without bringing his
family, for the purpose of hunting and laying up a supply of meat for t
next summer. He first chopped down a large tree, and cut it off some
twelve or fifteen feet long; this her split in two and dug them out in
the shape of troughs; the one half he filled with buffalo, bear, deer,
and wild turkey, and salted them down; then placing the troughs togethe
one on top of the other, he covered it with a lot of brush so as to
deceive the Indians, telling them that when he came out in the spring,
and the brush had become dry, he intended to burn that log up. In the
spring when Mr. HARE and his family arrived, they found their meat all
right. At one time Mr. HARE went to watch a deer lick, and after fixing
up a blind and being seated sometime, he heard something approaching him
through the brush in his rear, and upon turning around, near him, was a
large panther crouching, and in the act of springing upon him; he fired
his rifle at the panther, when it made one terrible cream and took off
through the thick woods one way and Mr. HARE the other, fully satisfied
to leave for the present.
Mrs. MCKENZIE is now aged about seventy-nine years; she and her mother
were the first two white women who settled on Paint creek. Her playmates
were the young squaws, and she says 'many a romp I had with them, and as
fearless of danger as though they had been white children 'When we first
settled on Paint creek, father had to go to Limestone for our meal and
salt; some times we would use the hominy block in lieu of going to the
mill for meal.' At one time when her father was away from home, some
Indians came to their cabin and asked her mother for salt, they being
very fond of that article. The old lady refused to give them any. One
Indian became enraged, and said: 'My gun shoot by and But the old lady
did not give them salt, and they left seemingly much enraged. She, after
they left, feared they would return before her husband and do some
mischief. But they did not; and when he returned, she told him how the
Indians had treated her in his absence, whereupon he went to the Indian
camp and informed their chief that one of his men had been at his cabin
and insulted his wife. The chief called up the guilty Indian, and
snatching the hatchet from Mr. MCKENZIE'S belt, he beat the Indian over
the head with it at a terrible rate. The Indian cried piteously during
the castigation, and when the chief returned Mr. MCKENZIE'S hatchet, he
told him that that Indian would not trouble his family any more, and he
did not. Mrs. MCKENZIE says her father was a great hunter in his time
and killed many bears, turkeys, panthers, buffalo, etc. The buffalo used
to mix with their farm cattle and were quite tame. Her father first
settled near the big falls of Paint creek, on MASSIE'S land, and while
living there she has heard the screams of the panther and wolf in the
night quite near their cabin. The first school teacher was David REED;
the first preachers were William and Edward CARNES; the first
schoolhouse was built on lands now owned by Howard NEWMAN."
More About Jacob Hare:
Age at time of death: 92Y 7M 18das8
Burial: South Salem Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio9
More About Anne Melson:
Age at time of death: Abt. July 20, 1803, 57Y 2M 21das
Burial: South Salem Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio10
More About Elizabeth Hare:
Burial: Hare Cemetery, Metcalfe Farm, Ross County, Ohio
Notes for Lewis Igou:
From page 292, HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO -
"One of the first settlers was Lewis IGO. He was a native of Maryland,
born near Baltimore in the year 1767. In the fall of 1797 he came from
Kentucky to the Scioto valley, purchased a tract of land of General
MCARTHUR, on Lower Twin, and built a cabin on the farm now owned by his
son William. The following spring he brought out his family and was
accompanied by his brother-in-law, Philip HARE."
Complier Laurence A. Weaver, Jr.
In the compiler's file 47, generation 6 will be found the original
letter dated November 5, 1982 from Miss Josephine METCALFE:
"Dear Mr. WEAVER
We are enclosing some Xeroxed copies of the IGOU and HARE lines that
might help you. They were researched by a cousin in Las Vegas who hand-
carried them to the Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City and
saw them put on microfilm and then into the Granite Mountain Vault.
Elizabeth HARE was the first wife of Lewis IGOU. She is buried on one of
the knolls on the back of our farm. There are 3 or four other stones
with no readable markings. They had 5 children. Nancy MARSH was the
second wife - 3 children.
I am the sixth generation on the farm and the old log cabin, second
built in Twin Township 1800-1801 is still standing. Please feel free to
ask any questions. I might know the answers.
Sincerely
Josephine METCALFE"
In the letter was a rough sketch of the tombstone:
DEC 7
ELIZA
BETH
80 - 1803.
More About Lewis Igou and Elizabeth Hare:
Marriage: April 03, 1794, Kentucky
Information provided by Laurence A. Weaver, Jr.
Noblesville, Hamilton Co. IN.
In 1829, the family moved to Hamilton County, Indiana, where Philip
bought land on Stony Creek, a little southeast of Noblesville, on which
was a grist mill formerly owned by Albert G. BETTS. The mill was
operated by the HARE family and the land around it was farmed by them.
The mill was sold in 1840 to William STOOPS. Various transfers of land
and lots in Noblesville are on record at the County Court House.
Several members of the HARE family migrated to Iowa -- Daniel and wife,
Eleanor with daughter, Sarah, to Cedar County in 1837. Daniel died there
in 1852. A daughter, Elizabeth and husband, Jacob MAHIN (MAHAN) and
daughter. Amanda, went to Muscatine County. Another daughter, Mahala
and husband, John RIDGEWAY went to Cedar County in 1839 or 1840. John
McKenzie (HARE?) and wife, Margaret, went to Cedar County also in 1846.
He died there in 1854. Margaret and her family returned to Noblesville.
There are no known records of the birth of the 12 children. The source
of this information was collected through public records - - census
reports, various Ohio and Indiana history accounts of early settlers,
final distribution and settlement of Philip HARE's estate."
E-Mail, "Electronic," Laurence A. Weaver, Jr., at sfvoeb7@icubed.net.
Complied by Ross County Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions Tw
Township, Ross County Ohio.
Family Search, GD6L-OD.
1840 United States Census Paint Twp., Ross co., Ohio, pg 357C.
Faye Christmas Tucker, Doddridge and Teter Some Ancestors and
Descendants, (1986, Dallas, Texas - Copy of book is in possession of
Donna Barnes Clark), pg 34.
Ross County Marriages 1798-1849.
South Salem Cemetery, pg. 18.
South Salem Cemetery Buckskin Twp., Ross County, Ohio, "Electronic
2. I never thought Grove City was in Jasper Co. Must be from some other researcher.
3) John
b. 1815
p.b. Bourneville, Ross Co OH
m. Leah Guilford b. 1818 Hillsboro, Highland Co., OH
d. 29 Dec. 1891
buried Grove City ILL
Lived Christian Co Ill 1850 census, p 158
Issue:
1. John A. b. 1840 lived Atlanta and McLean Co,IL
2. Mariah b. 1847 OH
3. Zachariah Wharton
b. 3 March 1849 log cabin, Mt Auburn Twp Christian Co ILL
m. Alice L. Shore 20 June 1876 Christian Co Ill
4. James m. Louisa Ewing
dau Leah m. M. L. Williams, dau Marion Alice
3. info on son James is from the DAR application of Marion Alice Williams, James’ granddaughter
From: Dick MacKenzie
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 8:48 AM
To: Bobbie mckenzie ; Don Kagle ; Michael McKenzie
Subject: John McKenzie of Joshua line from Ross Co.
All: While I was fooling around with Christian Co., IL, thought I’d try to work up a bit more extensively the 3 sons of John McKenzie (1786-1866) who transplanted from Ross Co., OH to Christian Co., IL during the 1840’s to 1850’s, since both the web site and Don’s tree don’t have tons of info on descendants.
Here’s what I discovered, in the attachment included. Interestingly, it appears John came to Christian Co. first, in the mid 1840’s, Eli came next in mid-1850, and William came last in the mid-1850’s. I base these dates on the places of birth of the children in the cases of John and William, and, in Eli’s case, the fact that he appears twice in the 1850 Census, in Ross Co., OH with brother William and his first wife as a 21 year old, and also in Christian Co., IL with brother John and his first wife and family as a 22 year old. I suspect he relocated after his September birthday, and the IL Census was after that.
I also became curious about the place of birth of their mother, since all the trees (including ours) shows Elizabeth Hare being born in Hares Valley, Huntingdon Co., PA, yet none of the sons show that, John shows KY, William OH and Eli VA. So, I went looking for Hares Valley, and it’s actually Hare Valley, and it’s in Northampton Co., VA, not anywhere in PA, so Eli was the only one correct (unless there were multiple wives and the sons had different mothers.) In any event, we need to correct our trees. Two other things I noticed in our existing information that don’t jibe with my findings: John 1815 and Leah Guilford have a son James shown in the web site. I did not find such a person. Also John’s place of death is shown as Grove City, Jasper Co., IL. Not sure where that came from, as Grove City is in Christian Co., so that needs correcting.
I didn’t think Bobbie would mind if I played around a bit with Joshua’s line, and I know Mike and Don are looking for more stuff to add to their respective works.
Waiting for (more) snow – winter ought to really be interesting at this rate.
