THE FAMILY OF THOMAS & MARY (LINN) McCLEARY

THE FAMILY OF THOMAS & MARY (LINN) McCLEARYof BROOKE CO., VA. (now W. VA.)

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Much of the data added in this revision to this article has been obtained from Isabel Carter's site starting with <http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcclearyduker&id=I1175>.  Her help is much appreciated.

 I.  THOMAS McCLEARY

Historians differ on the origin of the McCleary family in this country. Boyd Crumrine, writing in 1882, and J. H. Beers in 1893,1 assert that Thomas McCleary emigrated from Ireland after marrying Mary Lynn [Linn]. Beers contends that the marriage took place in England where Mary Linn was born. Both experts agree that Thomas & Mary (Linn/Lynn) McCleary emigrated as newlyweds. The McCleary/Linn marriage in this country, however, is documented in the Register of Marriages of Frederick Co., Va., Book 1, page 121, line 31:

McLury, Thomas - Polly Linn, married Dec. 18, 1792

 by William Harvey

This date corresponds exactly with data in the family Bible (figure 3 under ¶iv.). Polly was a popular nickname for Mary. William Harvey was one of three preachers in the Methodist Berkeley Circuit in 1786.1a On 2 Mar. 1761 he had purchased from Mary Wood for £78 "one lott of land Numbered in the Plan (1) containing 107 feet fronting Braddock Street on the West side therof." James Wood had purchased this land in the Town of Winchester.1b  Thus it appears that William Harvey was living in Winchester, Frederick Co. When he performed the marriage of Thomas McLury (McCleary) and Polly (Mary) Linn in 1792, the Winchester Society belonged to the Berkeley Circuit.  It is interesting to note that William Harvey also performed the marriage of William Throckmorton and Magdalene Burn (Bunn) 20 July 1791.1c  (See "The Descendants of Job & Frances (Stout) Throckmorton & Their Late 18th-Century Migration to Virginia and Ohio," Part I, ¶4.v).   

Samuel P. Bates, in 18882 maintains that Thomas McCleary, in the company of three brothers, emigrated from Ireland as a single man. According to Bates, all four McCleary brothers served in George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War, with Thomas the only survivor. The common theme among the three revered historians – Crumrine, Beers, Bates - is their belief that Thomas McCleary was an immigrant. Even Thomas’ son, William McCleary, thought his father was born in Ireland.

This conclusion, however, is at odds with most census records. In the 1850 U.S. census for Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.) Thomas was reported to have been born in Pennsylvania and Mary in Virginia. Since Thomas and Mary were the only members of the household at that time (their children having left the family homestead) one or the other of them must have been responsible for the census information. Although both were elderly, it would seem that either of them would be capable of providing correct data.

In the 1880 census, which recorded the birthplace of each family member’s parents, Ewing McCleary echoed the 1850 report of his parents, i.e., Thomas was born in Pennsylvania and Mary in Virginia. Ewing’s sister, Martha (McCleary) Carter, thought both of her parents were born in Virginia. Son William McCleary, as reported above, stated that Ireland was his father’s birthplace. Son Thomas could not be located in the 1880 census. Having no children, he was not included in the 1880 soundex.3

It so happens that in Chanceford Twp. York Co., Pa. there were a number of McClearys. The local genealogical newsletter, Chanceford Clarion, has speculated on their origin. June Grove, reporting on Apr. 27, 1998, suggests that five McCleary brothers – James, Andrew, Michael, John and Thomas - and a sister Elizabeth, settled on the James River of Virginia about 1720. According to Ms. Grove, these six, from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, are the first known McClearys to come to America. By 1740 brother Thomas McCleary had settled near Hunterstown. Although Ms. Grove implies that this Hunterstown was in Virginia, there is a Hunterstown in Strabane Twp., Adams Co., Pa., immediately west of York Co.

John, son of Thomas the immigrant, has been documented in York Co., Pa. Ms. Grove does not follow the five other original McClearys. It seems entirely plausible that the Thomas McCleary of this story is a grandson of Thomas, the immigrant from Northern Ireland, or of one of that Thomas’ brothers.

Subsequent to June Grove's 1998 suggestion that our McCleary ancestors came from Co Tyrone, Shari Mockensturm (<[email protected]>) reported that the Ulster DNA Project had found that our Thomas McCleary (born 1762 in Pa., married 1792 Mary Linn/Lynn) line has a DNA match with a large McCleary (Mac Giolla Arraith) family in Co. Antrim.  Shari contacted June Grove and was told that the above Chanceford Clarion article was information from someone else's research and that she (June Grove) has no proof of its accuracy. So probably our Thomas McCleary had Co. Antrim (not Tyrone) roots.

Whoever the grandfather was, it is likely that our Thomas McCleary’s father was a James McCleary, for Thomas & Mary (Linn) McCleary named their first son James. The elder James would be the missing generation between the 18th-century immigrants and Thomas, the subject of this story.

Because the given name "Ewing" is rather unusual and Thomas & Mary McCleary named a son Ewing, an entry in the Pennsylvania Vital Records (vol. 1, p. 648) is particularly eye-catching. A John McCleary married Elizabeth Ewing in Cumberland Co., Pa. on July 5, 1787. Possibly this John and our Thomas were brothers. They certainly were contemporaries.

Our Thomas, born June 24, 1762, may have served in the Revolutionary War, as Samuel P. Bates suggests, although no pension papers have been found for him. Bates declares that, after the war, Thomas McCleary settled near Winchester, Frederick Co., Va. and engaged in farming. Both Crumrine and Beers believed that Thomas McCleary lived in Virginia with Beers specifically naming "near Winchester" as the birthplace of son William McCleary on Feb. 18, 1805. William was the fifth or sixth child of Thomas & Mary McCleary, the dates of some of the older siblings not being as well documented as William’s.

It is not too great a stretch of the imagination to assign Mary Linn a birthplace near Winchester. In U.S. census indexes for Frederick Co., Va. there are numerous entries for the name Linn or Lynn. In following a specific first name, such as Daniel or William, it appears that in the early years the surname was spelled Linn and in later indexes it was written as Lynn.

A surprising genealogical source, insurance applications to the Mutual Assurance Society, link Linns and McClearys in the city of Winchester, seat of Frederick Co., Va. On Apr. 1, 1796, a George Linn applied for fire insurance for his three buildings at 126, 128, and 130 North Loudon St. "occupied by myself and Miss McCleary."4 On that same date, sisters Jane and Isabella McCleary applied for fire insurance on their dwelling house and separate kitchen building at 22-24 South Loudon St.5 From these documents, we can reasonably deduce that McCleary and Linn families were acquainted with each other and that Thomas McCleary met Mary (Polly) Linn through normal family connections.

Thomas McCleary appeared in the personal property tax rolls of Frederick Co., Va. in the years 1799, 1800, 1802, 1804, and 1805. In 1799, a John McCleary was listed immediately below Thomas. This John could have been a brother of Thomas. It should be noted that Thomas and Mary named their second son John. In the 1800 Tax List for the City of Winchester appeared the names Thomas McCleary, Jr. and Sr.5a 

From 1806 to 1810, Thomas McCleary did not appear on the Frederick Co., Va. tax rolls. This would indicate that 1806 was the year that the Thomas McCleary family moved to Brooke Co., Va. in the present-day northern panhandle of West Virginia. Daughter Sarah (McCleary) Fowler’s death certificate indicates that she was born in Brooke Co. Census data places her birth in 1806.

As of 1810, the U. S. census documents the presence of the Thomas McCleary family in Brooke Co. It wasn’t until 1816, however, that Thomas McCleary purchased a farm.

* * At this point, two caveats must be cited: (1) West Virginia became a state in 1863, having been parted from the original state of Virginia at that time; (2) Misspelling of names and words in legal documents such as censuses and court papers are preserved in this document and acknowledged in italics. * *

Thomas was born June 24, 1762 in Pennsylvania. His wife, Mary (Linn) McCleary was born Dec. 10, 1775 in Virginia – probably Frederick Co. Thomas was thirty when he married seventeen-year-old Mary Linn on Dec. 18, 1792. He was a farmer and a cooper.

In the 1810 census for Brooke Co., Va. (p. 682), Thomas was head of the following household:

The first record of a property purchase is dated Oct. 31, 1816 when Isaac & Cassandra Boots sold to Thomas McCleary two tracts of land lying on the waters of Cross Creek, Brooke Co., Va. for $100. The land was described thusly:

  1. 16 acres adjoining lands of James Young & William Fowler,
  2. 28.99 acres.6

On Jan. 1, 1830 Thomas McCleary added 80 contiguous acres plus three perches to his original holding. Sellers were William & Susannah Fowler, parents of son-in-law John Fowler; the price $888.7

An 1820 census record for Thomas McCleary is curiously missing. There is, however, a William McClary (p. 30) identified as a single male 16-26 living alone. Thomas McCleary’s son was actually 15 in 1820. William was listed on the same page as John McClary whose household consisted of 2 males under 10, 2 males 10-16, 2 males 40, 1 female 16-26 & 1 female 26-45. A relative of William & Thomas?

In 1830 it was Mary McCleary who was listed as head of household in Brooke Co. (p. 158):

In the 1840 census for Brooke Co., Va., (p. 223) Thomas McCleary was head of the following household:

By 1850, all the McCleary children had left home. Thomas McCleary was head of the following household in the Cross Creek 3rd District, Brooke Co., Va. in the census taken July 19, 1850 (p. 226 – dwelling #30, family #30):

Historian J. H. Beers describes Thomas as a "faithful Democrat" and a "devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church."8 His life spanned 88 years, 57 of them in marriage to Mary Linn.

Thomas & Mary McCleary are both buried in Brooke Co., W. Va; their tombstones are still standing in the Cross Creek Cemetery (figure 1). Cross Creek Cemetery has been described as "a small, old cemetery located in the Cross Creek Hollow, at Rockdale, about half a mile east of Brooke High School."9 The senior McClearys died just 6½ months apart: Thomas on Oct. 8, 1850 and Mary on Apr. 20, 1851. He was 88; she 75. They had eleven children, three of whom (John, Maria, and Eliza) predeceased them.

On Apr. 4, 1849, Thomas wrote his will, appointing sons William & Ewing executors. A codicil to his will on May 11, 1849 ordered that his personal & real estate be sold so that the legacies of his will might be paid.10

The following is a transcript of the will:

In the name of God Amen. I, Thomas McCleary of the County of Brooke, State of Virginia, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in the form and words following (that is to say)

First. After all my just debts & funeral expenses are paid, I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary McCleary to use for her maintenance during her natural life one third of all my real and personal estate.

Second. I will and bequeath to my son James McCleary the sum of four hundred dollars.

Third. I will and bequeath to the two grandchildren of my son, John McCleary, the sum of five dollars each.

Fourth. I will and bequeath to my daughter Jane Fowler, widow of Jonza Fowler, dec’d., the sum of one hundred dollars.

Fifth. I will and bequeath to the two children of my daughter Mariah Scott, dec’d., the sum of twenty dollars each.

Sixth. I will and bequeath to the children of my daughter Eliza Kerr, dec’d., the sum of five dollars each.

Seventh. I will and bequeath to my son William McCleary the sum of five hundred dollars.

Eighth. I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Fowler, wife of John Fowler, the sum of one hundred dollars.

Ninth. I will and bequeath to my son Ewing McCleary the sum of six hundred dollars.

Tenth. I will and bequeath to my daughter Martha Carter, wife of Lewis Carter, the sum of one hundred dollars.

Eleventh. I will and bequeath to my son Thomas McCleary the sum of five hundred dollars.

Twelfth. I will and bequeath to my daughter Julian Reed the sum of five dollars. (also to her two children the sum of ten dollars each).

Thirteenth. I furthermore will and order, that if after the payment of the above legacies, there be any residue of my property, it shall then be equally divided amongst my sons William, Ewing and Thomas and I hereby make and appoint my two sons William and Ewing Executors of this my last will and testament and lastly, my express will and meaning is, and I do hereby order it, that if any of my legatees herein mentioned, shall dispute, question or controvert, concerning any gift or bequest in this my will, that then no suits in law or equity shall be brought, but the legatee thus disputing questioning or controverting, shall forfeit his or her legacy, which legacy shall be disposed of as follows: If the dissatisfied legatee be a female, then her legacy shall be equally divided amongst the remainder of the female legatees. And if the dissatisfied legatee be a male, then his legacy shall be equally divided amongst the remainder of the male legatees. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

/s/ Thomas McCleary (seal)

Signed sealed and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who, in his presence and at his request, have witnessed the same.

/s/ N. W. White

/s/ John Keadington

/s/ George Amspoker

Codicil

Whereas I Thomas McCleary having duly made and executed my last will and testament, bearing date, April fourth, One Thousand and eight hundred & forty nine. Now I do declare this present writing to be as a codicil to my said will, and direct the same to be annexed thereto, and taken as a part thereof. I do hereby will and order that my personal & real estate (the latter of which shall be sold therefor) shall be used for the payment of the legacies mentioned in the foregoing will.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto, to this codicil, set my hand & seal, the eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

/s/ Thomas McCleary (seal)

Signed sealed and delivered as his codicil to the foregoing will, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence, have witnessed the same.

/s/ N. W. White

/s/ John Amspoker

* * *

In Brooke County Court 25 Nov. 1850.

The last will and testament of Thomas McCleary deceased and the codicil thereto annexed were proved by the oaths of N. W. White, John Keadington, George Amspoker & John Amspoker subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

A copy Teste.

R. Nicholls, C.B.C.

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the last will and testament of Thomas McCleary deceased and of the order of Court admitting the same to record.

R. Nicholls, C.B.C.

On Mar. 5, 1853, the executors submitted the following inventory:11

The said executors are chargeable:

The said executors are credited with the following to wit:

I find thirty dollars specific legacies remaining in the hands of said executors, which owing to infancy have not been dispersed.

/s/ J. R. Naylor, Commr.

Brooke County Court April Tem 1853:

A settlement of the estate of Thomas McCleary, dec’d., was this day returned into Court, confirmed & ordered to be recorded.

A Copy Teste /s/ J. R. Naylor, commr.

To satisfy the conditions of Thomas McCleary’s codicil, on Mar. 30, 1852, William & Ewing McCleary, executors of the will of Thomas McClary, sold to John Magee (Ewing’s brother-in-law) 129 acres, 3 roods & 30 perches of land lying on the waters of Cross Creek "lately occupied by the said Thomas McClary in his lifetime" for $3,272.80 ($25.18¾ per acre). This land constituted the tracts Thomas had purchased from Isaac & Cassandra Boots and William & Susannah Fowler in 1816 and 1830, respectively.12

Thomas’ personal property was also sold, with several family members making purchases. Widow Mary McCleary bought one bed and bedding for $2.00.

The eleven children of Thomas & Mary (Linn) McCleary were:

  1. JAMES L. McCLEARY, born 1795 in Frederick Co., Va., died of apoplexy Sep. 29, 1860 in Brooke Co., Va,13 buried in Cross Creek Cemetery, Brooke Co., Va. next to his mother (figure 2). James was a lifelong bachelor. His death certificate identified him as an unmarried farmer.