Regards,
Dick | McKenzie, John (I00114)
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The following information was contributed by Scott Carter Williams on December 5, 2018:
"It is supposed that James "H" Anderson is listed in Civil War muster rolls for the Company C 2nd PHB with the "H" to distinguish him from his father James who also enrolled at Frostburg in July 1861, and mustered at Cumberland in August, 1861. This places James (the father), James H and William Anderson (the sons) in the same unit and company at the beginning of the war. James Sr. receives a medical discharge due to asthma later in 1861. The sons are captured on Jan. 4, 1864 at Ridgeville, VA with many other 2nd PHB soldiers and confined to Confederate prison in Richmond on Jan. 8, 1864. From there they are sent to Americus, GA (Andersonville Prison) on March 10, 1864. William perished in captivity on May 11, 1864 and has a confirmed burial site at Andersonville. The official record for James H states that "no further record" exists for him after internment. The accompanying newspaper article shows a list of 2nd PHB burials at Andersonville recorded by a surviving prisoner. The record lists William Anderson by name and another entry as _________ Anderson. James H.'s mother Delilah applies for and receives a mother's pension in 1873 - to date this pension file has not been located, but research is ongoing."
Documents pertaining to this entry are located on the MOEM website under the names of Delilah Porter and/or James H. Anderson. | Anderson, James H. (I47462)
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The following information was provided to the author, Michael A. McKenzie by Glenn Huffman (no relation to Phoebe) in May 2015.
Descendants of Phoebe Jane Huffman
Glenn Huffman 2015
Generation No. 1
1. Phoebe Jane3 Huffman (Laban2, Christian1) was born May 1848 in Pendleton Co. VA/WV1. She married (1) Columbus P. Waybright December 07, 1865 in Laban Huffman's, Randolph Co. WV2, son of Daniel Waybright and Martha Mullenax. He was born about 1843. She married (2) Abraham W. Mallow about 1887, son of Michael Mallow and Mary Wise. He was born about 1839, and died Bet. 1891 - 1900.
Notes for Phoebe Jane Huffman:
1880 census Randolph Co. WV, Dry Fork: Waybright, Phoebe 34 servant in home of Sampson & Elizabeth Snider.
1900 census same: Mallow, Phebe b. May 1848, wid., 10 children, 6 living, 3 at home, Rosa B. b. June 1888, Lena C. b. March 1891; Judy, Florence b. Oct 1876, married, 0/0 children; Viva, niece, b. June 1898. [Viva was Florence's daughter, as shown by her birth record]
Phoebe reported 10 children, 6 living in 1900 but only a possible seven can be accounted for and only five known to be alive in 1900. The unnamed daughter born 1871 would complete the account, if she survived. There was a 9-year-old Carrietta Waybright back in Pendleton Co. living with Jane Waybright, relationship not stated. Jane's late husband, Jesse, was Columbus' uncle, but whether Phoebe's daughter would be living with that distant a relation is unknown.
Phoebe apparently remarried to Abraham W. Mallow, but no marriage record found. Abraham Mallow was living very near Phoebe and the Sniders in 1880.
Notes for Columbus P. Waybright:
Is he the Columbus P. Waybright who died Oct. 20 1878 and buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood Co. KS? If daughter Florence was born in Kansas, as given in 1910 census, perhaps the family went to Kansas in the 1870s where Columbus died and Phoebe and the children returned to West Virginia. The infant (1877) and L. K. Waybright (1879) in Greenwood cemetery may be their children?
Marriage Notes for Phoebe Huffman and Columbus Waybright:
Marriage recorded in Randolph Co. but took place at Laban Huffman's, who were not known to live in Randolph.
There is a death record for an unnamed male Aug 12 1867 s/o Columbus & P.J. Waybright. They lost a child the year before, and Mary was born in June 1867 so there is no real accounting for this child other than a glitch in the records. Or, if the death was supposed to be in 1868, the child would fit in that year.
1870 census Pendleton Co. WV: Waybright, Columbus 25, Phebe J. 21, Mary D. 3, Martha J. 11/12 born August. Next door to Laban Huffman's.
Phoebe's sister Ann Rebecca and husband Abraham Smith had two nieces living with them in 1880 census Randolph Co., Bella 13 and Laura 6. They must be children of Columbus & Phoebe but Bella must be same as Mary Della, and Laura must be same as Florence. Living very near the Abraham Smith's that year were his parents and brother, James K. Smith, and James K. married 14 year-old Mary D. Waybright in 1881.
Notes for Abraham W. Mallow:
1880 census Randolph Co. WV, Dry Fork: Mallow, Abraham W. 40, wid., Sarah 36 sister, and children George Amos 9, Rebecca Virginia 7, Mary Susan 6, Charles Edmond 5. [Charles E. married Mary Della Smith’s daughter and the others married Smith relations]
Children of Phoebe Huffman and Columbus Waybright are:
2i.infant son4 Waybright, born July 27, 1866 in Pendleton Co. WV3; died July 27, 1866 in Pendleton Co. WV4.
+3ii.Mary Della Waybright, born June 08, 1867 in Pendleton Co. WV; died July 22, 1937 in daughter Nela Piggott's home, Waynesburg, Greene Co. PA.
+4iii.Martha Jane Waybright, born August 1869 in Pendleton Co. WV; died 1952 in maybe Allegany Co. MD.
5iv.daughter Waybright, born November 07, 1871 in Pendleton Co. WV5. [Where did this kid go?]
+6v.Florence Mary Waybright, born October 1876 in Randolph Co. WV, or Kansas.
Children of Phoebe Huffman and Abraham Mallow are:
7i.Rosa Blanch4 Mallow, born June 26, 1888 in Randolph Co. WV6.
+8ii.Lena Catherine Mallow, born March 1891 in Randolph Co. WV.
Generation No. 2
3. Mary Della4 Waybright (Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born June 08, 1867 in Pendleton Co. WV7,8, and died July 22, 1937 in daughter Nela Pigott's home, Waynesburg, Greene Co. PA9,10. She married James K. P. Smith March 21, 1888 in Randolph Co. WV11, son of Laban Smith and Elizabeth Sites. He was born February 13, 1859 in Randolph Co. WV12, and died May 06, 1922 in Elkins, Randolph Co. WV13.
More About Mary Della Waybright:
Burial: July 25, 1937, Maplewood Cemetery, Highland Park, north of Elkins, Randolph Co. WV14
More About James K. P. Smith:
Burial: Maplewood Cemetery, Highland Park, north of Elkins, Randolph Co. WV15
Marriage Notes for Mary Waybright and James Smith:
1900 census Randolph Co. WV, Dry Fork: Smith, James Feb 1860, Mary D. June 1867, 10 children, 6 living, all at home, Covy Mar 1884, Minnie Dec 1885, Elizabeth Dec 1889, Columbus Apr 1893 [sic]. Florence Feb 1894, Gertrude Nov 1896.
1910 census same: Mary reported 14 children, 8 living, Bettie, Columbus, Florence, Nela, Golda, Jane, Nola at home.
Children of Mary Waybright and James Smith are:
9i.Covy5 Smith, born Bet. March 01 - 21, 1884 in Randolph Co. WV16,17,18; died August 25, 196219.
More About Covy Smith:
Burial: Boggs Cemetery, Pleasant View Church, 5 miles north of Mouth of Seneca, Pendleton Co. WV20
10ii.Minnie J. Smith, born December 21, 1885 in Randolph Co. WV21; died October 19, 197222. She married Charles Edmond Mallow June 09, 1906 in Harman, Randolph Co. WV23; born September 25, 1874 in Pendleton Co. WV24; died June 05, 1936 in Randolph Co. WV25.
More About Minnie J. Smith:
Burial: Maplewood Cemetery, Highland Park, north of Elkins, Randolph Co. WV26
Notes for Charles Edmond Mallow:
Death record identifies him as husband of Minnie and s/o Abe. Minnie was his stepsister's daughter.
11iii.Elizabeth Smith, born December 188927.
12iv.Columbus Smith, born April 04, 1892 in Harman, Randolph Co. WV28,29; died January 07, 1956 in Pittsburgh PA30. He married Ada Stalnaker.
13v.Florence Smith, born February 189431. She married Haymond Wilmoth 1920 in Randolph Co. WV.
14vi.Gertrude Smith, born November 189632.
15vii.Nela Smith, born Bet. 1900 - 1901. She married Willis Odbert Piggott 1923 in Randolph Co. WV.
16viii.Goldie Smith, born Bet. 1903 - 1904.
17ix.Jean Smith, born 1906; died 192633.
18x.Nola B. Smith, born Bet. 1907 - 1908. She married Sterling Parrack 1924 in Marion Co. WV.
4. Martha Jane4 Waybright (Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born August 1869 in Pendleton Co. WV34,35, and died 1952 in maybe Allegany Co. MD. She married Mordecai Preston Summerfield July 01, 1886 in J. W. Summerfield's, Randolph Co. WV36, son of John Summerfield and Mary Roy. He was born about 1866 in Randolph Co. WV.
Notes for Martha Jane Waybright:
I have seen dates of Aug 17 1869 - March 5 1952 online but no verification.
Children of Martha Waybright and Mordecai Summerfield are:
19i.Phoebe Katherine5 Summerfield, born 1887. She married Caleb White; born Aft. 1880.
20ii.Floda Alice Summerfield, born 1893.
21iii.Harrison Goffe Summerfield, born 1888.
22iv.Alfred Stelman Summerfield, born 1895.
23v.Andrew Summerfield, born 1897.
24vi.Howard Earl Summerfield, born 1898.
25vii.Carrie Mabel Summerfield, born 1902.
26viii.Ruth Elaine Summerfield, born 1908.
6. Florence Mary4 Waybright (Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born October 1876 in Randolph Co. WV, or Kansas37,38. She married (1) Noah Harper Judy about December 05, 1896 in Randolph Co. WV39, son of Martin Judy and Christena Harper. He was born April 1855 in Pendleton Co. VA/WV40, and died 192241. She married (2) Abraham J. Speck Bef. 1910. He was born about 1870 in Pennsylvania.
Notes for Florence Mary Waybright:
Unknown why Florence claimed to not have children in 1900 census nor why her daughter Viva was called "niece" to head of household Phebe. Not sure about Florence’s birth year, could have been earlier, could have been later.
Notes for Noah Harper Judy:
1900 census Pendleton Co. WV, Circleville: Judy, N.H., Dr., born April 1855, divorced, living in household of mother Tena Judy.
More About Noah Harper Judy:
Burial: Martin Judy Cemetery, WV 28 at Nelson Gap, Pendleton Co. WV42
Marriage Notes for Florence Waybright and Abraham Speck:
1910 census Allegany Co. MD, Cumberland: Speck, Abraham J. 40, mar. once for 13 yrs., PA/Ger/Ger, Florence 29, mar. once for 13 yrs., 3 children, 3 living, KS/VA/WV, Viva 11 WV/PA/KS, Rudolph 9 WV/PA/KS, Regina 3 MD/PA/KS.
Now Florence says she was born in Kansas! 1880 and 1900 census, and her 1st marriage record, gave no hint of that. This census record also completely covers up the fact that she was married before, and strongly implies the children all belong to Mr. Speck.
Mary D. Smith's obituary (1937) lists surviving sisters, Mattie Summerfield and Florence Speck, thus tying the family together.
Children of Florence Waybright and Noah Judy are:
+27i.Viva Myrtle5 Judy, born June 03, 1898 in Harman, Randolph Co. WV; died 1993.
28ii.Carmy Rudolph Judy, born January 04, 1901 in Harman, Randolph Co. WV; died September 23, 1993 in home, 13141 Warriors Drive, Cresaptown, Allegany Co. MD43. He married Anna Lee Edenhart.
Notes for Carmy Rudolph Judy:
Carmy Rudolph Judy, 92, 13141 Warriors Drive, Cresaptown, died Wednesday, September, 23, 1993 at his residence. Born on Jan. 4, 1901 in Harman, W.Va., he was the son of the late Dr. Noah H. Judy and Florence (Waybright) Judy. He was also preceded in death by his wife Anna Lee (Edenhart) Judy in 1972; one son Charles Boyd Judy in 1989 and one sister, Jean Moore. Surviving are three sons, James E. Judy, Baltimore; Richard R. Judy, Baltimore; John R. Judy, Cresaptown; one sister, Mrs. Viva Kobelak, Pittsburgh, Pa.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Graveside services were conducted at Rose Hill Cemetery on Friday -- obituary http://mckenziesofearlymaryland.com/
More About Carmy Rudolph Judy:
Burial: September 25, 1993, Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co. MD44
Child of Florence Waybright and Abraham Speck is:
29i.Regina "Jean"5 Speck, born Bet. 1906 - 1907 in Maryland. She married Mr. Moore.
Notes for Regina "Jean" Speck:
SSDI shows a Martha Regina Speck Moore died 1980 California.
8. Lena Catherine4 Mallow (Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born March 1891 in Randolph Co. WV45. She married Edward Wegman 191246. He was born 1889.
Children of Lena Mallow and Edward Wegman are:
+30i.Edward J.5 Wegman, born 1913; died April 13, 1963 in Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. MD.
31ii.Vincent Wegman.
Generation No. 3
27. Viva Myrtle5 Judy (Florence Mary4 Waybright, Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born June 03, 1898 in Harman, Randolph Co. WV47, and died 199348. She married Anthony A. Kobelak April 11, 1917 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co. WV49. He was born 1896 in Pittsburgh PA, and died 198150.
Notes for Viva Myrtle Judy:
Viva Judy d/o Noah & Florence is identical to the Viva Judy who married Anthony Kobelak. Carmy Judy's obituary names said parents and survived by sister Mrs. Viva Kobelak.
More About Viva Myrtle Judy:
Burial: Saint Adalberts Cemetery, Brownsville Rd., Carrick, Allegheny Co. PA51
More About Anthony A. Kobelak:
Burial: Saint Adalberts Cemetery, Brownsville Rd., Carrick, Allegheny Co. PA51
Children of Viva Judy and Anthony Kobelak are:
32i.Stella6 Kobelak.
33ii.Edward M. Kobelak, born about 1923; died September 30, 2007 in Carnegie, Allegheny Co. PA area52. He married Ann Rossi.
34iii.Joseph Kobelak, born November 16, 1924 in Sheridan, Allegheny Co. PA; died February 09, 1984 in Jefferson Boro, Pittsburgh PA area53. He married Anna T. ______.
More About Joseph Kobelak:
Burial: Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills, Allegheny Co. PA54
35iv.John I. Kobelak, born 1935; died 199355.
More About John I. Kobelak:
Burial: Saint Adalberts Cemetery, Brownsville Rd., Carrick, Allegheny Co. PA56
30. Edward J.5 Wegman (Lena Catherine4 Mallow, Phoebe Jane3 Huffman, Laban2, Christian1) was born 1913, and died April 13, 1963 in Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. MD57,58. He married Edna Robertson.
More About Edward J. Wegman:
Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring MD59
Children of Edward Wegman and Edna Robertson are:
36i.Nancy6 Wegman.
37ii.James Wegman.
38iii.Larry Wegman.
Endnotes
1. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Phebe Mallow, wid. b. May 1848.
2. Marriage record, Columbus P. Waybright 21 of Highland Co., b. Pendleton Co. s/o Daniel & Martha, and Pheby Jane Hoffman 17 of Pendleton Co., b. same d/o Laban & Mary Hoffman. Recorded Randolph Co. but the Huffmans lived in Pendleton.
3. Birth record, male b. Jul 27 1866 to Columbus & Phebe J. Waybright.
4. Death record, no name Waybright d. Jul 27 1866 s/o Columbus & P.J.
5. Birth record, female b. Nov 7 1871 to Columbus & Phebe J. Waybright.
6. Birth record, Rosa Blanch b. Jun 26 1888 d/o AW & Phebe Mallow.
7. Birth record, female b. Jun 8 1867 to Columbus & Marth [sic] Waybright.
8. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born June 1867.
9. Findagrave, Mary Della Waybright Smith June 8 1865 - Jul 22 1937 Greene Co. No picture of stone - June 8 matches birth record but 1865 does not.
10. Obituary, Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Kendall funeral home for Mrs. Mary D. Smith, 72, a former resident of Elkins, who died July 22 at the home of a daughter, Mrs, Willis Plgott of Waynesburg, Pa. -- Cumberland Times News.
11. Marriage record, James K. Smith 21 b. Randolph Co. and Mary D. Waybright 14 b. Pendleton Co.
12. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born Feb 1860.
13. Findagrave, James K. Smith, dates, s/o Laban & Hannah Elizabeth. No picture of stone.
14. Obituary.
15. Findagrave.
16. Birth record, Cova b. Mar 21 1884.
17. Findagrave, Mar 1 1886.
18. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Covy born March 1884.
19. Findagrave.
20. Findagrave, Precise location from Grave Register p. 65.
21. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born Dec 1885.
22. Findagrave, Minnie Smith Mallow, dates. No picture of stone.
23. Marriage record, Charles E. Mallow 29 b. Pendleton Co. and Minnie J. Smith 21 b. Randolph Co.
24. Birth record.
25. Death record.
26. Findagrave.
27. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Elizabeth born Dec 1889.
28. Birth record, Apr 4 1892, delayed birth cert.
29. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born Apr 1893.
30. Obituary, Columbus Smith, 63, of Clairton, Ohio.
31. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born Feb 1894.
32. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Born Nov 1896.
33. Death certificate.
34. 1870 census Pendleton Co. WV, Martha J. 10/12 born August 1869.