The deed books of Brooke Co. recorded no land purchases for James McCleary nor did any U. S. census for Brooke Co. list a James McCleary as head of household. He seemed to be living with his parents through the 1840 census when he was 45. This is curious, given J. H. Beers’ statement concerning James’ brother William, that because Thomas McCleary’s farm was small, the children left the nest at a young age to make room for the newcomers.

When the 1860 census for District #3, Brooke Co., Va., (p. 63) was taken June 18, James’ parents were dead and he was living with his sister Sarah and her husband, John Fowler. At that time, he was listed as 65 years old, unengaged in business, $5,000 value of personal property, born Va. (See ¶ vii. below.)

It was James McCleary’s brother-in-law, John Fowler, who reported his death 2½ months after the 1860 census was taken.14 John Fowler was apparently not totally familiar with James McCleary’s vital statistics, for he reported James’ age as 67 and birthplace as Maryland. In the 1860 census, James himself – or his sister Sarah – gave his age as 65. This agrees with the 1810 Brooke Co. census where Thomas McCleary declared he had two sons 10-15 years of age. James was a fifteen-year-old (his brother John was 13 or 14). As for the error in James McCleary’s birth place, John Fowler undoubtedly knew that James was born in Frederick Co., but mistook his brother-in-law’s place of birth for Frederick Co., Md., which was perhaps better known than the county in the northern neck of present-day Virginia.

James inherited $400 from his father’s estate June 18, 1852.

James McCleary wrote his will – signed with his mark - on Sep. 24, 1860,16 five days before his death. In his will he made the following bequests:

James appointed his brother-in-law Lewis Carter to be his executor (see ¶ ix. below). Witnesses were Thomas Donevan & William P. Strain. The will was proved in Oct. 1860.

Heirs mentioned in the Nov. 20, 1860 inventory of James L. McCleary’s estate were:

The estate was settled in the Dec. 1862 term of the Brooke Co. Probate Court.

  1. JOHN McCLEARY, born 1796-97 in Frederick Co., Va, died before his father’s will was written in 1849. The name of John’s wife is unknown.17 His two grandchildren were willed $5 each by their great-grandfather Thomas McCleary. Because no mention of these payments appears in the inventory of Thomas McCleary’s estate, it may be assumed that these amounts were not distributed in 1853 due to "infancy." (See statement of Commissioner J. R. Naylor following the list of distributions from the senior Thomas McCleary’s estate.) John’s heirs apparently did not receive an inheritance from John’s brothers, James McCleary & Rev. Thomas McCleary in 1860 and 1894, respectively (see ¶ i. above & ¶ x. below).
  1. JANE C. McCLEARY, born ca. 1798-1802 in Frederick Co., Va., married JOHN (Jonza) FOWLER,18 died between 1860 and 1894. John died before Thomas McCleary wrote his will in 1849.

John Fowler may have been the son of John & Christianna Fowler of Brooke Co. In his will written on July 7, 1814, this John Fowler bequeathed all his assets to his wife. After her death, their son "Johnsey" was to receive all his real estate while his personal property was to be divided equally among all his children. Executors were William Fowler & Johnsey Fowler.19

The facts that Jane (McCleary) Fowler’s husband John was known as Jonza – so similar to Johnsey – and that John & Jane Fowler named three sons John,William, and Jonza raises the possibility that the writer of the 1814 will was Jane’s father-in-law.

The real estate mentioned in the senior John Fowler’s will may have been the 40 acres "on the waters of Cross Creek" that Jonza & Jane Fowler sold on Sep. 18, 1832 to Daniel Cornelas of Brooke Co. for $300. There was no record in the Brooke Co. deed books of  Jonza Fowler (Jane’s husband) purchasing this property. At the 1832 date of sale, Jonza & Jane Fowler were residents of Hopewell Twp., Washington Co., Pa. Jane signed the deed with her mark.20 No property purchases by Jonza Fowler could be found in the Washington County deed index.

The 1830 U.S. census for Hopewell Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (p. 282) lists a family headed by Johnsy Fowler, who may well have been Jane's husband:

On Mar. 22, 1839, Jonza Fowler purchased 12 acres in Brooke Co., Va. for $150 from Daniel (Jonza’s brother ?) & Sarah Fowler. This property had been sold to Daniel Fowler on Nov. 22, 1836 by Richard & Mary Stane.21

The above-mentioned 12 acres appears to have been next door to Thomas McCleary, for the widow Jane Fowler and five children are listed in the 1850 census for Brooke Co. in dwelling # 31, while Thomas & Mary McCleary lived in dwelling #30. Jane (McCleary) Fowler and her children sold this land on Aug. 22, 1853. Parties of the first part (i.e., the grantors) in this deed were: Jane C. Fowler, widow of Johnsa Fowler, dec’d., John Fowler & Pheby Jane his wife, Narsisus Fowler, William Fowler & Jane his wife, Johnsa Fowler, Richard F. (T?) Fowler, George W. Fowler, Mary Jane Fowler, and James Campbell Fowler, heirs at law of Johnsa Fowler, deceased. Purchasers were Charles Heron & Bernard Heron, who paid $275 for the property.22

In the 1850 census for Cross Creek, Brooke Co., Va., Jane Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #31, family #31) next door to her parents:

Jane Fowler was not listed as a head of household in the 1860 census for Brooke Co., Va. However Cheryl Ayres (<[email protected]>) has found in the Schuyler Co. USGenWeb site our Jane C. McCleary Fowler and family living in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill. in 1860:

- 1860 census for Rushville Corp. (now Rushville City), Schuyler Co., Ill.:

- Jonza Fowler was listed on the 1861 Militia Roll.

Jane inherited $100 from her father’s estate Apr. 2, 1852. In 1860 she inherited $500 from her brother James. Beneficiaries of the estate of Jane’s brother Rev. Thomas McCleary in 1894 included equal distributions to Jane’s children John, William, Mary J., Johnza., and Narcissa Fowler for a total of $783 (see ¶ x. below). Sons Richard and George had died by 1894. Presumably son James Campbell Fowler had also died by 1894.

The children of John (Jonza) & Jane (McCleary) Fowler were:

  1. JOHN FOWLER, born ca. 1818-1825, married PHEBY JANE [ -?- ], died 5 Sept. 1899, buried in Rushville City Cemetery, Schuyler Co., Ill.
  1. WILLIAM FOWLER, born ca. 1826 in Va., married JANE COCHRAN, died 9 Jan. 1898, buried in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill. Jane was born ca. 1832 in Belmont Co., Ohio, died 15 Apr. 1899, buried in Rushville City Cemetery.  William and Jane came to Schuyler Co., Ill. in 1862.  According to the 1882 Patrons List Rushville city, William was in the Family Groceries business.
  1. JONZA (JOSHUA) FOWLER, born ca. 1823-1826 in Va., died 5 Oct. 1895, buried in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill. In 1853, Jonzy Fowler purchased the gun belonging to his deceased grandfather, Thomas McCleary, for 93¢.24  A Jonza Fowler is named in the 1861 Militia Roll for Schuyler Co., Ill.
  1. NARCISSA FOWLER, born ca. 1822-1834 in Va., died 24 Mar. 1895, buried in Rushville City Cemetery..
  1. RICHARD F. (or T.) FOWLER, born ca. 1831 in Va., died 6 Dec. 1859 in Schuyler Co., Ill., buried in Rushville City Cemetery.
  1. GEORGE W. FOWLER, born ca. 1832/1833 in Va., died 23 July 1882, buried in Rushville City Cemetery.
  1. MARY JANE FOWLER, born ca. 1834-1837, died after 1894.
  1. JAMES CAMPBELL FOWLER, died before 1894
  1. MARIA (MARIAH) E. McCLEARY, born July 2, 1800 in Va., married JOHN SCOTT, died Oct. 16, 1822 in Va. Maria’s vital statistics are recorded in the Canaday family Bible (figure 3). John was born ca. 1794 in Va. (now the W. Va. panhandle), the eldest child of Francis & Elizabeth (Hunter) Scott.

In the 1820 census, John Scott was listed in Wellsburg, Brooke Co., Va. (now W.Va.);

Maria (McCleary) Scott died Oct. 16, 1822. No specific record of John Scott, son of Francis & Elizabeth Scott, has been found for the years following Maria’s death. Daughter Eliza Jane was less than a year old and Mary only three when their mother died. It is likely that John left Virginia, probably bound for Guernsey Co., Ohio where his parents and most of his siblings resided. He no doubt remarried. There is record of a John Scott marrying Jane Neil in Guernsey Co. 5 Apr. 1825,25 but a definitive connection to Maria’s husband has not been made.

The two daughters of John & Maria (McCleary) Scott were:

  1. MARY SCOTT, born Aug. 14, 1819 in Va., married Dr. CHARLES H. SCHREIBER Sep. 26, 1850 in Morgan Co., Ohio,26 died June 4/6 1895 in Sharon, Noble Co., Ohio. Charles was born Dec. 9, 1816 in Hanover, Germany, died Feb. 1, 1872 in Sharon. He was a son of C. Louis & Eliza (Smith) Schreiber. Both Mary & Charles were buried in the Sharon Cemetery.27

When the 1850 census for Olive Twp., Morgan (now Noble) Co., Ohio was taken on July 30 (pp. 254-255), Mary Scott, age 20 [actually 30], born Va., was residing at the hotel which her sister, Eliza Jane, was operating with her husband, James Canada [Canaday]. Charles Schreiber lived nearby (p. 256). He was listed as age 22 [actually 33], physician, $440 value of property, born Germany.

In 1850 Charles Schreiber bought for $740 from J. McGlashen, land in Section 6, Township 6, Range 2, just north of the village of Sharon.

On June 11, 1852, Charles H. Schreiber received $20 from the estate of his wife’s grandfather, Thomas McCleary.

In 1860, Mary’s uncle, James L. McCleary, willed her $75. Mary is identified in the will as sister Mariah’s daughter Mary Scriber.28

In the 1860 census for Sharon Village, Noble Co., Ohio, Charles Schreiber was head of the following household (dwelling #46, family #46):

On May 17, 1862, Mrs. Mary Schreiber was received into the Olive Presbyterian Church on examination. Her husband joined the church on Feb. 12, 1869.29

In the 1870 census of the Village of Sharon, Sharon Twp., Noble Co., Ohio (p. 26), Charles Schreiber was head of the following household:

Charles Schreiber wrote his will on Dec. 13, 1871 naming his wife Mary, his daughters Ann Charlotte & Mary Virginia, and his sons Charles Julius & Lewis Otto as heirs. Executors were his wife Mary and his brother Adolph Julius Schreiber. Witnesses were J. W. Kraps, Frederick Yerian & Joseph Purkey.30 Joseph Purkey was a son-in-law of Mary's sister, Eliza Jane (Scott) Canaday.

Dr. Schreiber died Feb. 1, 1872 and was buried in the Sharon Cemetery. His wife outlived him by 23 years. Mary Schreiber died June 4/6, 1895 and was buried beside her husband.31 Although Mary’s tombstone gives her death day as June 4, the local newspaper wrote on June 6 that "Mrs. Schreiber lies near death."

Figure 4 shows the Schreiber property (lots 35, 36, & 37) on Mill St., Sharon, in 1876.32

In the 1880 census for Sharon Twp., Noble Co., Ohio (p. 16D), Mary Schreiber was head of the following household (E. D. #197):

In 1894, Mary Schreiber received a disbursement of $391.51 from the estate of her uncle, Rev. Thomas McCleary (see ¶ x. below).

The children of Dr. Charles & Mary (Scott) Schreiber were all born in Noble Co., Ohio:

  1. ELIZA JANE SCOTT, born Nov. 5, 1821 at Fowler’s, Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.), married JAMES CANADAY Aug. 26, 1841 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, died Mar. 31, 1902 in Cumberland, Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio, buried in Cumberland Cemetery. James Canaday was born Aug. 22, 1818, probably in Licking Co., Ohio, the son of James & Elizabeth Canaday, died Feb. 7, 1887 in Cumberland, buried in Cumberland Cemetery. James was a Civil War veteran.

James & Eliza Jane Canaday began their married life in Putnam (now a part of Zanesville), Muskingum Co., Ohio. Eliza Jane was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church there.

In the spring of 1848, James & Eliza Jane moved to Morgan (now Noble) Co., Ohio. On Apr. 26, 1849 James Canaday bought for $75 from William F. & Rebecca Smith 36.45 perches of land in the southeast quarter of Section 6, Township 6, Range 9.33 At that time this property was located in Manchester Twp., Morgan Co. It is now near the northeast corner of Sharon Twp., Noble Co., northwest of the Town of Sharon. The eastern half of Morgan Co. was incorporated into the new county of Noble in 1851.34

In the 1850 census for Olive Twp., Morgan Co., Ohio (pp. 253-4), James Canaday was head of the following household:

On Mar. 30, 1852, James Canaday purchased an additional 4½ square poles in the southeast quarter of Section 6, Township 6, Range 9 from Stephen & Lucinda Teidrick, for $80.35 On May 14, 1855, James & Eliza Jane Canaday sold this land to David R. Hefner for $80.36

On June 11, 1852, Eliza Jane Canaday inherited $20 from the estate of her grandfather Thomas McCleary.

In the 1860 census for Sharon Village, Noble Co., Ohio (p. 401B), James Canaday was head of the following household:

On May 7, 1863, James Canaday bought from Joseph & Nancy Carr for $75, lot #5 in the East Stevens Addition to the Town of Sharon.37 He and Eliza Jane sold that lot to Solomon Robinson for $500 on Mar. 21, 1864.38

The James Canaday family moved northwest about 9 miles to the Town of Cumberland in Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio. The first land purchase James made in Cumberland was on Mar. 1, 1865 when he bought from Dr. Charles & Mary Draper for $1,000, part of lot #11 on which the Globe House Hotel stood. On the same date, James bought a part of lot #2 in the Bemis & Hurd Addition of Cumberland from the Drapers.39 On Jan. 18, 1866, James bought an additional part of lot #11 for $20 from Wesley & Susannah Ripley.40 This part of lot #11 lay immediately to the north of the land James had purchased the previous March.

For the next fifteen years, James continued to add to his land holdings.

By the 1870 census for Cumberland, Guernsey Co., Ohio (p. 586), James Canaday was head of the following household:

In the 1880 census for Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio (p. 252B), James Canaday was head of the following household on Main St., Cumberland:

Also listed in the household were four male boarders – two physicians, one baker & one cabinet maker.

No probate papers or obituary have been found for James Canaday. The date of his death was entered in the family Bible. His widow, Eliza Jane, and daughter Ella continued to operate the Globe House Hotel until Eliza Jane’s death on Mar. 31, 1902.

On Aug. 22, 1894, Eliza Jane Canada received $391.51 from the estate of her uncle, Rev. Thomas McCleary (see ¶ x. below).

In the 1900 census for Cumberland Village, Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co, Ohio (p. 308B), Eliza Jane Canaday was head of the following household:

Eliza Jane wrote her will Mar. 4, 1896.41 She bequeathed to her daughter Ella Canaday all her household goods, live stock and all the money she had saved from her husband’s pension. To her daughters Ella Canaday & Emma (Canaday) Barton, she bequeathed in equal shares all the money she had received from the estate of her uncle, Rev. Thomas McCleary.