35. Birth record, Martha J. Waybright b. 1869 no parents given.
36. Marriage record, M.P. Summerfield 20 b. Randolph Co. and M.J. Waybright 16 b. Pendleton Co.
37. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Florence Judy b. Oct 1876 married.
38. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Florence Judy b. Oct 1876 married.
39. Marriage record, Harper Judy 37 b. Randolph Co. and Florence Waybright 21 b. Randolph Co., Dec 5 1896 date of license, no ministers return.
40. 1900 Census Pendleton Co. WV, N.H. Judy b. Apr 1855, div., in mother's household.
41. Tombstone photo (Findagrave), Noah H. Judy 1855-1922.
42. Findagrave.
43. Obituary, http://mckenziesofearlymaryland.com/ - Carmy Rudolph Judy, 92, 13141 Warriors Drive, Cresaptown.
44. Obituary.
45. 1900 Census Randolph Co. WV, Lena C. b. March 1891.
46. Myheritage.com.
47. Birth record, Viva Myrtle Judy b. Jun 3 1898 Harman d/o Dr. Noah Harper Judy & Florence Mary Waybright.
48. Tombstone photo (Findagrave), Viva R. Kobelak 1898-1993.
49. Marriage record, Anthony A. Kobelak 23 of Carrick PA, born Pittsburgh PA, and Viva M. Judy 21 of Petersburg WV, b. Cumberland MD.
50. Tombstone photo (Findagrave).
51. Findagrave.
52. Obituary, Edward M. Kobelak, 84, of Carnegie, formerly of Mt. Lebanon - http://classified.post-gazette.com/.
53. Obituary (Findagrave), Joseph R. Kobelak, 59, died unexpectedly February 9, 1984 at his home in Jefferson Boro.
54. Findagrave.
55. Tombstone photo (Findagrave).
56. Findagrave.
57. Obituary, Edward J. Wegman, 49, of 823 Bonifant Street, Silver Spring - Cumberland Times News Monday Apr 15 1963.
58. Findagrave, Edward J. Wegman 1913-1963.
59. Findagrave. | Huffman, Phoebe (I39941)
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The following information was provided to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Jennifer W. Hanson:
Noris L. McKenzie was born 5 Mar 1897 in Millgrove Twp., Steuben County, OH and died in 1948. She is buried in Brighton Chapel Cemetery, Brighton, Lagrange County, IN. (Note that Noris is a woman; the info on the McKenzies of Early Maryland website states that she is male.) Noris wrote for Catholic magazines. She also wrote a novel titled Help Me Keep My Dreams, which was published by Buechler Publishing Co. in 1945. | McKenzie, Noris L. (I02884)
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The following information was provided to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Jennifer W. Hanson:
Paul Hubert McKenzie was born 19 Jan 1895 in Malcom, Poweshiek County, IA and died 20 Dec 1918 in France. He served in World War I and died in the 1918 global flu pandemic. His tombstone in Brighton Chapel Cemetery says that he was in “Co G 34 D Inf[antry],” but information from the American Battle Monuments Commission on Fold3.com states that he was in the 340th Infantry Regiment, 85th Division. He had the rank of Private. He has two grave monuments: one is in Brighton Chapel Cemetery, Brighton, Lagrange County, Indiana (where most of the rest of his family is buried), and one in St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt-Regnieville, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. | McKenzie, Paul Hubert (I02883)
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The following information was sent by Betty Breig Smith to Michael A. McKenzie on June 30, 2011:
This is the family group sheet for Cyrus McKenzie (Nov. 23, 1841-Feb. 15, 1869) son of Joseph McKenzie, June 17, 1816-Jan 23, 1879), my great-grandfather.
I am also sending photographs of Cyrus, his wife, Kate Loeschel, and his son, Cyrus.
When you look at the dates, and the transcription of Joseph's will, you will realize that Cyrus' son was born after his death..I don't have a marriage date.
But..the family accepted Cyrus (1869-1923) as family and I have several letters between Cyrus and his aunts who lived in Baltimore.
Happy Thanksgiving,
There is some controversy over this. I Joe was very angry. I am not sure what made him madder. The fact that he paid $300.00 for Cyrus Sr to stay out of the Civil War or that he got married and died within a year. I think she may have had sometime to do with his death. Not sure. Wells Wagner is now buried in the Loechel plot in the Salisbury Cemetery. He was originally buried in the union cemetery in Salisbury but was moved around 1889. He was a war vet.
I have not been able to find the burial spot for Catherine Loechel McKenzie Wagner. Cyrus Sr.is buried in the Meyersdale Catholic Cemetery. Cyrus jr died in his early 20's I am told but I do not know where he is buried either. Catherine, I think got married again. Maybe she was a black widow...... Yes send me the gedcom on George. If you need more information let me know.
I was visited by the writers for the Cassleman Chronicles. The next publication will be on the descendants of John M. McKenzie, Greenville, They are doing a series on Families that lived along the Turkeyfoot Trail.
Author unknown. Information was contained in the family sheets conveyed by Betty Breig Smith.
Based upon research of ray Leidinger, Cyrus was buried in Old St. Michael's Cemetery, Frostburg, maryland. Later, his body was moved to the New St. Michael's Cemetery, Frostburg.
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Birth: 1842
Death: Feb. 15, 1869
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Died at the age of 27
Family links:
Parents:
Joseph McKenzie (1817 - 1879)
Margaret Klingaman McKenzie (1823 - 1908)
Burial:
Saint Michaels Cemetery
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Maintained by: Joe Mckenzie
Originally Created by: SHARON ROBERTSON
Record added: Dec 17, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102271725
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The following information was sent to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Donald W. Lowe, 13-5021 34 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CAN, T4V 5G2, (780) 673-9988, (780) 281-2928, dwlowe@telusplanet.net
Annie L. McKENZIE20 was born on 22 Oct 1878, died on 9 Nov 1900 in Garrett, Somerset Co., PA, USA at age 22, and was buried in Meyersdale, Somerset Co., PA, USA.
Death Notes: 15 Nov 1900, The Republic (Meyersdale, PA)
Miss Annie L. McKenzie died at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. J. McKenzie, in Garret, Pa., on Friday,
November 9th, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at this place. The funeral was held in S.S. Philip and
James' church in this city, at eleven o'clock a. m., on Monday, November 12, Rev. Father G. M. Kelley, officiating.
The young lady was 22 years and 18 days of age, and her death was due to heart failure, superinduced by an attack of typhoid fever, about seven weeks ago.
Burial Notes: Saint Philip and James Cemetery | McKenzie, Annie L. (I02681)
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The following information was sent to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Donald W. Lowe, 13-5021 34 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CAN, T4V 5G2, (780) 673-9988, (780) 281-2928, dwlowe@telusplanet.net
Death Notes: 18 Feb 1970, The Chilliwack Progress
V. S. McKENZIE -- Resident of Quesnel for 35 years and of Chilliwack for 10 months, Vincent Sylvester McKenzie died February 14 at his residence, 46235 First Avenue. Les Leighton officiated at the funeral service yesterday in Henderson's Funeral Chapel. Interment was in IOOF cemetery.
Mr. McKenzie was born on February 5, 1872, in Pennsylvania.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. C. (Agnes) Robbins, Chilliwack; Mrs. Verna Rouncville, Mrs. O.
(Marjorie) Jenkins, Grassland, Alberta; five sons, Lawrence, Vancouver; Earl, Vernon; Jim, Quesnel; Bob,
Kelowna; and Sam, Kelowna; 55 grandchildren, many great and great, great grandchildren; one brother, Clarence, Edmonton. His wife Verneica died in 1962. They were married in 1895.
Burial Notes: IOOF Cemetery
Vincent married Vernicia Ann "Niece" PETERMAN,31 daughter of Henry PETERMAN33 and
Mary Elizabeth GARLITZ,34 on 18 Nov 1895 in Garfield, OK, USA.32 Niece was born on 17 Nov
1878 in Salina, Saline Co., KS, USA,35 died on 12 Oct 1962 in Merritt, BC, CAN 35 at age 83, and was
buried in Merritt, BC, CAN.31 Another name for Niece was Veanecia PETERMAN.36 She was usually
called Niece. They had nine children: Lawrence Anthony, Earl Vincent, Agnes Myrtle, James Henry "Jim," Verna Ester, Frank, Bob, Marjorie, and Samuel Emmet.
Birth Notes: Death registration shows birthdate as 17 Nov 1875 in "Silna, Kansas" (should be Salina).
Burial Notes: Pine Ridge Cemetery
Birth: Feb. 5, 1872
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Feb. 14, 1970
Chilliwack
Fraser Valley Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Family links:
Spouse:
Vernicia Ann Peterman McKenzie (1875 - 1962)*
Children:
Lawrence Anthony Mckenzie (1896 - 1984)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Chilliwack Cemeteries
Chilliwack
Fraser Valley Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Plot: I.O.O.F.
Created by: Islandergirl
Record added: Oct 17, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 153863847 | McKenzie, Vincent Sylvester (I02701)
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The following information was sent to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Donald W. Lowe, 13-5021 34 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CAN, T4V 5G2, (780) 673-9988, (780) 281-2928, dwlowe@telusplanet.net
Emiline McKENZIE died on 15 Jul 1900 in Greenville Twp., Somerset Co., PA, USA. Emiline married Zacharias McKENZIE. Zacharias was born on 14 Mar 1850 in MD, USA, died on 17 May 1935 in Grantsville, Garrett Co., MD, USA at age 85, and was buried in Avilton, Garrett Co., MD, USA. They had one son: Thomas J..
Death Notes: 23 May 1935, The Republic (Meyersdale, PA)
Zacharias McKenzie Dead.
GRANTSVILLE, Md., May 21.--Zacharias McKenzie, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Warne, near Grantsville, May 17th, of pneumonia. He was aged 85 years, 2 months and three days. He was a native of Garrett County and was born and lived all his life in the Avilton district. He is survived by two sons, Thomas and Joseph, both of Avilton and four daughters, Mrs. Grant Dibler and Mrs. Ella Tress, Finzel, Md.; Mrs. William Garlitz, Avilton, and Mrs. Charles Warne, Grantsville, a large number of grandchildren and severa great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Monday morning in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Avilton, followed by burial in the church cemetery.
Burial Notes: St. Ann's Catholic Church Cemetery | McKenzie, Emeline Martha (I02551)
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The following information was sent to the writer, Michael A. McKenzie in September, 2018 by Donald W. Lowe, 13-5021 34 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CAN, T4V 5G2, (780) 673-9988, (780) 281-2928, dwlowe@telusplanet.net
Lawrence Anthony McKENZIE37 was born on 11 Dec 1896 in Ames, OK, USA, died on 22 Jan 1984 in
Vancouver, BC, CAN at age 87, and was buried in Vancouver, BC, CAN. Find A Grave ID: 26367766.
Burial Notes: Mountain View Cemetery
Lawrence married Hazel Delphin JENKINS. Hazel was born on 23 Jul 1903 in Bon Accord, AB, CAN, died on 30 Aug 1991 in Vancouver, BC, CAN at age 88, and was buried in Vancouver, BC, CAN.
Burial Notes: Mountain View Cemetery
Don Lowe also forwarded the following interestuing note to the author, Michael A. McKenzie in February, 2021.
Hi Mike - No need to list me as a source, already had a McKenzie descendant find me on the site and contact me (hope he dropped you a line too?). My interest is really only for my cousins who are Mckenzie descendants, my work on it is mainly for them. The fellow that contacted me is Stephen Hawtree of Kelowna, BC, he's a great-grandson of Agnes Myrtle McKenzie and James Cecil Robbins. He's early in his own research and must have to work for a living too(!), says his research time is very limited.
Was very interested to see the Oklahomans come to Peers, Alberta, the area is well-known to me, my family on both sides came to Grande Prairie, Alberta which is about 5 hours northwest of Edmonton, before a better highway was constructed straight south of Grande Prairie, we would take the "Peers cutoff" which was the nearest paved road that would get us through to a highway leading to Jasper, Alberta and from there down into British Columbia. The cutoff started at Whitecourt, Alberta, about 3 hours southeast of Grande Prairie, was about an hour long, went through Peers which was really "out in the middle of nowhere" and came out right in the town of Edson. Only other choice had been to drive almost to Edmonton, then turn west about 30 miles from Edmonton instead of east to Edmonton. I'm sure it was the land that brought them to Alberta as it was for mine, my paternal grandparents came from Prince Edward Island and my maternal great-grandparents from western Quebec. The land was just opening up in Alberta in the early 1900's, a person could "file" on a parcel of land, usually starting with a "quarter section" which is 160 acres. If you proved you made improvements to the land over a certain period of time (brush-clearing, home building, planting and harvesting crops, etc) you were given legal ownership to it. Think it was called the Alberta Homestead Act, people came from everywhere. | McKenzie, Lawrence Anthony (I02725)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015 by Judy McKenzie. It has not been verified for accuracy:
RootsWeb ID: I01288
Name: Michael McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 7 MAR 1880 in Vinton County, OH
Note: Info according to his obituary, burial in Sunset Cemetery.
Father: William McKenzie b: ABT 1852 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Katherine Donahoe b: 25 MAR 1859 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Bertha Thacker b: 4 JUL 1883 in Vinton County, Ohio
Married: 10 MAY 1901 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Cleo McKenzie
Has No Children Donald McKenzie
Has No Children Ottie McKenzie
Has No Children Theria McKenzie
Has No Children Mary Catherine McKenzie b: 9 MAR 1902 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children James B McKenzie b: 8 APR 1904 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Ruth McKenzie b: 8 FEB 1906 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Johnnie Raymond McKenzie b: 7 DEC 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Robert McKenzie b: ABT 1923 in Pomeroy, OH (Meigs County) | McKenzie, Michael (I39994)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Birth and death date according to his death certificate. Gives place of burial Mt. Olive, OH.
OBITUARY - Republican Tribune - March 10, 1943
Rev. Elder Sanford Freeman, long an ordained minister of the Church of Free Will Baptist, passed away Sun, March 7, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter Shiflett, near Jacksonville, OH with whom he had made his home for the past several years. Funeral services were held at Mt. Olive Church on Route, 124 near Clarion at 2 o'colock Tuesday P.M. with Rev. Ambrose J Jenkins officiating, committal in the Curry Cemetery.
Father: Moses Freeman b: 19 SEP 1795 in Virginia
Mother: Peachy Ann Napper b: 27 AUG 1819 in Greenbrier County, VA (WV)
Marriage 1 Mary Francis McKenzie b: 6 MAR 1860 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 13 MAY 1879 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Martha Freeman b: ABT 1905
Has No Children Sarah Estalino Freeman b: 2 SEP 1880
Has No Children Peachy E Freeman b: 9 AUG 1881 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Alice Freeman b: ABT 1882
Has Children Mide Freeman b: ABT 1883
Has Children Jane Freeman b: 22 OCT 1885 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Luce "Lacy" Freeman b: DEC 1886 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Elbert Leonard Freeman b: 22 OCT 1887 in Ohio
Has Children Cecil Lucille Freeman b: 8 NOV 1890 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Joseph Freeman b: 26 NOV 1891
Has No Children Ethel Freeman b: 5 JAN 1894
Has No Children Samuel Freeman b: 4 DEC 1895 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Levi Freeman b: 5 DEC 1895
Has No Children Edna Freeman b: 10 APR 1898
Has No Children Elizabeth (Lizzie ) Freeman b: 4 NOV 1900
Has Children Margaret (Maggie) Freeman b: 29 MAR 1903 in Vinton County, OH | Freeman, Sanford (Sanct) (I39991)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00022
Name: Patrick Owen McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 9 NOV 1931 in Willkesville, OH
Death: 28 FEB 1982 in Marion, OH
Note:
Obituary:
Patrick O McKenzie, 50, 5758 Tittlebaugh Road, Cardington, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 1982 at 7:15 p.m. at Community MedCenter Hospital.
A local resident since 1950, he was born Nov. 9, 1931 in Minerton. He is survived by his wife Judy (Salmons) McKenzie, whom he married Sept. 25, 1956 in Hamden; his stepmother, Sylvia Ambrose, Albany; one son, David O., Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, one daughter, Kathy Branstetter, Marion; three brothers, Robert and Henry, Columbus, and Alva, Ewington; two sisters, Elizabeth Shearer and Helen McKinniss, both of Marion, and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Lewis McKenzie and Sarah Elizabeth Oiler McKenzie.
A welder at the Marion Power Shovel for the past 30 years, he was a U.S. army veteran, serving in 1952-54, a member of the Grace Baptist Church and a member of the Marion Power Shovel 25-year club.
The funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Grace Baptist Church with Rev. C. L. Fuqua officiating. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Snyder Funeral Home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Father: Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Marriage 1 Living Salmons
Children
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has No Children Living McKenzie | McKenzie, Patrick Owen (I40079)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00110
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler
Sex: F
Birth: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Death: 11 JUN 1935 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Note: Birth date is according to her death certificate and Vinton County records, burial in Curry Cemetery.
Father: John Henry Oiler b: 9 APR 1871 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Hannah Freeman b: 19 MAY 1872 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 George Elsworth Ellis b: 23 JAN 1890 in Hinking, OH (Gallia County)
Married: 23 APR 1913 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Sarah Victoria Ellis b: 2 SEP 1914 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Pansy V(Betty Jane Bishop) Ellis b: 19 JAN 1917 in Ohio
Marriage 2 Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Married: 26 NOV 1919 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Children
Has Children Elizabeth Jane McKenzie b: 25 SEP 1920 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Alva Martin McKenzie b: 4 JUN 1922 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Henry Dale McKenzie b: 21 OCT 1924 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Helen Marie McKenzie b: 5 APR 1927 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children James Robert McKenzie b: 14 MAR 1929 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Patrick Owen McKenzie b: 9 NOV 1931 in Willkesville, OH | Oiler, Sarah Elizabeth (I40074)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00640
Name: Henry Dale McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 21 OCT 1924 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 17 JUN 1984 in Columbus, OH
Note:
Henry Dale McKinzie, 59, of 1781 Kaiser Drive, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, died June 17, 1984 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Columbus.