The Application for Probate of Will for Eliza J. Canaday lists the following next of kin:

Witnesses: J. E. McClelland & E. B. Conner.

The deaths of all of Eliza Jane’s family were recorded in the Canaday family Bible (figure 5). Her obituary appeared in the Apr. 9, 1902 "Cumberland Echo," front page, center column. A card of thanks from Ella Canaday, the Barton family & Daisy Purkey also appeared in the same issue of the local newspaper. Family members attending Eliza Jane’s Apr. 2 funeral were:

Apparently Eliza Jane Canaday willed the Canaday land holdings to her children and grandchildren. They, in turn, sold the land to Ella Canaday.

The eight children of James & Eliza Jane (Scott) Canaday were:

Joseph was born Feb. 20, 1836 in Sharon, Ohio, of German parents. In 1850 the Purkey family moved to Iowa, but returned to Sharon following Joseph’s father’s death from cholera. In 1856 Joseph entered Sharon College. On Aug. 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 116th OVI and was chosen orderly sergeant of the company. He was severely wounded at the battle of Piedmont, where he was taken prisoner, and incarcerated at Andersonville. He was again wounded in his attempt to escape from the prison. He was recaptured and confined in Andersonville for 8 months after which he succeeded in escaping to return to the Union Army. He participated in the final battle of the Civil War which culminated in Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Soon after, Joseph Purkey was made first lieutenant and brevet captain for "gallant conduct in the field." During a short absence from his regiment in 1862, he married Augusta Canaday, whom he had met during his college days when he was a guest at the Globe House Hotel. Following Augusta’s death, in 1888 (1891?) Joseph Purkey married Lida Kingston.42  (<http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcclearyduker&id=I1533>).

In the 1880 census for Spencer Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio (p. 249B), Joseph Purkey was head of the following household on Main St. in Cumberland:

  • Joseph Purkey, 44, justice of peace, born Ohio, parents born Pa.
  • Augusta Purkey, wife, 36, keeps house, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
  • James Purkey, son, 5, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
  • Ray Purkey, son, 3, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
  • Daisy Purkey, daughter, 1, born Ohio, parents born Ohio.

In 1890 in a unique census for veterans entitled "Special Schedule – Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows," the following data is recorded on page 6, line 24 (Cumberland):

  • House #259 – Family #268
  • Purkey, Joseph, Capt. Company H
  • Regiment – 116 OVI
  • Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862; discharged June 24, 1865
  • Length of service: one year, ten months, two days
  • Disability incurred: two gun shots, right thigh
  • Remarks: Andersonville – 8 months.

Joseph died in 1919 in Ohio.

The eight children of Joseph & Hannah Augusta (Canaday) Purkey were:

  • JOSEPH W. PURKEY, born 1864, died 1871, buried in Cumberland Cemetery.
  • MINNIE A. PURKEY, born 1866, died 1870 in Guernsey Co., Ohio, buried in Cumberland Cemetery.
  • HARRY F. PURKEY, born 1868 in Guernsey Co., Ohio, died 1871 in Guernsey Co., buried Cumberland Cemetery.
  • [ -?- ] PURKEY, female, born & died Feb. 2, 1872.
  • JAMES C. PURKEY, born ca. 1875, married MATIE [ -?- ] before 1902. James was living in Cambridge, Ohio in 1925.
  • RAY A. PURKEY, born 1877, died 1881, buried in Cumberland Cemetery.
  • DAISY JANE PURKEY, born Apr. 1879 in Guernsey Co., Ohio, married VANCE LEE GLASS 5 Dec. 1905, died 1921.  Lee was born abt. 1868 in Ohio.  The children of Vance Lee & Daisy Jane Glass were all born in Guernsey Co., Ohio:
  1. VIRGINIA L. GLASS, born 1907, married REX RIDENOUR, died before 2000.
  2. GENEVA GLASS, born 9 July 1910, married ELBERT P. STILLE, Jr., died 19 Feb. 2005.
  3. SARAH AUGUSTA GLASS, born 1912, died 13 Dec. 1997 in Zanesville, Ohio, buried Cumberland Cemetery.
  4. ROBERT GLASS, born 1914, died Feb. 1976.
  5. WINNIFRED F. GLASS, born 2 Aug. 1915 in Cumberland, Spencer Co., married CLIFFORD MORRIS, died 2 Dec. 2000 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, buried in Cumberland Cemetery. Clifford died 3 Mar. 1997.  Winnifred was an administrative assistant for the IRS.  She was a member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Cumberland.  (<http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcclearyduker&id=I1277>).
  6. JOSEPH GLASS died 1921.

 

  • FRANK SCOTT PURKEY, born Nov. 1881 in Guernsey Co., Ohio, died 1923, buried in Cumberland Cemetery.

By 1870 Walker was associated with his father in the R. Barton & Son steam grist mill. When his father died in 1883, Walker became the town miller.

Walker & Emma (Canaday) Barton had two sons, both born in Cumberland:

  • ARTHUR WILLIAM BARTON, born July 3, 1885, married MABEL GOOLDY Aug. 14, 1913, died 23 Sep. 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, buried 26 Sep. 1952 in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.. A daughter of James & Mary Frances (Kelly) Gooldy, Mabel was born May 25, 1886 in Savery, Carbon Co., Wyo., died Mar. 14, 1944 in Cleveland, buried Mar. 17, 1944 in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Arthur & Mabel were the parents of ROBERT GOOLDY BARTON who married BETTY TOTH and JAMES CURTIS BARTON (born Sep. 15, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, died Oct. 16, 1992 in Kirkland, King Co., Wash.) who married ELEANOR MARIE BANKS.
  • KARL EDGAR BARTON, born Apr. 16, 1888, married IVA ALICE SHOWALTER Dec. 28, 1914 in Van Wert, Ohio, died Mar. 21, 1946 in Akron, Ohio of a cerebral hemorrhage. Alice was born Feb. 16, 1890 in Harrison Twp., Van Wert Co., Ohio, a daughter of Martin & Mary (Pancake) Showalter, died of a heart attack Oct. 23, 1953 in Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio. Both are buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Twinsburg, Ohio. Karl was associated with the Mechanical Goods Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., with assignments in Toronto, Canada, Wolverhampton, England, and Akron, Ohio. Karl & Alice had one son WILLIAM WALLACE BARTON who married ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON. See my Barton article at <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/> for more Barton data.
  1. ELIZA McCLEARY, born 1801-1804, married JAMES KERR (CARR), died before 1849.

According to the inventory of the estate of Eliza’s father, Thomas McCleary, James & Eliza Kerr’s six children – Samuel Carr, Maria Carr, Pennelia Wheeler, Mary Wheeler, Eliza Jane Herrald (?) & Sarah Ann Kirk - were bequeathed $5 each on Apr. 11, 1852.

In his 1860 will, Eliza’s brother James McCleary made the following bequests to Eliza’s family:

Eliza’s brother, Rev. Thomas McCleary, bequeathed to James & Eliza’s descendants the following (see ¶ x. below):

From the above, it would appear that James & Eliza (McCleary) Kerr/Carr had the following children. None were found in the marriage records of Brooke Co.:

  1. MARY KERR, born ca. 1832 (?), married [ -? -] WHEELER before 1849, died after 1894.
  1. SAMUEL KERR, died after 1894.
  1. SARAH ANN KERR married JOHN KIRK before 1852, died after 1894.
  1. ELIZA JANE KERR married (1) [ -?- ] HERRALD before 1852, married (2) [ -?- ] JONES before 1894, died after 1894.
  1. PENNELIA KERR married [ -?- ] WHEELER before 1852, died after 1894.
  1. MARIAH KERR married [ -?- ] MAGRIDE/McCARTHY after 1852, died after 1894.
  1. JAMES KERR, died before 1894. Although James was not a legatee of the estate of his grandfather Thomas McCleary, his uncle James McCleary specifically named a James Carr as a child of his sister Eliza Carr in his will (see ¶ i. above). James Carr was apparently dead by the time the Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate was settled in 1894 but his children Charles & Helen each received one-half of James’ share of the distribution.The children of James Kerr/Carr & his wife were:
  1. WILLIAM McCLEARY, born Feb. 18, 1805 near Winchester, Frederick Co., Va.,43 married SUSAN GIBSON WILKINSON Jan. 17, 1836 in Uniontown, Fayettte Co., Pa., died Apr. 3, 1882 in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. Susan was born ca. 1815/1816 in Connellsville, Fayette Co., Pa., a daughter of Thomas & Prudence (Lewis) Wilkinson of Hillsboro, Fayette Co., Pa., died Jan. 3, 1887.

J. H. Beers, writing in 1883, reported that William McCleary learned the trade of cooper as a youth. The 1820 census for Wellsburg Twp., Brooke Co., Va. (p. 30) listed a William McClary, aged 16-26, living alone and engaged in manufacture. It is tempting to believe that this was Thomas McCleary’s third son, despite his being just a few months over fifteen when the census was taken. Beers suggests that, because Thomas McCleary’s farm was small and the family large, William was obliged to seek his fortune at a young age. Beers goes on to say that William’s health proved too delicate for manual labor and that his first paying job was that of school teacher.44

Later, William took trading vessels down the Ohio River. In 1830 he moved to Washington Co., Pa., and began driving the stage then being run between Washington and Wellsburg, Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.) After driving for some months on this route, he secured employment as driver of a mail coach on the Cumberland Road. Under this engagement he first drove from Hillstown to Claysville, afterward from Washington to Wheeling, and during a portion of the time into Ohio. In all, he drove about eighteen years, sometimes two, sometimes four, and on special occasions, even six horses. In later years William would recount many a tale of the excitement when opposition lines were competing for public patronage. "Mr. McCleary was driving a large black team from Triadelphia to Wheeling. On coming to Wheeling hill, he threw the rubber bar down, but the blocks jumping, the bar struck the off wheel-horse, which sprang forward, and in an instant the team became unmanageable and in full flight. Reaching the culvert at the foot of the hill, the coach turned over, hind end foremost, threw the driver in a hog wallow, and tumbled the passengers and mail around generally. Finding no one hurt, and the horses all gone, he ran for the post office to have them bring their wagon and get the mail in on time; for if he failed to get the mail to the office at the right time, he was liable to lose his position. Only one horse of that team was ever fit to be hitched again, and two of them were killed outright in the disaster."45 William lived in Claysville, Donegal Twp., Washington Co., for six years.

In the 1840 census for Claysville, Donegal Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (p. 193), William McClary was head of the following household:

William’s next occupation was constable of Donegal Twp. for five years. For the next two years, he was toll collector near West Alexander, Donegal Twp., on the National Road. At that time the tolls often amounted to as much as $400/month. He lived in West Alexander for nine years. He also held the position of superintendent of the Cumberland Road for three years.

In the 1850 census for Donegal Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (p. 502), William McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #230, family #230):

After leaving the toll gate, William moved to East Finley Twp., Washington Co., and purchased from George Enlow a farm near the headwaters of the Templeton fork of Wheeling Creek. Later he bought three other tracts, two in Washington Co., and one in West Virginia.

In the 1860 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (page 373), William McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #228, family #225):

In the 1870 census for East Finley Twp., Claysville P. O., Washington Co., Pa. (page 37B), William McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #81, family #83):

In the 1880 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (page 179), William McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #98, household #100):

William was an executor of Thomas McCleary’s will. He inherited $310.792/3 from his father on Apr. 1, 1852. His sons inherited $500. From his father’s inventory, William purchased one wagon, one saddle and one pair of saddle bags.46 In 1860 he inherited $400 from his brother James (see ¶ i. above).

For many years William was a devoted member of the Baptist Church at Pleasant Grove, East Finley Twp., in which he held the office of deacon. Politically, he was an active Democrat, holding various township offices. At the time of his death in 1882, his estate was valued at $50,000.47 A bond of $10,000 was paid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to the taking of William McCleary’s inventory.48

William McCleary’s heirs were his widow Susan and his ten surviving children. On Apr. 2, 1883, son James Clark McCleary bought 123 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches from his mother and siblings.49 On that same date, he sold 7 acres, 84 perches, including William McCleary’s home farm, to his brothers John E., Lewis C. and William L. McCleary.50 Also on Apr. 2, 1883, Susan and children Thomas J., James C., Francis, Martin, Mary Jane & Martha, along with their spouses, and unmarried daughter Carrie McCleary, sold 186 acres, 2 roods, 27 perches of William McCleary’s land to brothers John E., Lewis C. and William L. McCleary.51

On Sep. 6, 1878, William McCleary had purchased 111 acres, 1 rood, 5 perches in West Finley Twp.52 His living heirs sold this property on Apr. 2, 1883 to Thomas Steele, of West Finley Twp.53

In each of the above sales, 1/3 of the purchase price was reserved as dower protection for the widow Susan, required to be invested by the grantee. The interest therefrom was paid to Susan annually. The principal from each investment was released to the grantors on June 16, 1887, following Susan McCleary’s death. In the period between the 1883 sales of William McCleary’s property and the 1887 distribution of the monies withheld for Susan’s benefit, two of William & Susan’s children died: daughter Martha Danley and son Martin Luther McCleary. Martin had remarried in the interim, for the deed releasing the dower funds for 119 acres, 72 perches in East Finley Twp. named among the grantors, Jennie McCleary, widow & administratrix of Martin Luther McCleary, late of Fairmont, W. Va. It also named John S. Danley, administrator of the estate of Martha L. Danley.54

Susan McCleary’s will, written Dec. 31, 1886, named her children James Clark, William Linn, Lewis Calvin, Francis Marion, Martin Luther, Caroline Amelia and John Ewing McCleary as heirs to share and share alike. There was no mention of eldest son Thomas J. McCleary. To her daughter Caroline Amelia, she also gave all her household and kitchen furniture. And to the children of daughter Mary Jane Bell, she gave $100 each. Her executors were sons James Clark & William Linn McCleary. Son and heir Martin Luther McCleary died between the writing of Susan’s will and the distribution of her assets.55

The eleven children of William & Susan (Wilkinson) McCleary were all born in Washington Co., Pa.:

  1. THOMAS J. McCLEARY, born Feb. 20, 1837 in Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., married MARTHA J. ROSSELL Aug. 8, 1860 in Washington Co., Pa., died 23 Feb. 1923 in Marshall Co., W. Va., buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co., W. Va.  Martha was born 1840 in Pa., died Nov. 11, 1915 in Marshall Co., W. Va., buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co., W. Va.  She was a daughter of Rev. Job & Mariah L. (Layton) Rossell.

In the 1870 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (page 44), Thomas J. McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #179, family #181):

In the 1880 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (p.181B), Thomas J. McCleary reported that his father [William] was born in W. Va. Actually, Frederick Co. in Virginia prior to the establishment of West Virginia, remained in the state of Virginia after partition.

Thomas was educated in the public schools, the academy and normal school. He taught in Greene and Washington counties a number of terms, after which he studied law. He was a farmer, stock-grower and attorney. He owned and dealt in Western lands.

Thomas and Martha were members of the Baptist church. He also belonged to the I.O.O.F. and Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange. They resided in East Finley Twp., Washington Co. Thomas was a Democrat, "accustomed to addressing the public when called to do so."56

Thomas received a disbursement of $87.00 from his uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894 (see ¶ x. below).