Born in Wilkesville Township, Mr. McKinzie was a retired Lab Technician for Timken Company and was also a WW II Army Veteran.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Elizabeth Oiler McKinzie and one brother, Patrick. He is survived by his wife Geraldine Spearry McKinzie, daughters Janet Norris of Pickerington and Terri McVeigh of Columbus. He is also survived by step-mother, Sylvia McKinzie Ambrose of Columbus, brother Alva of Ewington, sisters Eliizabeth Shearer and Helen McKinniss both of Marion, and a brother Robert of Columbus plus several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held Friday, June 22 at James N. Blower Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. A. B. Maloy officiating. Burial will be in Radcliff Cemetery with graveside military service by the Wilkesville Joseph Freeman American Legion Post #476. Calling hours from 4 p.m. till 9 p.m. on Thursday at Blower Funeral Home.
Father: Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Marriage 1 Living Spearry
Children
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has No Children Baby McKenzie b: 30 AUG 1952 in Gallia County, OH | McKenzie, Henry Dale (I40082)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00644
Name: Helen Marie McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 5 APR 1927 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 2 JUL 1994 in Marion, OH
Note:
Have birth, marriage and death certificate.
Marion Star- July 04, 1994
Helen Marie McKinniss, 67, 845 Bennett St., died Saturday evening at home.
She was born April 5, 1927, in Wilkesville to Lewis and Elizabeth (Oiler) McKenzie. She married Herbert McKinniss, who died July 6, 1981, in Marion.
A Marion resident for 50 years, she was a member of Marion Enterprise Baptist Church and did meal site work for Marion Senior Citizens.
She is survived by a stepmother, Sylvia Ambrose; a son, Michael A. McKinniss, Marion; two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Carolyn) Slone, Delaware, and Mrs. Arnold (Margaret) Dickerson, Wellston; a brother, Robert McKenzie, Columbus; a sister, Elizabeth Shearer, Marion; a special friend, Claude Broughton; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and one grand-son. Burial in Marion Cemetery.
Father: Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Marriage 1 Herbert McKinniss b: 28 JUN 1913 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 17 DEC 1945 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Living McKinniss
Has No Children Michael A McKinniss b: 27 NOV 1955 in Marion County, OH | McKenzie, Helen Marie (I40077)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00651
Name: Edith Pridemore
Sex: F
Birth: 7 MAR 1930 in Floyd County, KY
Death: 20 MAR 2004 in Mt. Carmel East,Columbus, OH (Franklin County)
Note:
Have marriage certificate.
Columbus Dispatch - Edith "Jackie" McKenzie, age 74, Saturday, March 20, 2004, Mt. Carmel East Hospital. Survived by husband of 52 years, Robert; daughters, Judy (Ron) White and Sharon (Dave) Abney; sons, Patrick (Daniese) McKenzie and Steve (Frank Patrick) McKenzie. Grandchildren, Stephen, Kenton, John, Hayley, Marianne, Nathanael, Connor; sister, Mary (Charles) Garvin. Preceded in death by parents Daniel and Dallas Pridemore, sisters, Allene Allen, Dora and Leah Pridemore, brothers Robert, Arthur, and Ernie. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Evans Funeral Home, 4174 E. Livingston Ave., where service will be Tuesday 12 noon. Interment Obetz Cemetery.
Father: Daniel Boone Pridemore b: ABT 1896 in Kentucky
Mother: Dallas Pigman
Marriage 1 James Robert McKenzie b: 14 MAR 1929 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 3 JUN 1950 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has Children Living McKenzie
Has No Children Living McKenzie | Pridemore, Edith (I40085)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00759
Name: Minnie Thacker
Sex: F
Birth: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 5 JUL 1948 in Marion, OH (Marion County)
Note:
Mrs. Minnie McKenzie, 81, died about 1:30 p.m. Monday at 882 Davids Street where she roomed with a son, Edward McKenzie. She had been in failing health three years and had lived in Marion seven months, coming here from Vinton County.
Born Sept. 3, 1886, in Vinton County, she was a daughter of Joseph and Sally Boering Thacker. Her husband George McKenzie died Feb. 22, 1934. She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Vinton County.
Surviving with the son at the Davids Street address are other children. Chauncy McKenzie, Lewis McKenzie and Mrs. George Shifflet, all of Ewington, Marion McKenzie of 398 Milburn Avenue and Mrs. Cecil Rowland of Wellston and sister and brothers, Mrs. Rachel Neely of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Goldie Dobbins of Gallipolis, Mrs. Gerturde McClelland and John Thacker, both of Wellston, Mrs. Jean Bowles of Haydenville, Lem Thacker of Wilkesville, and Lewis Thacker of Ewington.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the M.H. Gunder and Sons Funeral home on West Center Street by Rev. Don Hoschstettler, Pastor First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Wednesday noon.
Father: Joseph F Thacker b: 15 SEP 1847 in Ohio
Mother: Sally (Sarah) Boring b: 27 JAN 1851 in Ohio
Marriage 1 George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Married: 22 JAN 1890 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Juanita (Altis-Needy) McKenzie b: 2 FEB 1891 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Chancy H McKenzie b: 19 DEC 1893 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Has Children Dora McKenzie b: 7 FEB 1895 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Edward William McKenzie b: 27 JAN 1897 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Has Children Ella Mae McKenzie b: 28 FEB 1905 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Sylvester McKenzie b: 29 JAN 1908 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Sallie Agnes McKenzie b: 8 SEP 1911 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County) | Thacker, Minnie (I40050)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00856
Name: Edward William McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 27 JAN 1897 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 26 SEP 1980 in Community Hospital,Marion County, OH
Note:
Burial in Grand Prairie Cemetery. Ed had three step sons Francis Adams, Virgil Adams and Cecil Adams. Info according to his obituary, marriage and death Certificate.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Dorothy Marie Adams b: 29 JAN 1921 in Snydersville, KY
Married: 15 APR 1950 in Marion, OH
Children
Has Children Living McKenzie | McKenzie, Edward William (I40054)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00857
Name: Ella Mae McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 28 FEB 1905 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 29 JAN 1943 in Jackson County, OH
Note:
Ella died from Chronic Nephritis of pregnancy before delivery at 32 weeks. Buriel in Curry Cemetery,
Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County) Birth year according to her death certificate was February 29, 1905, but this was not a leap year making it February 28.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 John Elmer (Rose) Brutchey b: 29 SEP 1892 in Bellaire, OH
Married: 20 SEP 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Betty Joan Brutchey
Has No Children Rosella Brutchey
Has No Children George Brutchey b: 1921
Has No Children Harold Phillip Brutchey b: 10 JUL 1922 in Bellaire, OH
Has Children Elmer(Junior-Bill) Brutchey b: 19 FEB 1924 in Bellaire, OH
Has Children Harlos V Brutchey b: 1925 in Blydesdale, PA
Has No Children John Brutchey b: 1926
Has No Children Donald Marvin Brutchey b: 29 NOV 1927 in Ohio
Has No Children Charles William Brutchey b: 12 DEC 1930 in Mineral, Meigs County, OH
Has Children Richard Brutchey b: 23 FEB 1934 in Wellston, OH (Jackson County)
Has No Children Denver Brutchey b: 30 JUL 1932 in Ohio | McKenzie, Ella Mae (I40056)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00858
Name: George W Shifflet
Sex: M
Birth: 6 FEB 1888 in Greenup County, KY
Death: 9 JUL 1968 in Vinton County, OH
Note: Information according to his obituary, burial in Curry Cemetery.
Father: John Wood Shifflet b: 8 JAN 1860 in Ohio
Mother: Sarah Gilmore b: 6 DEC 1864 in Kentucky
Marriage 1 Dora McKenzie b: 7 FEB 1895 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 17 FEB 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Sarah Mae Shifflet b: 7 JUN 1917 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Opal Adell Shifflet b: 18 FEB 1920 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Living Shifflet | Shifflet, George W (I40072)
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The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I00859
Name: Sylvester McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 29 JAN 1908 in Vinton County, OH
Death: in Arizonia
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Mabel Brammer | McKenzie, Sylvester (I40057)
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| 9881 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I01009
Name: Janie McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1871
Father: Aaron McKenzie b: 4 JUN 1826 in Knox County, OH
Mother: Ellen Straud b: 1836 in Ohio
Marriage 1 Thomas Donahoe
Married: 8 AUG 1889 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children John S Donahoe b: DEC 1886 in Or 1890
Has Children Clara Donahoe b: 29 JUN 1891 in Minerton, Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Thomas Donahoe b: 24 AUG 1892
Has No Children Sylvester Donahoe b: 19 JUN 1894
Has No Children Clyde "Donahue" Donahoe b: 19 JUN 1897 in Rutland, Meigs County, OH
Has No Children James D Donahoe b: 9 AUG 1898
Has No Children Barney "Donahue" Donahoe b: 17 SEP 1901 in Minerton, Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Bernice "Donahue" Donahoe b: 17 OCT 1902 in Wilkesville, Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Biddy Donahoe b: 26 NOV 1904 in Minerton, Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Fay Donahoe b: 23 MAR 1909 in Wilkesville Twp, Vinton County, OH
Marriage Record to Thomas Donahoe:
Groom's Name: Thomas Donohoe
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Bride's Name: Janie Mckinzie
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Marriage Date: 06 Aug 1889
Marriage Place: Vinton, Ohio
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02287-6
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 311572
Reference Number: v 5 p 69 e 204
Collection: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 | McKenzie, Janie (I40091)
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| 9882 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I01010
Name: Lewis Allen McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Death: 11 NOV 1964 in University Hospital, Columbus, OH
Note:
Marion Star: November 12, 1964
Lewis A McKenzie, 63, of 767 Bennett St. died Wednesday In University Hospital in Columbus. He had been seriously ill a week. Employed by the city here 12 years, he was a former resident of Vinton County.
Born April 28, 1901, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George McKenzie.
Surviving are his widow, Sylvia; four sons, Robert and Henry of Columbus and Alva and Patrick of Marion; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer and Mrs. Helen McKinniss of Marion; three brothers, Edward of Marion, Chauncey of Ewington and Marion of Coolidge,Ariz., and two sisters Mrs. Sally Rowland of Coalton and Mrs. Dora Shifflett of Ewington. Two sisters preceded him in death.
The body was sent to the Rogers Funeral Home at Wellston.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Married: 26 NOV 1919 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Children
Has Children Elizabeth Jane McKenzie b: 25 SEP 1920 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Alva Martin McKenzie b: 4 JUN 1922 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Henry Dale McKenzie b: 21 OCT 1924 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Helen Marie McKenzie b: 5 APR 1927 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children James Robert McKenzie b: 14 MAR 1929 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Patrick Owen McKenzie b: 9 NOV 1931 in Willkesville, OH | McKenzie, Lewis Allen (I40055)
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| 9883 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
D: I03590
Name: Morgan McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 5 JUN 1892 in Jacksonville, OH
Death: 12 NOV 1941 in Gallipolis, OH (Gallia County)
Note: Morgan died from a skull fracture due to a hit and run driver according to his death certificate. His birth place may be Jackson, OH. | McKenzie, Morgan (I40041)
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| 9884 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Father: Hiram N Thacker b: 14 APR 1858 in Ohio
Mother: Mary Thacker b: 15 SEP 1849 in Ohio
Marriage 1 Michael McKenzie b: 7 MAR 1880 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 10 MAY 1901 in Vinton County, OH | Thacker, Bertha (I39995)
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| 9885 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Father: William McKenzie b: ABT 1852 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Katherine Donahoe b: 25 MAR 1859 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Charles C Riffle b: 9 MAR 1883 in Ohio
Married: 23 DEC 1906 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Rodney Riffle
Has No Children Carl A Riffle b: 15 MAR 1908 in Ohio
Has No Children William G Riffle b: 1913 in Ohio
Has Children Katherine Elizabeth Riffle b: 28 JUL 1915 in Ohio
Has No Children John Raymond Riffle b: 14 JAN 1918 in Ohio
Has No Children Juanita S Riffle b: 30 MAY 1921 in Ohio
Has No Children Donald M Riffle b: 25 MAY 1924 in Ohio
Has Children George Dindle Riffle b: 15 AUG 1930 in Meigs County, OH
Has No Children James Conrad Riffle | McKenzie, Stella (I40014)
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| 9886 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Father: William McKenzie b: ABT 1852 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Katherine Donahoe b: 25 MAR 1859 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Cornelia Hutchinson b: 29 MAR 1889 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 4 FEB 1908 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Willilam Austin McKenzie b: 27 JAN 1909 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Garnet Opal McKenzie b: 4 DEC 1911 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Chester"Chet" McKenzie b: 9 DEC 1912 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Hazel McKenzie b: 23 JAN 1915 in Vinton County, OH | McKenzie, Clarence (I40013)
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| 9887 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Father: William McKenzie b: ABT 1852 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Katherine Donahoe b: 25 MAR 1859 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Eliza Gilmore b: AUG 1896 in Greenup County, KY
Married: 29 JAN 1913 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Carroll H (Casey) McKenzie b: 14 JUL 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Celora McKenzie b: 20 MAY 1913 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 2 Margaret "Louders" Bowen b: ABT 29 SEP 1903 in Pomeroy, OH
Married: 16 MAR 1937 in Meigs County, OH | McKenzie, George (I40025)
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| 9888 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
Gallipolis - Carrol H. "Casey" McKenzie 78, of 840 State Route 588 died Friday, June 16, 1995, at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis.
Born July 14, 1916, in Vinton County, he was the son of the late George and Eliza Gilmore McKenzie.
Mr. McKenzie retired as director for Bob Evans Farms in Gallipolis. He was active in many community affairs in Gallipolis.
He is survived by his wife, Eva Jo White McKenzie; a daughter, Janice Sommer McKenzie of Gallipolis; eight grandchildren, Carol Jo Kidwell of Columbus, Joe Moody of Lebanon, and Jason Sommers, Jenny and Hugh "Bumper" Graham, Jill Moody, Seth Thompson, and Erica Moody all of Gallipolis; two great grandchildren and a sister, Kathleen McKenzie of Bidwell.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Nanette McKenzie Moody, and a grandson, John Sommer.
Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Willis funeral Home in Gallipolis, with Pastor Jim Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens in Gallipolis.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis, or the Faith Baptist Church in Rodney.
Father: George McKenzie b: 7 MAR 1893 in Wilkesville, Vinton County, OH
Mother: Eliza Gilmore b: AUG 1896 in Greenup County, KY
Marriage 1 Eva Jo White
Children
Has No Children Living McKenzie
Has No Children Living McKenzie | McKenzie, Carroll H (Casey) (I40027)
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| 9889 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00625
Name: Elizabeth Jane McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 25 SEP 1920 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 31 JAN 2000 in Columbus, OH
Note:
Have birth, death, marriage certificates. Her Midwife was Amanda Thacke
Marion Star - February 2, 2000
Elizabeth J. "Libby" Shearer, 79, 149 Fairview St., died 10:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at Select Specialty Hospital.
Born Sept. 25, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Oiler McKenzie.
She was assistant manager of the snack bar at G.C. Murphy and worked at Probst Supply. She also was active in Girl Scouts.
She is survived by four daughters, Donna K. Beechum, Marion, Brenda (Guy) Chapman, Bucyrus, Gayle (Greg) Dunham, Morral, Linda (Steve) Robinson, Tulsa, Okla.; a son, James R. Shearer, Marion; a brother, Robert McKenzie, Columbus; and her stepmother, Sylvia Ambrose, Columbus; eight grandchildren; and a great grandchild.
The funeral is 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at Gunder/Hall and Folk Funeral Directors with the Rev. Charles Sweizig officiating. Burial is in Chapel Heights Memory Gardens, 2622 Marion-Upper Sandusky Road. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at the funeral home.
Father: Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Marriage 1 Donald Raymond (Sonny) Shearer b: in Crawford County, OH
Married: 14 SEP 1942 in Greenup County, KY
Children
Has Children Donna Kay Shearer b: 17 JUN 1943 in Marion, OH
Has No Children Living Shearer
Has Children Living Shearer
Has Children Living Shearer
Has No Children Living Shearer
Has Children Living Steele | McKenzie, Elizabeth Jane (I40075)
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| 9890 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00638
Name: Alva Martin McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 4 JUN 1922 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 29 JUN 1990 in Chillicothe, OH (Veterans Hospital)
Note:
Alva McKenzie, age 68, of Ewington, died Friday, June 29, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Chillicothe.
He was a retired truck driver, a veteran of the United States Army from World War II, and a member of the disabled American Veterans Chapter of Jackson.
Son of the late Lewis and Elizabeth (Oiler) McKenzie, he was born in Vinton County on Jure 2, 1922.
Survivors include his wife,, Bertha (Smith) McKenzie of Ewington; step-mother, Sylvia Ambrose of Columbus; a brother, Robert McKenzie of Columbus; two sisters, Elizabeth Shearer and Helen McKinnis, both of Marion; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Services are scheduled at the J.P. Rogers Funeral Home, Wellston, at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) with the Rev. A.B. Malloy officiating. Burial will be in the Fisher Cemetery in Vinton County with military graveside services by the DAV in Jackson.