The children of Thomas & Martha (Rossell) McCleary were:57

  1. JAMES CLARK McCLEARY, born Jan. 3, 1839, married MARGARET (Maggie) BLACK HAIR, died Mar, 23, 1912 in Claysville, Washington Co., Pa.. He was a farmer in West Finley Twp., Washington Co. Maggie was born Nov. 1846 in East Finley Twp., died June 9, 1920 in Claysville, Washington Co., Pa..

In the 1880 census for West Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #268, sheet #14, line #29), James C. McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #116, family #122):

On Apr. 2, 1883, James Clark bought a parcel of his father’s land (123 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches) from his mother and siblings.60 On the same date, he sold 7 acres, 84 perches to brothers John E., Lewis C. & William L. McCleary.61

James received a disbursement of $87.00 from his uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894.

In his will written on Apr. 12, 1904,62 James Clark McCleary left all his property to his wife, Margaret B. McCleary "during her natural life, or while she remains a widow." At her decease or remarriage, his assets were to be divided equally among his seven children. Executors were his sons H. M. and E. E. McCleary. James Clark McCleary was living in Claysville, Washington Co., Pa. when he wrote his will and the codicil to his will dated Mar. 4, 1912. The codicil reads, "To my wife, Margaret B. McCleary, I bequeath the house and lot in Claysville, where we now reside, to be hers absolutely." His brother Lewis Calvin McCleary was one of the witnesses to the codicil. James Clark McCleary died 19 days after signing the codicil.

Maggie McCleary wrote her will May 2, 1917, naming seven children and two grandchildren as heirs. She was living at Green & Church Sts., Claysville at the time. When her will was admitted for probate June 24, 1920, her real estate was valued at $4,000; personal property at $500. She directed that her house and lot in Claysville be sold within a year of her death and the proceeds divided among her seven children.62a

The seven children of James Clark & Maggie (Hair) McCleary were all born in Washington Co., Pa.:

  • CLAIRE McCLEARY.
  • CHARLES McCLEARY.
  1. JOHN EWING McCLEARY, born June 24, 1841 in Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., married in 1872 CORNELIA CARTER, died May 17, 1924 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., W. Va., where he owned farmland.  He was buried May 20, 1924 in Big Run Cemetery, Marshall Co., W. Va.62d  He bought a 1/3 interest in his deceased father’s home.63 Cornelia may have been John’s cousin and a daughter of Mary C. Carter and a granddaughter of Lewis & Martha (McCleary) Carter (see ¶ix.a & ¶ix.g below). Cornelia was born Mar. 1850 in Brooke Co., Va.

John received a disbursement of $87.00 from his uncle, Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894.

With brothers Lewis Calvin & William Linn McCleary, John McCleary purchased two of his father’s farms from his siblings and mother on Apr. 2, 1883. One contained 186 acres, 2 roods, 27 perches and the other was a tract of 7 acres, 84 perches on which the family home stood. Both properties were in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa.

Even though he was a resident of Marshall Co., W. Va., John McCleary still held his 1/3 share of his father’s above two properties at the time of his death in 1924. Thus a copy of his will, written on Dec. 9, 1921, appears in the Washington Co., Pa. records in Will Book 38:415-17 & 595. His Pennsylvania real estate was valued at $6,500.

His personal property in Washington Co. included an undivided ½ interest in the coal underlying the above real estate. The mortgage on that property was foreclosed after his death. In his will, John McCleary directed that his real and personal property be divided equally among his four children. Apparently his wife Cornelia (Carter) McCleary predeceased him.

The children of John & Cornelia (Carter) McCleary were:

  1. MARY JANE McCLEARY, born Dec. 17, 1843 in Pa., married ROBERT BELL, a farmer in South Franklin Twp., Washington Co. Robert was born ca. 1845, died May 3, 1897 of consumption which had troubled him for one year.63c  Mary Jane died of cancer Apr. 9, 1901 at McDonald.  She had been sick five months; buried at Arlington Apr. 11, 1901.63d Mary Jane Bell was baptized Feb. 17, 1866 in Pleasant Grove Church.63e

In the 1880 census for Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #247, sheet #18, line #14), Robert Bell was head of the following household (dwelling #124, family #131):

Living next door to the young Bells, were Robert’s parents (dwelling #123, family #130):

Mary J. Bell received an $87.00 disbursement from her uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894. (See ¶1.x. below.)

Robert Bell wrote his will on Mar. 11, 1897.64 To his wife, Mary Jane, he bequeathed all his real and personal property during her lifetime, provided she remain his widow. After her death, his executors were directed to sell all the residue of his estate and distribute the proceeds to his children, with the following special provisos:

  1. Son James to receive $100 per year from the time of his coming of age until the death of his mother so long as he remained with her and managed the farms.
  2. Daughters Alice & Josephine to receive $100 each as a special gift.
  3. Son Archie C., in consideration of advances made to him prior to the writing of Robert Bell’s will, to receive $500 less in the general distribution.

Robert Bell stipulated that if his wife or executors wished to sell the farm known as the East Finley property (deceased father-in-law’s farm?), they were permitted to do so. Executors were Thomas J. McCleary & James. Bell.

The children of Robert & Mary Jane (McCleary) Bell were all born in Pa.:

  1. SARAH E. McCLEARY, born Jan. 16, 1846, married H. PORTER McCARRELL, died Aug. 6, 1876, buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Washington Co., Pa. It should be noted that Sarah’s tombstone gives her birth as Jan. 18, 1848.65 Porter was born Dec. 1844 in Pa., died 1910.  He was a farmer in Morris Twp., Washington Co.

Porter & Sarah (McCleary) McCarrell had a son:

  1. Dr. WILLIAM LINN (LYNN) McCLEARY, born May 23, 1848 in West Alexander, Donegal Twp., Washington Co., married (1) MARY ELIZABETH (Lizzie) BRINTON Nov. 3, 1875,died Feb. 14, 1933 in Short Creek, Ohio Co., W. Va., buried Feb. 16, 1933 in Washington, Pa.65a  Lizzie, born ca. 1855, was a daughter of S. M. & Mary (McGrew) Brinton of Allegheny Co., Pa. She died between Aug. 1896 when her last child was born and 1900. William married (2) CATHERINE EMELINE McCULLLOCH in 1904.  Catherine was born Aug. 29, 1856 in Ohio Co., W. Va., died Oct. 1947 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., W. Va., buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington Co., Pa.  She was a daughter of Samuel McCulloch and Rebecca Lauck.65b

At age 19 William went to Washington borough to study dentistry in the office of Dr. Samuel Fulton for two years. William then opened his own dental office in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. Four years later he returned to Washington.

In the 1880 census for Canton Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #247, sheet #33, line 6), William McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #12, family #12):

In the 1900 census for East Washington Borough, Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #167, sheet #8, line #13), William McCleary was head of the following household at 71 Wade Ave. (dwelling #144, family #154):

All the above could read, write & speak English.

Dr. William McCleary was a trustee of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in 1893. Aside from his profession, he had diverse financial interests, such as oil and gas speculation and various farming investments. With brothers John E. & Lewis C. McCleary, William purchased a 1/3 interest in 186 acres of land that had belonged to his father.66 With the same brothers, he also purchased a 1/3 interest in his father’s home.67 He was a stockholder of the People’s Light & Heat Co. and of the Tyler Tube Works.

The children of William & Mary (Brinton) McCleary were all born in Washington Co., Pa.:68

  1. MARTHA L. McCLEARY, born Aug. 16, 1850, married JOHN SCOTT DANLEY in 1869, died 20 June 1883 in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. John was born Sep. 12, 1845  in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., died 9 Nov. 1917, a son of Samuel Scott and Ruth B. (Enlow) Danley.  John married (2) Mrs. Jennie M. (Gunn) Nally 29 Apr. 1886.  John farmed his parent's old home farm.  He was a prosperous and influential citizen of East Finley Twp. and in general knowledge considerably above the average farmer.  He was a member of the Dog Wood Grove United Presbyterian Church and in politics he was a prominent and active Republican.68b

In the 1880 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #244, sheet # 16, line #6), John S. Danley was head of the following household (dwelling #140, family #143):

M. T. Danley, guardian of Martha (McCleary) Danley’s children, received a disbursement of $87.00 from Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894. The five children identified were George, James, Ruth, Roberta and (?) Danley. (See ¶1.x. below.)

The children of John & Martha (McCleary) Danley were:

  1. FRANCIS MARION McCLEARY, born July 18, 1853, married MARY ADELPHIA MITCHELL. Mary Adelphia was born 1853 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamic Co., Iowa. Francis was a farmer in East Finley Twp., Washington Co. After her husband died, Mary McCleary moved to Detroit, MI. She died Jan. 15, 1950 in Fairmont, Marion Co., W. Va..68d

At the time of the 1880 census for East Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pa. (E.D. #244, sheet 11, line 42), Francis & Mary Adelphia lived next door to Francis’ parents (dwelling #99, family #101):

Francis received a disbursement of $87.00 from his uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894.

The children of Francis & Adelphia (Mitchell) McCleary were all born in Washington Co., Pa.:

           WILLIS McCLEARY, born in 1908 in W. Va. (World War I Draft Registration Card.) 

  1. LEWIS CALVIN McCLEARY, born June 6, 1855 in East Finley Twp., Washington Co., married VIOLET ANN PORTER at the headwaters of the Templeton fork of Wheeling Creek May 1882, died Feb. 26, 1919 in Pa.. Violet was born Dec. 10, 1857(1858?) in Pa., a daughter of John B. and Ann Porter of Donegal Twp., died June 18, 1937.

Lewis was educated at Pleasant Grove School in West Finley Twp. He assisted his father on the family farm until 1876, when he began working for his brother-in-law, Robert Bell, of South Franklin Twp. (See ¶d. above.) Two years later he returned home and remained there. After his father’s 1882 death, Lewis purchased a one-third interest in the home farm (brothers John E. & William L. bought the other 2/3),69 and a 1/3 interest in his father’s house70 where he resided. He also owned 500 acres of farm land in Marshall Co., W. Va. On Sep. 14, 1896, Lewis bought 19 acres, 111 perches in East Finley Twp. from Elvira Baldwin.71 Just nine days before his death in Feb. 1919, Lewis McCleary bought 31 acres, 9.9 perches in East Finley Twp. from his daughter & son-in-law, Dessie & George Reaney.72 He was reputed to be one of the most prosperous young farmers in East Finley Twp.

Lewis was prominently identified with stock raising, having introduced some of the finest breeds of cattle and sheep to America. He was one of the first farmers to import Dorset sheep into East Finley Twp. He also bred imported Holstein cattle for sale.

Lewis and Violet were both members of the Baptist Church at Pleasant Grove. Lewis was a Democrat and held several township offices.73

Lewis received a disbursement of $87.00 from his uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894. (See ¶1.x. below.)

On Nov. 24, 1917, Lewis McCleary wrote his will, in which he bequeathed all his belongings to his wife, Violet Ann, unconditionally. His real estate consisted of two properties in East Finley Twp. – 25 acres & 31 acres – as well as a 1/8 interest in the oil production on 4 acres of the home farm. The value of his real estate at his death was $1,000; personal property was worth $3,000.74

When Violet Ann McCleary died in 1937, her estate included 30 acres in East Finley Twp., valued at $1,500 and personal property worth $3,000. Her legatees were granddaughters Cheerful (Turner) Rush and Arden Turner, and daughters Nellie Mae Conklin, Dessie Reaney, Marguerite Hull, & Juanita Matthews.75

The children of Lewis & Violet (Porter) McCleary were:

  1. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER McCLEARY, born Aug. 13, 1857, married (1) LAURA D. STOY, married (2) JENNIE [- ?- ],79 died Mar. 1, 1887 at the age of 30, buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Laura was born ca. 1857, died June 9, 1883 at the age of 26, buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Martin was a dentist in Fairmont, W. Va.

In the 1880 census for Canton Twp., Washington Co., Pa., Martin McCleary, 23, single, and a dentist, was living with his brother William McCleary who was also a dentist.

Martin & Laura (Stoy) McCleary had a son:

  1. CAROLINE AMELIA McCLEARY, born Dec. 6, 1860, married in Franklin Twp. WILLIAM WACHTER of Parker's Landing, Pa Aug. 16, 1890 (license #2164). Carrie was living in England (now Pleasant Grove), Pa. at the time of their marriage. William was born Mar. 1851 in Germany. Carrie died of lung trouble June 15, 1900 at her home at 343 Dewey Ave., South Washington, Pa.  She had been sick two weeks, buried in Washington Cemetery.80a

Caroline was living with her mother in 1887. She was bequeathed all the household & kitchen furniture that belonged to her mother in addition to an equal share in her mother’s financial assets.

Carrie A. McCleary received a disbursement of $87.00 from her uncle Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate on Aug. 23, 1894. This is somewhat odd, as her maiden name was used in the disbursement list.

In the 1900 census for South Washington Borough, Washington Co., Pa. (page 97, E. D. 168, sheet #10, family #233), William Wachter was head of the following household:

William & Caroline (McCleary) Wachter had the following children, all born in Pa.:

  1. SARAH H. McCLEARY, born ca. 1806 in Brooke Co., married JOHN FOWLER Nov. 15, 1826 in Brooke Co., Va.,81 died of pneumonia Feb. 1, 1880.82 John was born ca. 1797 in Pennsylvania, died Mar. 5, 1873 in Brooke Co.83 John was a son of William & Susanna (Zook) Fowler who moved to Brooke Co., Va. in 1806. William Fowler is remembered as being a Baptist preacher on Sunday and making whiskey all week.84

William Fowler became the miller at what was known as Fowler Mill near Virginville at Cross Creek. His son John inherited the grist mill at his father’s death, and passed it on to his son William M. Fowler. William M., in turn, willed the milling operation to his son, William S. Fowler, who moved the mill from Cross Creek to Fowlerstown on the Washington Pike in Wellsburg. Willie S. Fowler operated the mill there until 1900. The building was demolished in 1933.85

It was the William Fowler who came to Brooke Co. from Pennsylvania in 1806 who established Fowler’s Inn in 1848 ( Fig. 5a). Renamed Drover’s Inn, this popular eating establishment on Route 27 east of Wellsburg, W.Va. attracts a steady crowd in the 21st-century. The grist mill was located near the Inn.

The family of John & Susan (McCleary) Fowler seems to have been unusually close. Geographically, the senior Fowlers and their grown children lived on neighboring lots. At the time of the 1870 census, daughter Mary Jane (Fowler) Douglass, her husband and five children were actually living in the senior Fowler’s household. 

Each of the Fowler offspring named their first son John, after their father, and each of them also had a son William, named for their Grandfather Fowler. Two of John & Sarah Fowler’s children had a daughter Sarah, named for their mother.

In the 1850 census for Brooke Co., Va. (p. 225), John Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #16, family #16):

In the 1860 census for Fowler’s Post Office, District #3, Brooke Co., Va. (p. 63), John Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #413, family #395):

In 1870, daughter and son-in-law Mary Jane & Robert Douglass were living with the John Fowlers. (See ¶ b. below.) Both John & Sarah were dead by the time of the 1880 U. S. census.

Sarah’s father, Thomas McCleary, bequeathed $100 to her in his 1849 will but she does not appear among the beneficiaries in the 1853 inventory. Sarah purchased a cupboard from her deceased father’s inventory for 56¢.86 In 1860 she inherited $500 from the estate of her brother James.

John Fowler of Cross Creek Twp. wrote his will on July 4, 1868.87 He took special care to provide for deceased son Hiram’s family. First, he bequeathed to Hiram's children (John Edward, Sarah C., Ida Belle & William H. Fowler) a tract of land in Buffalo Twp., Brooke Co. called the Starr farm, which John Fowler had purchased from Richard Starr on Mar. 29, 1851.

He also willed to these same four grandchildren 114 acres of the lower end of his mill tract of land on Cross Creek.

The real estate was to be managed and controlled by executors of the will, John Fowler’s son, William M. Fowler, and son-in-law, Robert A. Douglass, until the youngest of the four grandchildren attained the age of 21. In the meantime, the executors had the option of leasing the land. After paying for repairs and taxes out of the farms’ profits, the executors were to pay annually 1/3 of the net profits to deceased son Hiram’s widow, Frances, so long as she remained a widow.

In the event all of Hiram’s children died in their minority, both the above lands would pass to John Fowler’s daughter, Mary Jane Douglass, and his son, William M. Fowler, and their heirs, except that daughter-in-law Frances Fowler would continue to receive 1/3 of the farms’ net profit as long as she remained a widow.

Additionally, $1,160 was to be invested on behalf of Hiram’s children with the interest to be used for their support. As each child reached 21, he/she was to receive an equal amount of the principal plus interest.

Only after Hiram’s family was provided for did John Fowler’s bequests turn to his other two children. To his daughter, Mary Jane Douglass, for her life and after her death to her six children, he gave all his title to the William Fowler (John Fowler’s deceased father) farm, i.e., an undivided 5/7 part of the farm in Cross Creek Twp. lying to the north of and adjoining the Wellsburg-Washington Turnpike.

To his son, William M. Fowler, for his life and then to his children, he bequeathed all the residue of his real estate, including 179 acres of his mill land on Cross Creek.

Finally, to his wife Sarah, he gave the use of the "mansion house" free of charge, the garden and stable situated on the lands devised to son William. William was required to pay his mother $75 annually while daughter Mary Jane Douglass was required to pay Sarah $112.50 annually, as were Hiram’s children (as a group).

To Sarah, his wife, he also gave one cow and such household & kitchen furniture as she may choose.

Executors William M. Fowler & Robert A. Douglass were authorized to sell at a private or public sale all of John Fowler's personal property not claimed by his wife. When all proceeds from the sales were collected, the executors were directed to pay out 1/3 to William M. Fowler, 1/3 to Mary Jane Douglass and to invest the final 1/3 for the support of Hiram’s children. As each of those children reached 21, they would become entitled to ¼ of the principal.

Before the proceeds from John Fowler’s personal estate were distributed, however, his executors were requested to invest $400 for the benefit of Nancy Beatty, "a girl I partially raised" (see 1870 census in ¶b. below) so long as she lived with Sarah, his wife, or with any of his children, or if she remained single and in need. John Fowler directed that his executors seek the counsel of G. W. Caldwell, Esq.

The will was probated in the April Term 1873.88

When Sarah Fowler wrote her will on Aug. 11, 1877, she was less solicitous of Hiram’s children. In fact, she didn’t mention them. To her eldest son, William M. Fowler, she bequeathed the family Bible, one desk, an 8-day clock, six chairs, and $100. To her daughter, Mary Jane Douglass, she gave the residue of her estate. Her executor was Thomas Baker of Fowler’s. At probate, son-in-law Robert Douglass was surety.

On Aug., 21, 1894, disbursements from Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate to John & Sarah Fowler’s descendants were (see ¶ x. below):

The three children of John & Sarah (McCleary) Fowler were:

  1. WILLIAM M. FOWLER, born Feb. 1828 at Fowler’s Mill, married (1) DEMARIUS WIGGINS Mar. 14, 1853 in Brooke Co.,90 married (2) HANNAH BUTLER BAXTER 1867, died between 1900 & 1910. Demarius was born ca. 1829 in Brooke Co., Va., died 1863 in Brooke Co., W. Va.. Hannah was born June 1837 in W. Va., died between 1910 & 1920.

In the 1860 U. S. census for Brooke Co., Va., Fowler’s P. O., District 3 (p. 62), William M. Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #405, family #387):

By the 1870 census for Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 501B), William M. Fowler was living with his second wife as head of the following household (dwelling #70, family #70):

In the 1880 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va., William Fowler was head of the following household:

In the 1900 U. S. census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 235), William M. Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #84, family #85):

William & Demarius (Wiggins) Fowler had one son:

  • MAYBELLE FOWLER, married JAMES HEDGES, and had sons:

    1.  JAMES HEDGES. 

    2.  GEORGE HEDGES, married MARGARET HOGG.

In the 1900 U. S. census for Main St., Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 256 B), J. H. V. Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #36, family #43):

  • J. H. V. Fowler, born Mar. 1848, 42, married 15 years, born W. Va., both parents born W. Va., [occupation illegible], rents a house
  • Maria Fowler, wife, born Jul 1864, 35, married 15 years, born Ill., father born W. Va., mother born Ohio
  • Mabel Fowler, daughter, born Dec. 1885, 14, single, born W. Va., father born W. Va., mother born Ill.

J. H. V. Fowler lived next door to his cousin John Douglass on Main St. in Wellsburg. Note the discrepancy, however, in his birth date with the 1854 date implied by the 1860 & 1870 censuses for father William Fowler and the Mar. 10, 1854 birth date recorded on his death certificate by Foster/Reasner Funeral Home. See also the census data below.

In the 1910 U. S. census for Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. (E.D. #5, family #379), J. H. V. Fowler was living in a rented house at 130 Tenth St. as head of the following family:

  • J. Veazie Fowler, 55, married 24 years, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., carpenter in a box factory
  • Maria L. Fowler, wife, 48, married 24 years, had one child, one child living, born Ohio, father born W. Va., mother born Ohio
  • Mabel Fowler, 23, daughter, single, born W. Va., father born W. Va., mother born Ohio, stenographer in a tin mill.

William & Hannah (Baxter) Fowler had four children, all born in Brooke Co., W. Va.:

  • William S. Fowler, 35, married 2 years, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., dairy farmer, owned farm free of mortgage
  • Carrie A. Fowler, wife, 33, married 2 years, no children, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., laborer on the home farm
  • Ella D. Fowler, sister, 31, single, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., laborer on the home farm
  • Hannah B. Fowler, mother, 71, widowed, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., no occupation.

By the time of the 1920 census, William’s mother Hannah had died, and his sister Ella was still living in his household on the Washington Pike. There were no children. Census data for Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., W. Va. (E.D. #3, sheet #9, line #57) shows William Fowler as head of the following household:

  • William Fowler, 45, married, can read & write, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., general farmer, own account
  • Carrie Fowler, wife, 43, married, can read & write, born W. Va., parents born U.S.
  • Ella Fowler, sister, 41, single, can read & write, born W. Va., parents born W. Va.

William & Carrie Fowler had no children.

  1. MARY JANE FOWLER, born ca. 1830 in Brooke Co., Va., married ROBERT DOUGLASS Dec. 29, 1848 in Brooke Co. Rev. Thomas McCleary, uncle of the bride, officiated.92 Robert was born ca. 1820 in Pennsylvania. Mary Jane died of pneumonia Jan. 21, 189293. Robert was dead in 1894 when the Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate was settled; son John T. Douglass accepted the bequest on behalf of the Douglass heirs.

In the 1850 census for Brooke Co., Va. (p. 225), Robert Douglass was head of household next door to his in-laws (dwelling #17, family #17):

Surprisingly, Mary Jane Douglass was omitted from this census.

In the 1860 U. S. census for Brooke Co. Va., Fowler’s P. O., District #3 (p. 62) Robert A. Douglass was head of the following household (dwelling #408, family #390):

By the time of the 1870 census for Brooke Co., W. Va., (p. 501B) Robert Douglass and his family were living with his wife’s parents (dwelling #68, family #68):

By the time of the 1880 census, both John & Sarah Fowler had died, and Robert Douglass was head of the following household in Brooke Co., W. Va.:

Note Robert Douglass' occupation change from carriage maker to farmer following his father-in-law's death.

The six children of Robert & Mary Jane (Fowler) Douglass were all born in Brooke Co., Va./W. Va.:

In the 1900 census for Wellsburg City, Brooke Co., W.Va. (p. 256B, E.D. #17, family #42), John Douglass was head of the following household on Main St.:

  • John Douglass, born May 1852, 48, married 16 years, born W. Va., father born Ohio, mother born W. Va., dry goods merchant, owns house free of mortgage
  • Bell Douglass, wife, born July 1856, 43, married 16 years, had one child, living, born W. Va., father born Md., mother born W. Va.
  • Ervin Douglass, son, born Feb. 1892, 8, single, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., attending school.
  • Mary Gilmore, 40, born Va., cook.

By the time of the 1920 census, John T. Douglass had died and his widow and son were living at 844 Main St. in Wellsburg (E.D. #5, sheet 13, line 39):

  • Belle E. Douglass, 62, widowed
  • John E. Douglass, son 26, married, electrician at the power company
  • Margaret Koran, maid, 17, single.

At the time of his death, John T. Douglass owned 20 shares in the Citizens Bank of Follansbee and 19 shares in the Wellsburg National Bank. He also owned one-half of the stock of the Lathem & Douglas Store, valued at $2,000, as well as store real estate valued at $4,000.

John & Belle (Ervin) Douglass had one son:

  • JOHN ERVIN DOUGLASS, born Feb. 24, 1892 in Wellsburg, W. Va. As heir to his father’s estate, J. E. Douglass received a car and $1,579.09 in cash. His mother, Belle Douglass, was administratrix of the estate, which was settled in Jan. 1915.96
  • HARRY DOUGLASS, died in infancy.

In the 1900 census for Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., W. Va. (dwelling #32, family #32), Marion Douglass was head of the following household:

  • Marion Douglass, born May 1859, 41, married 13 years, born W. Va., father’s birthplace unknown, mother born W. Va., farmer, can read & write, owns farm free of mortgage
  • Lillie S. Douglass, wife, born Apr. 1858, 42, married 13 years, had one child, one child living, born W. Va., father born Pa., mother born W. Va., can read & write
  • Mariana Douglass, daughter, born Dec. 1887, 12, single, born W. Va., both parents born W. Va., at school, can read & write.

Marion & Lillie (Hudson) Douglass had a daughter:

  • MARIANA DOUGLASS, born Dec. 1887 in Brooke Co., W. Va.,  married WILLIAM JUDSON HERVEY Jan 1, 1916 in Franklin, Brooke Co. William was born ca. 1889 in Wellsburg. They had children;

    1.  HELEN DOUGLASS HERVEY.

    2.  JUDSON (Buddy) HERVEY, Jr.

    3.  DOUGLAS HERVEY.

  1. HIRAM FOWLER, born ca. 1834/5 in Brooke Co., Va., married FRANCES E. (Beck) SMITH 27 Nov. 1856 by G. Granage,97a died of consumption Dec. 28, 1864 in Brooke Co., W. Va.98 At the time of his death, Hiram’s four children ranged in age from seven down to just a few months. Frances was born ca. 1838 in Brooke Co., daughter of Dr. Edward & Catharine (James) Smith, died after 1891 in Brooke Co. Hiram was a farmer and life-long resident of Brooke Co., W. Va.

In the 1860 census for Brooke Co., Va., Fowler’s P. O., District 3 (p. 51), Hiram Fowler was head of the following household (dwelling #332, family 318):

By the 1870 census for Brooke Co, W. Va. (p. 501B), Frances Fowler was a widow and head of the following household (dwelling #66, family #66):

Francis and her young family lived two doors from her parents-in-law (John & Sarah Fowler) and sister-in-law (Mary Jane Douglass) and four doors from her brother-in-law (William M. Fowler).

The four young children of Hiram & Frances (Smith) Fowler inherited two tracts of land from their grandfather, John Fowler, in 1873. (See above.) On July 31, 1891, Frances & her children sold both properties:

  1. The Mill Tract – Frances and her younger three children, and the husband of daughter Sarah Catherine (known as Kate), William Oakes, sold to John Woods for $1,400 the 114 acres which John Fowler described in his will as the lower end of his mill land on Cross Creek. Adjoining land owners were Cephas Carter, Ewing McCleary (brother of the children’s grandmother, Sarah Fowler), and the children’s uncle, William M. Fowler, who was willed the remainder of the mill land by John Fowler. The eldest son of Hiram & Frances Fowler, John Edward, had previously sold his share of the bequest to his mother and siblings.99
  1. The Starr Farm – Frances (Smith) Fowler and her four children sold to the children’s cousin, John T. Douglass, eldest son of Mary Jane (Fowler) Douglass and her husband Robert, the 129 acres in Buffalo District B.100

The children of Hiram & Frances (Smith) Fowler, all born in Brooke Co., were:

In the 1910 census for Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. (E.D. #5, family #245), John E. Fowler was head of the following household:

  • John E. Fowler, 52, married 27 years, born W. Va., parents both born W. Va., selector in a glass factory, owns house free of mortgage
  • Nora H. Fowler, wife, 48, married 27 years, had two children, two living, born W. Va., parents born Ohio
  • Frances Fowler, daughter, 14, single, born W. Va., parents born W. Va.
  • Mary H. Harvey, sister-in-law, 60, single, born W. Va., parents born Ohio.

In the 1920 census for Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. (E. D. #5, sheet # 12, line #69), John E. Fowler was head of the following household at 1001 Main St.:

  • John E. Fowler, 62, married, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., salaried manager of the Slonen Dept. at the glass factory
  • Nora H. Fowler, wife, 58, married, born W. Va., father born Pa., mother born Ohio
  • Francis Fowler, daughter, 24, single, born W. Va., parents born W. Va., salaried teacher at the high school
  • Mary Harvey, sister-in-law, 78, single, born Pa., father born Pa., mother born Ohio
  • Lizzie Gosnell, boarder, 71, single, seamstress, own account.