Father: Lewis Allen McKenzie b: 28 APR 1901 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Oiler b: 1 APR 1896 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Marriage 1 Living Smith
Children
Has No Children Stillborn McKenzie b: 1 DEC 1950 in Vinton County, OH | McKenzie, Alva Martin (I40076)
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| 9891 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00645
Name: Herbert McKinniss
Sex: M
Birth: 28 JUN 1913 in Vinton County, OH
Death: JUL 1981 in Marion County, OH
Note: Info according to his obituary and family members. Burial in the Marion Cemetery.
Father: Charles O McKinniss b: 9 MAR 1883 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Winnie Mae Mays b: 17 OCT 1880 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Pauline Winston
Children
Has Children Living McKinniss
Marriage 2 Helen Marie McKenzie b: 5 APR 1927 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 17 DEC 1945 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Living McKinniss
Has No Children Michael A McKinniss b: 27 NOV 1955 in Marion County, OH | McKinniss, Herbert (I40084)
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| 9892 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00852
Name: Juanita (Altis-Needy) McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 2 FEB 1891 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 1 FEB 1948 in Jackson County, OH
Note: Information according to her obituary and family members. Burial in Fairmount Cemetery.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 William Riffle b: 19 MAR 1884 in Logan, WV
Married: 25 MAR 1906 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Gene Riffle
Has Children Cecil Riffle b: 1907 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Jessie Lucille Riffle b: 29 OCT 1909 in Jackson County, OH
Has No Children Earl Riffle b: 1911
Has Children Minnie Mae Riffle b: 17 SEP 1912 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children William Riffle b: 19 MAY 1915 in Jackson County, OH
Has Children Edna Faye Riffle b: 1916
Has No Children David Martin Riffle b: 3 JAN 1918 in Jackson County, OH
Has Children Audery Riffle b: 22 FEB 1924 in Jackson County, Ohio
Has Children Rosa Belle Riffle b: 23 JAN 1926 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Ernest J Sr. Riffle b: 23 MAY 1928 in Vinton County, OH | McKenzie, Juanita (Altis-Needy) (I40051)
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| 9893 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00853
Name: Chancy H McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 19 DEC 1893 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Death: 27 JAN 1983 in O'Bleness Hospital, Athens, OH
Note: Information from family members, burial in Vinton Memorial Cemetery, Gallia County, OH. Death month according to social security index, but his neice Helen has the date written on his obit as Feb. 29, 1983.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Maranda Oiler b: 3 JUL 1898 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Married: 11 MAY 1915 in Meigs County,OH | McKenzie, Chancy H (I40052)
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| 9894 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00855
Name: Dora McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 7 FEB 1895 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 12 FEB 1983 in Holzer Hospital (Gallia County, OH)
Note: Information according to her obituary and family members, burial in Curry Cemetery.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 George W Shifflet b: 6 FEB 1888 in Greenup County, KY
Married: 17 FEB 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has Children Sarah Mae Shifflet b: 7 JUN 1917 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Opal Adell Shifflet b: 18 FEB 1920 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children Living Shifflet
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| 9895 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I00860
Name: Sallie Agnes McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 8 SEP 1911 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Death: 21 SEP 1989 in Oak Hill Community Hospital, Jackson County OH
Note: Information according to her obituary and family members. Burial in Salem Cemetery.
Father: George Theodore McKenzie b: 8 OCT 1867 in Wilkesville, OH (Vinton County)
Mother: Minnie Thacker b: 3 SEP 1866 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Cecil Rowland b: 10 SEP 1915 in Jackson County, OH
Married: 30 NOV 1931 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Living Rowland
Has No Children Living Rowland
Has Children Cecil Clement Rowland b: 15 AUG 1936 in Jackson County, OH
Has No Children William Alfred Rowland b: 11 MAY 1938 in Berlin, OH (Jackson County)
Has No Children Living Rowland
Has No Children Living Rowland
Has Children Living Rowland | McKenzie, Sallie Agnes (I40058)
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| 9896 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I01297
Name: Garnet Opal McKenzie
Sex: F
Birth: 4 DEC 1911 in Vinton County, OH
Death: 26 FEB 1935 in Ross County, OH
Note: Information according to her death certificate, burial in the Greenlawn Cemetery.
Father: Clarence McKenzie b: 1 FEB 1888 in Vinton County, OH
Mother: Cornelia Hutchinson b: 29 MAR 1889 in Vinton County, OH
Marriage 1 Hiram Mowrey b: 1904 in Ohio | McKenzie, Garnet Opal (I40032)
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| 9897 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I01301
Name: John Elmer (Rose) Brutchey
Sex: M
Birth: 29 SEP 1892 in Bellaire, OH
Death: 10 MAY 1941 in Jackson County, OH
Note:
On his marriage bond list his name as John E Rose, parents John N Rose and Ida Utchey, on his
death certificate info list the parents as John Brutchey and Ida Ros
Meningitis Takes John Brutchey at Home Near Berlin - May 10, 1941.
John Elmer Brutchey, a WPA worker living northwest of Berlin, was struck down by spinal meningitis Firday night, death coming at 8:20 o'clock. He was 47 years old and leaves his wife and eight fatherless children. Because of the virulence of the disease, the funeral was held Saturday night at 5 o'clock, with a private service at Mt. Olive Church in Vinton County.
The Brutchey family came to Wellston three years ago from Pomeroy. They settle in a house east of Tom Corwin near the Meadow Run yards and hard times seemed to dog them, their bad luck culminating in this last blow when the father was taken.
A year ago last March the Brutchey family's sad plight was brought to the Telegram's notice by generous railroaders in the Meadow Run yards, and the father was gotten on the WPA roll. Since then one son has gone to a CCC camp and the family has had better fortune. Besides his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Brutchey, are six sons and two daughters; George who is in the far west, Harold, John, Harlan, Richard, Marvin, Rosella and Betty Joan all at home.
His father, John Brutchey lives at Columbus, and a brother William Brutchey at Martins Ferry. The family formely lived in Belmont County.
Father: John N Rose
Mother: Ida Utchey
Marriage 1 Ella Mae McKenzie b: 28 FEB 1905 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 20 SEP 1916 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Betty Joan Brutchey
Has No Children Rosella Brutchey
Has No Children George Brutchey b: 1921
Has No Children Harold Phillip Brutchey b: 10 JUL 1922 in Bellaire, OH
Has Children Elmer(Junior-Bill) Brutchey b: 19 FEB 1924 in Bellaire, OH
Has Children Harlos V Brutchey b: 1925 in Blydesdale, PA
Has No Children John Brutchey b: 1926
Has No Children Donald Marvin Brutchey b: 29 NOV 1927 in Ohio
Has No Children Charles William Brutchey b: 12 DEC 1930 in Mineral, Meigs County, OH
Has Children Richard Brutchey b: 23 FEB 1934 in Wellston, OH (Jackson County)
Has No Children Denver Brutchey b: 30 JUL 1932 in Ohio | Brutchey, John Elmer (Rose) (I40087)
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| 9898 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I03008
Name: William Riffle
Sex: M
Birth: 19 MAR 1884 in Logan, WV
Death: 3 FEB 1957 in Jackson County, OH
Note: Information according to his obituary, burial in Fairmount Cemetery.
Marriage 1 Juanita (Altis-Needy) McKenzie b: 2 FEB 1891 in Vinton County, OH
Married: 25 MAR 1906 in Vinton County, OH
Children
Has No Children Gene Riffle
Has Children Cecil Riffle b: 1907 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Jessie Lucille Riffle b: 29 OCT 1909 in Jackson County, OH
Has No Children Earl Riffle b: 1911
Has Children Minnie Mae Riffle b: 17 SEP 1912 in Vinton County, OH
Has No Children William Riffle b: 19 MAY 1915 in Jackson County, OH
Has Children Edna Faye Riffle b: 1916
Has No Children David Martin Riffle b: 3 JAN 1918 in Jackson County, OH
Has Children Audery Riffle b: 22 FEB 1924 in Jackson County, Ohio
Has Children Rosa Belle Riffle b: 23 JAN 1926 in Vinton County, OH
Has Children Ernest J Sr. Riffle b: 23 MAY 1928 in Vinton County, OH | Riffle, William (I40059)
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| 9899 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I03581
Name: Joseph McKenzie
Sex: M
Birth: 20 MAY 1900 in Jackson County, OH
Death: 23 JUL 1937 in Meigs County, OH
Note: Information according to his death certificate, burial in Mt. Olive Cemetery. | McKenzie, Joseph (I40044)
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| 9900 |
The following information was supplied to the author in July, 2015. It has not been verified for accuracy:
ID: I06256
Name: William Henry
Sex: M
Birth: 18 JUL 1901 in Jackson County, Blume Furnace, OH
Birth: 18 JUL 1899
Death: 30 MAY 1936 in Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH
Note: Information according to his death certificate, burial at Black Fork, OH. | Henry, William (I40048)
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