Even though Lenora (Harvey) Fowler left no will, the fact that she owned the south half of lot #409 in Wellsburg put her estate into probate. Her property which had an assessed valuation of $3,000 was appraised at $6,000 on Apr. 11, 1956. She had no personal property. Apparently the real estate had not been sold at the time Administratrix Frances Mahan was discharged Mar. 30, 1957. Since there were no funds in the estate, daughter Frances Mahan personally advanced $1,258.76 to cover Lenora’s funeral expenses.103

The children of John & Lenora (Harvey) Fowler were all born in W. Va.:

  • WILLIAM H. FOWLER, born June 10, 1885, died of consumption Feb. 14, 1903.  He was a 17-year-old student at the time of his death.103a
  • JANE HAMILTON FOWLER, born ca. 1889, married WILLIAM S. HALL of  Wellsburg Aug. 18, 1909.103b William was born 1886 in Brooke Co., W. Va.
  • FRANCES FOWLER, born Nov. 15, 1895 in Wellsburg, married HERMAN LEE MAHAN Sep. 18, 1923. Lee was born 1895/6 in Follansbee, W.Va.103c and died June 23, 1954. Frances was administratrix of her mother’s estate. The children of Herman Lee & Frances (Fowler) Mahan were:

1.  MARY LEE MAHAN, born 19 July 1929.

2.  JOHN MAHAN, born 4 Feb. 1931.

The children of William & Kate (Fowler) Oakes were:

  • BERTHA OAKES, born ca. 1883.
  • HIRAM HARRY OAKES born June 9, 1885 in Wellsburg.104a
  • PERCY L. OAKES (daughter), born May 10, 1889 in Wellsburg,104b died July 10, 1889 of meningitis.105
  • KATHERINE HAMBLETON.
  1. EWING McCLEARY, born Dec. 27, 1810 in Brooke Co., Va., married  MARY ANN MAGEE, died intestate Jan. 13, 1893 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. Mary Ann was a daughter of William & Martha (Fowler) Magee. She was born Dec. 12, 1822 in Washington Co.,  Pa., died May 24, 1861 in Brooke Co. Both Ewing & Mary Ann are buried in Franklin Cemetery, Route 27, Brooke Co.

In the 1860 U. S. census for Brooke Co., Va., Fowler P. O., District 3, taken June 21, 1860 (p. 73), Ewing McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #495, family #473):

In the 1870 U. S. census for Cross Creek, Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 502), widower Ewing McCleary was head of the following household (dwelling #78, family #78):

Note that the age of the youngest daughter Loretta indicates that she was born in 1861, the same year her mother died.

In the 1880 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 39), Ewing McCleary was head of the following household:

Note that daughter Loretta’s age must be understated by two years, as her mother died in 1861.

Ewing McCleary was an executor of his father Thomas McCleary’s will. On Apr. 1, 1852, he inherited $600 from his father’s estate. On Mar. 5, 1853, he inherited another $310.79 2/3.106 From his deceased father’s inventory, Ewing purchased one lot of shoemaker’s tools for 12½¢ and one lot of books for $16.05. In 1860 Ewing inherited $200 from the estate of his brother James. Son John R. McCleary, Ewing’s executor, received Ewing’s share - $763.72 – of the family distribution from the Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate (see ¶ x. below) on Aug. 21, 1894.

Mary Ann (and Ewing) apparently inherited an undivided fraction of land from Mary Ann’s father, William Magee, who had purchased this land on Mar. 22, 1839 from Daniel & Sarah Fowler and William Fowler. It consisted of 131 acres & 30 poles lying on the waters of Cross Creek. On Mar. 17, 1857, Ewing & Mary Ann McCleary sold their interest in this land of William Magee to Mary Ann’s brother, John Magee, for $850.107

On Feb. 6, 1843, Ewing bought for $1,400 from Robert & Isabell Casady, 125 acres & 42 perches of land on the waters of Cross Creek, lying partially in Cross Creek Twp., Washington Co., Pa., and partially in Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., Va. (Figure 6). Adjoining land owners were John Amspoker, Robert Scott & Charles Lessley. This land was part of a tract granted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to John Morris in 1788 (patent book 11:15).108 Note that John Amspoker was one of the witnesses to Thomas McCleary’s codicil.

This property was sold on Nov. 16, 1916 by Ewing McCleary’s heirs to Ewing’s son-in-law, Joseph K. McNutt, of the borough of Houston, Washington Co., Pa. The Deed of Sale listed Ewing’s heirs as the following:

The above heirs had granted Joseph K. McNutt power of attorney for the sale of this particular parcel of real estate.

Cash distributions to Ewing’s seven living children, plus half portions to the children of deceased daughter Martha Ellen (McCleary) Buxton were made on four occasions: Sep. 6, 1893, Mar. 24, 1894, June 29, 1894, Aug. 1894. Ewing’s children (Nancy, Lewis, Sarah, Annie, John, Florence & Rebecca) each received $716.48, $249.17, $125.99, & $91.97 – a total of $1,183.61. Granddaughters Frances Buxton & Jenny (Buxton) McNutt each received $358.24, $124.58, $62.50, & $45.98 – a total of $591.30. The total distribution to family members was $9,467.87.110

By 1888, Ewing had moved from the country to the town of Wellsburg. Son Lewis B. McCleary farmed his land on Cross Creek, and paid his father rent for the privilege. On Aug. 3, 1888, Ewing bought from Sarah J. Buchanan, J. W. & Maria Gist, Joseph & Bella Waugh, John C. & Fanny W. Palmer, C P. & Sue Waugh – all heirs of Eliza Palmer & Eliza Waugh – for $2,600, lot #233 and the south half of lot #234 in the City of Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va.111 The sale of this property by the commissioners of Ewing’s estate to James W. Cooper was recorded in Brooke Co. Deed Book 32:575.

On Apr. 20, 1853, John & Nancy Magee, brother & sister-in-law of Ewing’s wife Mary Ann, sold to Ewing McCleary for $3,272.80 the land John Magee had bought on Mar. 30, 1852 from William & Ewing McCleary, executors of the will of Thomas McCleary.112 On May 27, 1905, Ewing McCleary’s heirs, excepting sister Nancy, sold a 7/8 interest in this property to Lou A. Russell.113 Nancy McCleary sold her 1/8 interest to Lou A. Russell three weeks later for $2,362.50.114 When Nancy sold her interest in her father’s property, she was a lunatic confined to the Hospital for the Insane in Weston, W. Va.

When Nancy McCleary died in late 1910, her estate amounted to $2,583.17 (the excess over $2,362.50 being accrued interest) in cash and stock in the Wellsburg Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., valued at $363.02. The total amount of $2,946.19 was paid to court-appointed administrator E. R. Dickey for distribution to creditors and family heirs. It is worthy of note that when Commissioner Dickey presented his report of Nancy’s assets, it was accepted at a regular meeting of the Brooke Co. Court held on Fri. July 21, 1911 by President John T. Douglass (see ¶ vii.b. above), first cousin, once removed, of Nancy McCleary, and Commissioners Calvin Beck & S. H. Baxter. After funeral expenses and inheritance taxes were paid, Dickey made the following distributions on Aug. 19, 1911:

At the regular meeting of the County Court Mar. 8, 1912, the statement of accounts was accepted for filing and recording.115

On Sep. 26, 1892, before her mind snapped, Ewing’s daughter, Nancy D. McCleary, submitted a Statement & Inventory of Personal Property that had come into her hands in connection with the estate of Ewing McCleary of Wellsburg. On Jan. 31, 1893 an appraisal was submitted by Robert & Charles K. Scott and J. M. Walker. On Mar. 3, 1893, Nancy submitted a statement setting the value of Ewing’s estate at $11,316.87. Included was rent on a Pennsylvania farm paid by her brother, Lewis B. McCleary.116

In 1879, Ewing McCleary submitted a story entitled "The Last White Man Killed in Brooke County by the Indians," published by J. A. Caldwell of Wheeling, W. Va. in the History of the Pan-handle, being historical collections of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia. Editors were J. H. Newton, G. G. Nichols, & A. G. Sprankle.117

The children of Ewing & Mary Ann (Magee) McCleary were:118

  1. MARTHA ELLEN McCLEARY, born May 2, 1842 in Pennsylvania, married JACOB BUXTON, died Aug. 17, 1882 in Near Independence, Washington Co., Pa. at the age of 40, buried in Franklin Cemetery in Brooke Co., W. Va. on U.S. Route 27. Jacob was born Oct. 1842 in Pennsylvania, died Dec. 24, 1919 in Houston, Independence Twp., Washington Co., Pa., a son of Davis & Hannah (Criss) Buxton. Their children were:118a 
  • NORA MYRTLE McNUTT, born Dec. 21, 1887 in Patterson’s Mill, Washington Co., Pa., married GEORGE FRANCIS BAKER Feb. 7, 1922 in Houston, Pa. (license #32,200), died Nov. 23, 1967 at the age of 79 in Washington, Pa., buried in Washington Cemetery. George was born May 3, 1876 in Monaca (?) Beaver Co., Pa., died Dec. 19, 1963 at 23 Murtland Ave., Washington, Washington Co., Pa. They had sons JOSEPH KENARD BAKER, WILLIAM ALFRED BAKER & JOHN EDWARD BAKER.
  • WILLIAM J. McNUTT, born Aug. 12, 1887/9, married ESTHER MILLER in 1912, died Dec. 20, 1964 at the age of 75. He was a police chief. Esther was born May 18, 1894, died May 30, 1974.
  • WALTER DELL McNUTT, born May 11,  1892, married GRACE TAGSHE 1931.
  • VIRGINIA ELLEN McNUTT, born Mar. 4, 1895 in Canonsburg,118b died unmarried May 9, 1928 at age 33.
  • FRANCES JOSEPHINE McNUTT, born Sep. 6, 1905/6 in Houston, Pa.,118c married (1) GEORGE L. FLANAGAN 1922, married (2) RICHARD JAMES GRAY 1928. Richard was born Mar. 23, 1900 in Oklahoma, died July 24, 1962.  Josephine's children were: 

    1.  BETTY JEAN FLANAGAN GRAY.

    2.  LOIS JEAN FLANAGAN GRAY.

    3.  JAMES RICHARD GRAY.

    4.  KATHLEEN GRAY.

  1. MARY REBECCA McCLEARY, born Jan. 1, 1844 in Jefferson Twp., Washington Co., Pa., married ROBERT B. VANCE, died May 19, 1933 in Independence Twp., Washington Co., Pa. Robert, born 1843 in Pa., died Sep. 7, 1897, buried in Independence Cemetery, Washington Co., Pa. Robert's parents were James Vance (born 1805 in Pa.) and Susan Vance (born 1810 in Pa.) Widow Mary Rebecca was living in Independence Twp., Washington Co., Pa. in 1916. 

On Nov. 29, 1873, farmer Robert Vance bought 73 acres in Independence Twp. from Thomas & Margaret Pettit, paying $5,155 for this acreage known as the Pettit Tract.118d In his will, Robert Vance bequeathed this property to his wife.  His son, James Ewing Vance, was granted free use of the land, provided he keep the farm, fences and buildings in good repair.  By the provisions of his father's will, James was forbidden to remove anything from the farm, aside from his own produce.  After Mary Rebecca's death, the property was to be divided equally among the Vance's three daughters, excepting the homestead which was bequeathed to son James. 

In addition, James was willed all his father's personal property, with the exception of the surrey which was given to the Vance's second daughter, Mary Elvira Thompson.  Youngest daughter Sarah, unmarried at the time the will was written, received a two-acre lot in the Village of Independence, with a one-story frame house and a small frame stable.

The sole executor of Robert Vance's will was his son, James Ewing Vance. (Washington Co. Will Book 16, page 112.)

The children of Robert & Mary Rebecca (McCleary) Vance were:

  • MARTHA BELL DUNBAR, born Nov. 1893 in Washington Co., Pa., married DAVID LESTER SAY.
  1. JOHN R. McCLEARY, born ca. 184 in Pa., married HANNAH A. CUNNINGHAM, died after 1916. John was a co-administrator of his father’s estate. On Sep. 30, 1887, John bought 30 acres, 49 perches in Jefferson Twp., Washington Co., Pa. for $1,212.25. The purchase did not include the underlying coal or any mining rights.118e

John R. McCleary wrote his will on Jan. 18, 1908.  To his two daughters he bequeathed $500 each, while each of his seven grandchildren was willed $200. The inheritance of the grandchildren was to be invested by John's executor (son-in-law William A. Cosgrove) and the various shares distributed to the three girls as each reached the age of 18 and to each of the two boys when they became 21.  John left the remainder of his estate to his wife, Hannah.118e The two children of John & Hannah McCleary were:

  1. SARAH (Sallie) C. McCLEARY, born ca. 1848 in Brooke Co., Va., married  JOHN D. BRADY Nov. 7, 1871 in Brooke Co. John was born ca. 1846 in Brooke Co., a son of William & Hannah Brady.119 In 1916, the John Bradys were living in Brooke Co., W. Va.

   e.    ANN (ANNIE) E. McCLEARY, born 1852 in Brooke Co. W. Va., married DAVID C. PERRIN Aug. 30, 1876 in Brooke Co. by A. W. Dean,119a died after    1930David Perrin was born Jan. 1849 in Pa. As co-administrator of Ewing McCleary’s estate, David Perrin managed the farm willed to the heirs of Ewing up to Apr. 1, 1895. He and Annie were living in Independence Twp., Washington Co., Pa. in 1916. David died Jan. 4, 1920, leaving a widow, three sons and three daughters. The children, all born in Independence Twp., included: 

          JOHN E. PERRIN, born 1911.

     .  FRANCES PERRIN, born 1915. 

          SHELDON GROVES PERRIN, born Sep. 4, 1922, died Feb. 6, 1983 in Los Angeles.119b

  1. NANCY D. McCLEARY, born ca. 1856 in Va./W. Va., died late 1910 unmarried. Nancy was committed to an institution for lunatics. See details of Nancy McCleary's estate above.

  2. LEWIS BEALL McCLEARY, born Mar. 8, 1857 in Va./W. Va., died in 1916 unmarried. In 1880 Lewis farmed land in Cross Creek Twp., in both Brooke Co., W. Va. and Washington Co., Pa. which he rented from his father. In 1916, he was living in Pike Co., Ohio.
  1. LORETTA FLORENCE McCLEARY, born Apr. 1861 in Va., married FRANCIS (FRANK) MARION CHURCHMAN at the M. E. Church in Wellsburg May 31, 1887,120 died after 1930 in Guernsey Co., Ohio.  Francis was born in Feb. 1865 in Va. 

In the 1900 census for Cambridge Twp., Guernsey Co. Ohio (page 375, E. D. #6, sheet #1, family #18), Francis Churchman was head of the following household at 220 Highland Ave, Cambridge:

By the time of the 1910 census, Frank, Florence and their children were living in Ohio but by 1920 Frank and Florence were divorced.  Florence was then living with her son Morland and Frank was living in a boarding house.  In 1930 Florence was living alone and Frank had married a woman named Lemma.120a

The two children of Francis & Florence (McCleary) Churchman were:

          JOAN CHURCHMAN, born 1928 in Guernsey Co., Ohio.

  1. MARTHA A. McCLEARY, born 1813 in Brooke Co., Va., married  LEWIS W. CARTER before 1849, died 1894 in Brooke Co., W. Va.. Lewis was born 1806 in Va., died between the Oct. 23, 1884 writing of his will and its Nov. 22, 1884 admission to probate.

Martha’s father, Thomas McCleary, bequeathed $100 to her in his 1849 will, but no disbursement appears in the 1853 inventory. At the sale of her deceased father’s personal property, Martha’s husband Lewis Carter bought one book for 75¢ and one arm chair for 12½¢.121 In 1860 Martha inherited $500 from her brother James. Lewis Carter served as executor for his brother-in-law, James McCleary.

In the 1840 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co, Va. (p. 223), Lewis Carter was head of the following household:

In the 1860 U. S. census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., Va., Cherry Hill District, taken June 22, 1860 (p. 81), Lewis W. Carter was head of the following household (dwelling #543, family # 521):

In the 1870 U. S. census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va., (p. 512B), Lewis Carter was head of the following household (dwelling #237, family #237):

In the 1880 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W.Va. (p. 28), Lewis Carter was head of the following household:

On Oct. 23, 1884 Lewis Carter, Sr. wrote his will.122 To his wife, Martha (McCleary) Carter, he gave the farm in Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., where they lived. At Martha’s death, Lewis’ executor, son Lewis W. Carter, Jr., was instructed to sell the property and divide the proceeds among his father’s female heirs, as follows:

In addition to his real estate, Lewis Carter made specific bequests regarding his personal property. To his wife Martha he gave all his household goods, one horse, two cows and the right to raise another cow annually for milk or beef. To granddaughter Martha Louisa Headington, he gave his cabinet organ, sewing machine, and one cow. All his personal property not specifically mentioned in his will, was to be divided equally among his three sons.

"At an advantageous time," executor Lewis W. Carter, Jr. was empowered to sell his deceased father’s ½ interest in the farm on which Martha McFarland lived. Ms. McFarland owned the other ½ interest in that farm, having purchased it in 1869 from Lewis W. Carter, Sr.123 She bought the second half in 1885 from Lewis Carter, Sr.’s heirs.124 Proceeds from the sale of this property were to be invested and the interest distributed as follows:

$400 toward defraying the expenses of preaching at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Cross Creek so long as the church continued to be a regular Baptist Church. Otherwise, this interest was to be divided among his children.

"The residue of said proceeds from the sale shall be paid to wife Martha in liquidation of a debt I owe her." No explanation was given.

For the record, Lewis W. Carter wrote into his will that he had already given to sons Joseph J. and Lewis W. Carter what he considered to be their just share of his estate. Apparently in anticipation of death, on Oct. 9, 1884, Lewis & Martha Carter sold to their above-mentioned sons the following properties: (Martha Carter signed these deeds with her mark.)

  1. To Lewis W. Carter (Jr.) for $3,800, 94 acres, 36 perches, as surveyed Aug. 23, 1865 by Thomas Donovan. This was the land conveyed to Lewis Carter, Sr. by Samuel B. Hindman, executor of A. H. Murchland, dec’d. on Nov. 15, 1866 and recorded in Deed Book, 20:507.125
  1. To Joseph J. Carter for $4,600, 100 acres in the Cross Creek District purchased from Samuel Williamson on Mar. 13, 1854 and recorded in Deed Book, 18:72. Four acres of this property adjoining the home farm of Lewis W. Carter, Sr., known as the run fields, was expressly exempted from the sale.126

Lewis Carter, Sr. put a caveat into his will: If any legatee disputes the distribution, his or her share shall be reduced by ¾. The will was admitted for probate on Nov. 22, 1884.

As executor of his father’s will, Lewis W. Carter, Jr. sold the following parcels of land:

  1. 1898: 94 acres plus 4 acres in the Cross Creek District to Hamilton Griggsby.127
  1. 1905: 96 acres in the Cross Creek District to G. S. Baggett.128 A suit in Chancery Court resulted from this sale. W. A. Strain, administrator for the estate of Joseph J. Carter, deceased, was plaintiff and the daughters of Joseph J. Carter were defendants. A special committee appointed by the Circuit Court on Nov. 1, 1902 confirmed the sale to Baggett and, on Feb. 14, 1903, directed that a Deed of Sale be made to Mr. Baggett. Baggett paid $4,392.06 for the property.129

Lewis & Martha (McCleary) Carter had three sons and five daughters. It appears that three daughters predeceased them, as they were not mentioned in Lewis Carter’s will.

  1. MARY C. CARTER, born 1832 in Brooke Co., Va., married [ -?- ] HINDMAN after 1860, died 1910.  He died before 1910.

In the 1910 census for Cross Creek District (E.D. #3, family #493) widow Mary Hindman was living with her brother Lewis W. Carter, Jr. (See ¶ ix.e. below.) In that census, Mary stated that she had had no children. Her father, however, made a bequest to Cornelia McCleary, specifying that she was a daughter of his daughter, Mary Hindman. The Hindmans apparently had a daughter:

  1. JOSEPH J. CARTER, born Aug. 1834 in Brooke Co., Va., married MARGARET ELLEN CAIRNES Jan 8, 1861 in Brooke Co., Va.,130 died in W. Va. Nov. 11, 1902 of paralysis. Margaret was born 1844 in Va., a daughter of James E. & Ann Cairnes of District #4, Wellsburg P.O.131 She died of typhoid fever  on Sep. 4, 1902 in Cross Creek, Brooke Co., W. Va..131a

In the 1870 U. S. census for Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 513), Joseph Carter was head of the following household, next door to his brother Ewing and two doors down from his parents (dwelling # 239, family #239):

In the 1880 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W.Va. (p. 28), Joseph J. Carter was head of the following household:

In the 1900 census for Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., W. Va. (page 218, E. D. #14, sheet #1, family #14), Joseph Carter was head of the following household:

In addition to one child who died, Joseph & Margaret (Cairnes) Carter had four daughters, all born in Brooke Co., W. Va.:

  1. EWING T. CARTER, born ca. 1836 in Brooke Co., Va., married MARY ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY Jan. 23, 1868 in Brooke Co, W. Va.,133 died of consumption Feb. 10, 1898 in Brooke Co, W. Va.133a Mary was born Jan. 1839 in Va., a daughter of Daniel Montgomery, died after 1910.

In the 1870 U. S. census for Brooke Co, W. Va. (p. 512B), Ewing Carter was head of the following household next door to his father (dwelling #238, family #238):

In the 1880 census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W.Va. (p. 28), Ewing T. Carter was head of the following household:

By the 1900 census for Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., W. Va., Ewing Carter had died and his widow was head of the following household (E. D. #15, sheet #1, line #83):

Ewing & Mary (Montgomery) Carter had one son:

  • W. L. Carter, 40, married 6 years, born W. Va., parents born W. Va. farmer, own account, owns farm free of mortgage
  • J. Maud Carter, wife, 33, married 6 years, had one child, one child living, born W. Va., parents born W. Va.
  • Ewing S. Carter, son, 2, single, born W. Va., parents born W. Va.
  • Mary E. Carter, mother, 71, widowed, born W. Va., father born Pa., mother born Md.

William L. Carter wrote his will Feb. 27, 1951, bequeathing his personal property to his wife, Maud R. Carter, and his real estate to both his wife and to his son, Ewing Shirley Carter.133c

William L. & Maud Carter had two children:

  • EWING (ERVING) SHIRLEY CARTER, born 1908 in Brooke Co., W. Va., died Mar. 1997.
  • JUDITH HUNTER CARTER, born Nov. 16, 1921 in Brooke Co., W. Va., died Nov. 23, 1921 in Brooke Co., W. Va. of enters colitis.133d
  1. CAROLINE CARTER, born Aug. 1839 in Brooke Co., Va., married Dr. [-?-] WHARTON Nov. 14, 1883 in Brooke Co. at the age of 45, died after 1910. Her husband was 50 and, at the time of their marriage, resided in Guernsey Co., Ohio.134 He died before 1900.

In the 1900 U. S. census for Center Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio, widow Carrie Wharton was head of the following household:

All in the household could read, write and speak English.

This census raises some questions. On the positive side, this Carrie Wharton’s personal statistics are applicable to the daughter of Lewis & Martha Carter. But the children’s are not. They are too old to be Carrie Wharton’s natural children, given her marriage in 1883. They also seem to be too old to be attending school. The birth of son Homer in Iowa is strange, unless the census taker mistook that state for Ohio. The birth places of the parents are also questionable. Doctor Wharton was born in Spottsylvania, Va., according to the marriage certificate. But daughter Bertha said her father was born in Ohio. Both children indicated their mother was born in Ohio whereas Carrie (Carter) Wharton was born in W. Va. There is a possibility that Homer and Bertha were children from Doctor Wharton’s former marriage. But where are Carrie Wharton’s two children?

  1. LEWIS WASHINGTON CARTER, Jr., born Oct. 1840 in Brooke Co., Va., married ISABEL PUNTNEY Oct. 13, 1863 in Brooke Co.,135 died after 1910 in Brooke Co.  Isabel was born Sep. 1838 in Ohio, died after 1910 in Brooke Co., W. Va..

In the 1870 U. S. census for Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 513), Lewis W. Carter, Jr. was head of the following household next door to his brother, Joseph Carter (#240, family # 240):

In the 1900 U. S. census for Cross Creek Twp., Brooke Co., W. Va. (p. 219, E. D. #14), Lewis Carter was head of the following household (dwelling #29, family #29):

All could read, write & speak English.

In the 1910 census for Cross Creek District, Brooke Co., W. Va. (E. D. #3, family #483), Lewis W. Carter was head of the following household:

Lewis W. Carter, Jr. & his wife Isabel had three children, all born in W. Va.:

  1. SARAH A. CARTER, born ca. 1842 in Brooke Co., Va., apparently died before her father wrote his will in 1884.
  1. MARTHA LOUISA CARTER, born ca. 1845 in Brooke Co., Va.,  married farmer JOHN HEADINGTON, Jan 13, 1870 in Va.,135a died before 1880 in Brooke Co., W. Va. John was born Apr. 21, 1842 in Va., died Jan. 7, 1923 in Cross Creek, Brooke Co., W. Va., buried in Ebenezer Cemetery.  He was the son of John & Jane Headington. The young John Headingtons had a daughter:
  1. CORNELIA CARTER, born ca. 1854, probably died before 1884, as she was not mentioned in her father’s will. It is possible that she is the Cornelia Carter who married William McCleary’s son, John E.
  1. Rev. THOMAS McCLEARY, born Apr. 4, 1817 in Brooke Co., Va., married (1) CATHERINE (KATE) PRYOR at her home in Wheeling, Ohio Co., Va., June 18, 1850 by Rev. Drummond,136 married (2) MARY McGRAW (McGREW) June 13, 1877 in Moss Side, Allegheny Co., Pa., died suddenly May 14, 1890 in Columbiana Co., Ohio, buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catherine was born ca. 1826 in Maryland, died July 4, 1869 in McKeesport, Pa. Mary was born Aug. 1836 in Westmoreland Co., Pa., died June 28, 1887 at home in Columbiana Co., Ohio.137

Thomas was educated at Wellsburg, at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. In 1842 he was admitted on trial to the old Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1844 he obtained full membership and was elected a deacon. In 1846 he was elected an elder. In 1859 he transferred to the Virginia Conference, returning to the Pittsburgh Conference in 1860. In 1876 he was a charter member of the East Ohio Conference.138

Rev. Thomas McCleary served the following congregations, viz.: Elizabeth 1842-1843; Cadiz 1843-1844; Coshocton 1844-1845; Barnesville 1845-1846; Clarksburg 1846-1847; Steubenville 1847-1848; Johnstown 1848-1849; Chartiers 1849-1850; Martinsville 1850-1852; Wellsville 1852-1854; Beaver 1854-1856; Allegheny City, Beaver Street 1856-1858; Johnstown 1858-1859; transferred to Wheeling; Canton 1860-1862; Blairsville 1862-1864; Presiding Elder Blairsville District 1864-1868; McKeesport 1868-1869; Braddocksfield 1869-1872; Trinity, Pittsburgh 1872-1874; Bridgeport, Ohio 1874-1876.

In the 1850 census for Pease Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio (p. 204), Rev. Thomas McClary was head of the following household:

During the time Rev. Thomas was assigned to Martinsville, Belmont Co., Ohio (1850-1852), he purchased the following properties in Martinsville:139

  1. Oct. 9, 1851: lot 71 from Jno. M. Weeks for $500.
  2. Oct. 30, 1851: lots 97 & 98 from John Wallace for $200.

In the 1860 census for Ward #2, Canton, Stark Co., Ohio (p. 146), Rev. Thomas McCleary was head of the following household:

On Nov. 17, 1864, Thomas and Catharine McCleary of Indiana Co., Pa., sold Martinsville lots 97 & 98 to John Miscar for $600. Catherine signed the deed with her mark.140

Rev. Thomas McCleary held the following appointments in the East Ohio Conference:

If Rev.Thomas McCleary’s career has the characteristic of "hop, skip, & jump" it should be noted that Methodism in his day allowed its ministers only two years in one pastorate. This rule was later extended to three years as Rev. McCleary neared retirement.142

Thomas McCleary, Jr. inherited $500 from his father in 1853. In 1860, Rev. McCleary inherited $400 from his brother James.

The Aug. 21, 1894 Administrator’s Account of the Estate of Rev. Thomas McCleary was submitted by his nephew, W. L. McCleary:143

Total: $11,289.50

Said administrator credits himself with money Paid out as Folows:

W. L. McCleary, the administrator of Rev. Thomas McCleary’s estate, was Thomas’ nephew Dr. William Linn McCleary (see ¶ vi.f. above).

Apparently Rev. Thomas McCleary had no children.

  1. JULIA ANN (Julian) McCLEARY, born 1819-1825 in Va., married JAMES W. REED before 1849, died between 1870 and 1880. James was born in 1823 in Pa., died 1870- 1894. He was a farmer.

Julian inherited $5 from her father. Her two children (as of 1849) were to inherit $10 each. However, no record of the latter is indicated in the 1853 inventory. Perhaps they were among the "infants" mentioned in the inventory for whom $30 was being held in reserve.

In 1860 July Ann Reed inherited $300 from her brother James.

Julia Ann’s brother Rev. Thomas McCleary bequeathed a total of $763.72 in equal shares to James & Julia Ann’s descendants Martha Shipley, John W. Reed, T. J. Reed and Ellie M. Reed. (see ¶ x. above).

In the 1860 census for Cross Creek Twp., Washington Co., Pa., James Reed was head of the following household (#28):

In the 1870 census for Smith Twp., Washington Co., Pa., James Reed was head of the following household (#11):

In the 1880 census for Smith Twp., Washington Co., Pa., W. T. Shipley was head of the following household:

Immediately following the above Shipley data in the 1880 census is the entry for the J. W. Reed family:

Isabel M. Carter (<[email protected]>) has discovered that the W. T. Shipley who is married to Martha Reed in the 1880 Washington Co., census is a match for Tolbert W. Shipley, living with his parents, Benjamin & Nancy, in the 1870 census.  In 1900 Mattie (Martha) Shipley, born May 1852 in Pa., is in Cleveland, Ohio, widowed with a son John who was born Oct. 1883.  Martha's other two children were Ben J. Shipley born Sep. 1863 and James Mc ___ (McCleary) Shipley.  Irene Carter also concluded that the Martha Reed who married Tolbert Shipley was listed in the 1860 and 1870 censuses as Hester S. Reed.

Thus it appears that the children of James & Julia Ann (McCleary) Reed were all born in Pa.:

  1. ELIZABETH REED, born 1842 in Pa.  She received $10 from Rev. Thomas McCleary in 1849.

    b.   JAMES L. REED, born 1846 in Pa. He received $10 from Rev. Thomas McCleary in 1849.

    c.    MARY JANE (June) REED, born 1849 in Pa., in school in 1860.

  1. MARTHA  (HESTER S.) REED, born May 1852, in school in 1860 & 1870, married TOLBERT W.  SHIPLEY, died after 1900. Tolbert W. Shipley, son of Benjamin & Nancy Shipley, was born ca. 1845 in Pa.  He was a farmer.  The children of Tolbert & Martha (Reed) Shipley were all born in Washington Co., Pa.:

          HARRY O. SHIPLEY, born July 1899.

          ORLA M. SHIPLEY, born 1903.

  1. JOHN W. REED, born 1853 in Pa., in school in 1860 & 1870, died after 1894.
  1. T. J. REED, died after 1894.
  1. ELLIS M. REED, born May 1863, married LOTTIE [-?-] died after 1894. Lottie was born Feb. 1875 in Pa. The children of Ellis & Lottie Reed were:

List of Figures

                                                                                                        0.  Author's Lineage

                                                                                                        1.  Gravestones of Thomas & Mary McCleary

                                                                                                        2.  Gravestone of James L. McCleary

                                                                                                        3.  Canaday Family Bible

                                                                                                        4.  Schreiber Property - Sharon, Ohio

                                                                                                        5.  Canaday Family Death Records

                                                                                                        5a.  Log House at Fowler's Inn

                                                                                                        6.  1852 Map of Brooke County

                                                                            

References

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (1882), 780 & J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record – Washington Co. – Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), 192.

1a Garland P. Quarles, A History of the Braddock St. United Methodist Church of Winchester, Virginia (1984), 22.

1b Frederick Co., Va., Deed Book 6:127.

1c Frederick Co., Va., Marriage Register No. 1, 1782-1853, 169.

2 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (1888), 843.

3 Methodist Church records place Thomas McCleary in New Lisbon, Canton District, in eastern Ohio in 1880. An attempt to locate Thomas McCleary in Center Twp. where the town of Lisbon (there is no New Lisbon in Ohio) is situated and in the city of Canton, Stark Co., Ohio was unsuccessful.

4 Form of the Declarations for Assurance, #55. Handley Library Archives, Winchester, Va.

5 Ibid., #2196.

5a McCleary Family History correspondence, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Va.

6 Brooke Co., Va., Deed Book 6:39.

7 Ibid., 9:218.

8 J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record – Washington County, - Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), 193.

9 Richard Roe, Brooke County, West Virginia Cemeteries, No. 1, (Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County), 1999.

10 Brooke Co., Va., Will Book 3:294.

11 Brooke Co., Va., Probate Court Inventory Book 6:287.

12 Brooke Co., Va., Inventory Book, 6:233.

13 Gwendolyn M. Hubbard & Bobbie B. Elliott, Brooke County Death Records 1853-1888, (undated), Record #1860-33.

14 Ibid.

15 Mary (Scott) Schreiber was a daughter of John & Mariah (McCleary) Scott.

16 Brooke Co., Va. Will Book 3:399.

17 There is no marriage record for John McCleary in the Brooke Co., Va. Register of Marriages.

18 There is no record in Brooke Co., Va. of the marriage of Jane McCleary.

19 Brooke Co., Va., Will Book, 2:72.

20 Brooke Co., Va. Deed Book, 12:298

21 Ibid., 13:276.

22 Ibid., 18:174.

23 No entry.

24 Brooke Co., Va. Inventory Book, 6:185.

25 Guernsey Co., Ohio, Marriage Book, A:239, #813.

26 Morgan Co., Ohio, Marriage Records, 1819-1860.

27Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio, 1816-1984: Noble County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (Noble Co. Chapter, OGS, 1984) 1:46.

28 Brooke Co., Va., Will Book, 3:399.

29 Mrs. Lois Blake, Church Records of Noble County, Ohio, p. 30 & 32.

30 Mrs. Lois Blake, Will Abstracts of Noble Co., Ohio, 1851-1901, 39.

31 Mrs. Mary L. Swann, Index to Noble County, Ohio Cemeteries, 146.

32 Illustrated Atlas Noble County, Ohio (Wall, Mann & Hall, 1876).

33 Morgan Co., Ohio, Deed Book, __:282-3

34 James M. Gaylord, Historical Reminiscences of Morgan County, (1932), 49.

35 Noble Co., Ohio, Deed Book, 2:394.

36 Ibid., 4:283.

37 Noble Co., Deed Book, 10:543.

38 Ibid., 13:379.

39 Guernsey Co., Ohio, Deed Book 11:432.

40 Ibid., 11:431.

41 Guernsey Co., Ohio Will Book, 7:473.

42 May Stranathan, History of Early Cumberland (1943), 30.

43 J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record – Washington County – Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), 193 and <http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/mccleary-192.html>

44 Ibid.

45 Ibid.

46 Brooke Co., Va., Inventory Book, 6:185.

47 Ibid.; Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (1882), 781; Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (1888), 842,

48 Washington Co., Pa., Bond Book, 10:170.

49 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book 6A:45.

50 Ibid.,  6B:588.

51 Ibid.,  6B:512.

52 Ibid., 5M:19.

53 Ibid., 5Y:258.

54 Ibid., 142:496.

55 Washington Co., Pa., Will Book, 12:315.

56 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (1888), 842.

57 Ibid., 843.

58 Helen Stollar Borkowski, Cemeteries from East & West Finley Townships plus Some from Nearby Townships, 1984, #229.

59 Ibid., #230.

59a <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/~wvmarshal/grooms.txt>

59b <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3844&Type=Death>

59c <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1146855&Type=Death>

59d <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1160255&Type=Death>

59e <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1935477&Type=Death>

59f <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2685562&Type=Death>

60 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book, 6A:45.

61 Ibid., 6B:588.

62 Washington Co., Pa., Will Book, 26:171.

62a Ibid., 33:496.

62b Ibid., 53:165.

62c Washington Co., Pa. Delayed Birth Certificate #4366.

62d <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=422847&Type=Death>

63 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book, 5B:588.

63a Data kindly supplied by Isabel Carter (<[email protected]>).

63b <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/marshall/vitals/marriage/marr01.txt>

63c Washington Co., Pa. Death Records (1893-1900), 1:18

63d Washington Co., Pa. Death Records (1901-1906), 2:13.

63e Pleasant Grove Church List of Members, p. 2.2, vol II, p. 91.

64 Washington Co., Pa., Will Book, 15:616.

65 Helen Stollar Borkowski, Cemeteries from East & West Finley Townships plus Some from Nearby Townships, 1984, #231.

65a <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1259314&Type=Death>

65b <http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1003186&Type=Death>

66 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book 6B:512.

67 Ibid. , 6B:588.

68 J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), 191-193.

68a McKean Death Register, Washington County  (1820-1896), 84.

68b J. H. Beers, Commemoratie Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., [1893], 1401 and <http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/danley-1406.html>; data from Carol Loar ([email protected]). 

68c Washington Co., Pa., Marriages, #8405:8/100. 

68d Washington Co., Pa. Delayed Birth Certificate #C1259.

68e Ibid.

68f <http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/mccleary-1408.html>

69 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book, 6B:512.

70 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book , 6B:588.

71 Washington Co., Pa., Sheriff’s Deed Book, 4:208. See also Deed Book, 330:421.

72 Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book, 464:237.

73 J. H. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record – Washington Co., Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co.) 1893, 1408-1409.

74 Washington Co., Pa., Will Book, 32:20.

75 Ibid., 56:130.

75a Pleasant Grove Cemetery Permits, #37, 167.

75b Pleasant Grove Church Membership List (1908), 3:118.

75c Washington Co., Pa., Marriages, 12/315:149.

76 Pleasant Grove Church Membership List (1908) 3:118.

76a Pleasant Grove Cemetery Permits, #120.

76b Helen Stollar Borkowski, Cemeteries from East and West Finley Townships plus Some form Nearby Townships, (1984), #235; Pleasant Grove Cemetery Permit #9, 166.

77 Pleasant Grove Cemetery Permits,  #233.

77a Pleasant Grove Church Membership List (1908), 3:114.

77b Washington Co., Pa. Delayed Birth Certificate #L6105.

78 See endnote 76, #234.

78a Pleasant Grove Church Membership List (1908), 3:115.

78b Washington Co., Pa., Marriages, 24/366:179.

79 Jennie was cited as the widow of Martin Luther McCleary in Washington Co., Pa., Deed Book 142:496.

80 Helen Stollar Borkowski, Cemeteries from East and West Finley Townships plus Some from Nearby Townships, 1984, #200.

80a Washington Co. Pa., Death Records, 2:271.

80b Ibid.

81 Brooke Co., Va., Marriage Records, 2A:53.

82 Gwendolyn M. Hubbard & Bobbie B. Elliott, Brooke County Death Records, 1853-1888 (undated), 40, Record #1880-24.

83 Some Brooke County Deaths, 1870-1882, found at the Tri-State Genealogical Society, Newell, W. Va.

84 Copied from records of Mrs. Dorothy (Waugh) Chapman by Gwendolyn M. Hubbard. The Waughs came into the Fowler family through the marriage of Mary Jane Fowler Douglass’ great-granddaughter Helen Douglass Hervey who married David Waugh. (See ¶ vii.b.)

85 Nancy L. Caldwell, A History of Brooke County, (1975), 118. The grinding stones came from France & Maryland.

86 Brooke Co., Va. Inventory Book, 6:185.

87 Brooke Co., Va., Deed Book, 17:100.

88 Brooke Co., W. Va., Will Book, 4:7.

89 Ibid., 4:142.

90 Brooke Co., W. Va. Marriage License Book, 3A:16

91 Foster/Reasner Funeral Home Records, Book Two, D-J, records abstracted by Gwendolyn M. Hubbard; ed. by Mary Lou Henderson, (1996), 175.

92 Brooke Co., W. Va. Marriage Record Book, 2A:94.

93 Brooke Co., Va. Index to Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths 1853-1896, 38, #19.

94 Brooke Co., W. Va. Marriage Record Book, 1:30.

95 Foster/Reasner Funeral Home Records, Book Two D-J, records abstracted by Gwendolyn M. Hubbard, ed. by Mary Lou Henderson, (1996), 148.

96 Brooke Co., W. Va. Inventory Book, 13:341.

96a Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriages, Births, & Deaths (1853-1897), 61.

96b Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriage Records, 1:34.

97 Foster/Reasner Funeral Home Records, Book Two, D-J, records abstracted by Gwendolyn M. Hubbard; ed. by Mary Lou Henderson, (1996), 148.

97a Brooke Co., VA/W.Va. Marriage Book 1:5.

98 Brooke Co., W. Va. Deaths, #1864-38.

99 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 29:373.

100 Ibid., 30:85.

101 Brooke Co., W. Va., Marriage License Book, 1:29.

102 Foster/Reasner Funeral Home Records, Book Two, D-J, records abstracted by Gwendolyn M. Hubbard; ed. by Mary Lou Henderson, 1996. 176

103 Brooke Co., W. Va., Book of Appraisements, 30:239 & 32.45.

103a Brooke Co. W.Va. Deaths, Book II, 177, #19.

103b Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriage Records, 5:64.

103c Ibid.,  26:246.

104 Brooke Co., Va., Index to Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1853-1896, 32.

104a Brooke Co. Register of Marriages, Births & Deaths, 1853-1897, 71, #60.

104b Ibid., 81, #78.

105 Gwendolyn M. Hubbard & Bobbie B. Elliott, Brooke County Death Records 1853-1888 (undated), 59.

106 Brooke Co., Va., Inventory Book, 6:185.

107 Brooke Co., W. Va. Deed Book, 19:268.

108 Ibid., 46:25.

109 Ibid., 46:40.

110 Brooke Co., W. Va., Inventory Book, 10:484.

111 Ibid., 27:429.

112 Ibid., 17:350.

113 Ibid., 35:137.

114 Ibid., 35:141.

115 Brooke Co., W. Va. Inventory Book, 12:185

116 Brooke Co., W. Va., Probate Court, Inventory Book 10, pp. 254, 311 & 344.

117 This book was discovered in the Shiappa Library in Steubenville, Ohio, just across the Ohio River from Wellsburg, W. Va.

118 Personal communication from Ewing McCleary descendant John E. Baker: e-mail [email protected].

118a Additional data from Ed Horning (<[email protected]>).

118b Washington County, Pa. Births (1893-1899), 1:175.

118c Washington County, Pa. Births (1903-1906), 3:173 & 176.

118d Washington County, Pa. Deed Book 4Y:597.

118e Washington County, Pa., Deed Book 153:317

119 Brooke County, Virginia Marriage Records, Book 1, p. 21. l. 10, in Renée B. Sherman, Brooke County, Virginia/West Virginia, Licenses & Marriages, 1797-1894, 233; 1860 U. S. census for District 3, Wellsburg P. O., Brooke Co., Va., 58.

119a Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriage Book 1:23.

119b California Death Index, 1940-1997.

120 Brooke Co., W. Va. Marriage License Book 1885-1890, 1:34.

120a Data kindly supplied by Isabel M. Carter (<[email protected]>).

120b Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriages, Births, & Deaths (1853-1897), p. 80, #14.

121 Brooke Co., Va., Inventory Book, 6:185.

122 Brooke Co., W. Va., Will Book, 4:239.

123 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 21:314.

124 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 26:212.

125 Brooke Co., W. Va. Deed Book, 26:15.

126 Brook Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 26:29.

127 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 31:186.

128 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 34:516.

129 Brooke Co., W. Va., Deed Book, 34:516.

130 Brooke Co., Va. Marriage Records, 3A:98.

131 1860 census for District 4, Wellsburg P. O., Brooke Co., Va., 78-79.

131a Brooke Co., W.Va. Deaths, Book II, page 166, #27 & #28.

131b Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriages, Births, & Deaths (1853-1897), p. 50, #27.

132 Brooke Co., W. Va., Marriage Record Book, 1:29.

133 Brooke Co., W. Va. Marriage License Book, 4A:58.

133a Brooke Co., W.Va. Deaths, Book II (1897-1924), p. 166, #6.

133b Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriage Record Book, 3:40.

133c Brooke Co., W.Va. Will Book, 11:353.

133d Brooke Co., W.Va. Deaths, Book II (1897-1924), p. 169, #23.

134 Brooke Co., W. Va., Marriage Record Book, 1:29.

135 Brooke Co., Va., Marriage License Book, 3A:131.

135a Brooke Co., W.Va. Marriages, Births, & Deaths (1853-1897), p. 18.

136 Carol A. Scott, Marriage & Death Notices of Wheeling, Western Virginia and the Tri-State Area 1818-1857 (1987), 17.

137 East Ohio Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church (1887), 50.

138 Methodism in Western Pennsylvania, 453.

139 Belmont Co., Ohio, Deed Book 36:33.

140 Ibid., 50:22.

141 Methodism in Western Pennsylvania, 453; East Ohio Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church (1890?), 47; personal communication from Frances D. Harter, Commission on Archives & History, Ohio Western Conference, United Methodist Archives Center, Beeghly Library, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 43015.

142 History of the Pan-handle, being historical collections of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall & Hancock, West Virginia, ed. by J. H. Newton, G. G. Nichols, & A. G. Sprankle (Wheeling: J. A. Caldwell), 1879, 210. This article goes on to say that in 1857 a Methodist Episcopal Sunday School was organized by Rev. Thomas McCleary, pastor of the Fourth St. Church in Wheeling.

143 Columbiana Co., Ohio, Probate Court Estate #12235.

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