On
The Way To India - By S. N. McCann
Cynthia Phillips, Daughter of Elijah Phillips
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
Cynthia was named after her mother, Cynthia Goodwin, who had married Elijah Phillips.
This excerpt is from "The French Creek Presbyterian Church" by Lois Pinnel.
Cynthia married Pascal Poali Young, the son of Robert Young and Lydia Gould he was the eldest child. he came to Virginia with his parents in 1811 when a young man of seventeen years. He was ordained the sixth Elder of the church on October 5, 1837. His children were:
1. Lyman Young
2. Augusta Thomas Young
3. Elijah Earle Young
4. Lucinda Young
5. Robert Young
6. Edwin, Cordelia Young
7. Harriet Esther Young
Cynthia Phillips Dtr of Elijah
and Cynthia Goodwin
Married Pascal Paoli Young.
The son is Loyal Young, whose picture I sent you.
NOTE: the following email was forwarded to me by cuzzin Dorothy
From: Craig Beeman <[email protected]>
Subject: [WVUPSHUR] Searching
for Rev. Loyal YOUNG Family descendants
To: [email protected]
"Hello again Cousins!"
As part of my on-going efforts at tracing GOULD family descendants down to 1920 or so, am in search of information for the descendants of Loyal and Margaret Porter (JOHNSON) YOUNG. Loyal was the son of Robert and Lydia (GOULD) YOUNG. Have been experiencing difficulty in following this family's descendants in the census thus far, and am in hopes that one or more of you might possibly be able to advise as to where I might need look in order locate any of these families, hopefully so that I might eventually be able to locate as many of the descendants of this family in the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses as might be possible.
Descendants of Loyal YOUNG (Rev.) and Margaret Porter JOHNSON
1. Loyal1 YOUNG (Rev.), born 1 Jul 1806 in Charlemont, Hampshire, MA; died 11 Oct 1890, son of Robert YOUNG and Lydia GOULD. He married on 25 Oct 1832 in , Butler, PA Margaret Porter JOHNSON, born abt 1807 in , , PA, daughter of Robert JOHNSON.
Notes for Loyal YOUNG (Rev.)
FZG #1411 Went to school
at Canonsburg, PA. Pastored a church at Butler, PA, for thirty-five years.
25 Jan 1875 resided Parkersburg, WV.
1830 Allegheny Co., PA census, Alleghenytown, p 77. 1840 Butler Co., PA census, Centre TWP, p 118. 1850 Butler Co., PA census, North Butler TWP, p 86. 1860 Butler Co., PA census, Butler TWP, p 121. 1870; Upshur Co., WV census, Meade TWP, p 390. 1880 Wood Co., WV census, Parkersburg, p 287C. "Clergyman".
Loyal Young
YOUNG, Loyal, clergyman, born in Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1 July, 1806. He was graduated at Jefferson college in 1828, and at the Western theological seminary, Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, in 1832, was licensed to preach by the Ohio presbytery on 21 July of that year, and installed at the same time as pastor of the church at Butler, Pennsylvania He remained in this relation till 1868, then was pastor of the church at French Creek, West Virginia, for eight years, and for five years had charge of one at Parkersburg, West Virginia, after which he labored as a missionary for four years in Winfield, West Virginia The degree of D. D. was given him by Washington college in 1858. He has been a trustee of Washington college and of the Western theological seminary.
Dr. Young is the author of " Interviews with Inspired Men" (Pitts-burg, 1857); " Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes" (Philadelphia, 1866); "
From Dawn to Dusk, a Pastor's Panorama" (Claremont, New Hampshire, 1884); ! and " Ecce Diluvium, or Noah's Account of the Flood" (Washington, Pennsylvania, 1887).
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright c 2001 VirtualologyTM
From: _History of Butler County Pennsylvania - 1883_, p 178:
REV. LOYAL YOUNG Rev. Loyal YOUNG, D. D., the third pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Butler, Penn., was born in the town of Charlemont, Franklin County, Mass., July 1, 1806. His parents were Robert YOUNG, Esq., and Mrs. Lydia YOUNG (whose maiden name was GOULD). the family removed from Charlemont, Mass., to French Creek, Harrison Co. (now Upshur), Va., in the year 1811, LOYAL being five years old.
After receiving a good English education, he entered Jefferson College, when about twenty years of age, or in 1826. He graduated at Jefferson College in the fall of 1828. After teaching a year a private family school in Virginia, he entered the Western Theological Seminary (at Allegheny) and was licensed to preach the Gospel, by the Presbytery of Ohio, on June 21, 1832. John C. LOWRIE, of Butler (now Dr. LOWRIE, of New York City), was licensed at the same time.
On the 25th of October, 1832, he was married to Miss Margaret P. JOHNSTON, daughter of Rev. Robert JOHNSTON, who spent the first years of his ministry in Scrubgrass, Butler Co., Penn., and who was the first pastor of that church.
LOYAL and Margaret YOUNG had seven sons and one daughter, all of whom, with the parents, are still living , and October 25, 1882, was the golden wedding.
Mr. YOUNG's first sermon in Butler was August 29, 1832. In the summer of 1833, he preached as a candidate, and was ordained and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Chuch od Butler on the 4th day of December, 1832, by the Presbytery of Allegheny. He continued pastor of the church of Butler nearly thirty-five years, and during that time, as we see in his farewell sermon, delivered May 10, 1868, preached in the bounds of the congregation 2,920 times, besides delivering addresses at prayer meetings, funerals and upon other occasions. Elsewhere he delivered during the same period 1,151 sermons, making a total of 4,071. He married 203 couples and baptized nearly 700 infants and about seventy adults. During his ministry, nearly 450 persons united with the church and several revivals of marked interest occurred.
Witherspoon Institute owes its existence more largely to Dr. YOUNG than to any other man. The work of calling the convention which brought the school into existence, of preparing the charter, of raising money and of starting the school, devolved principally upon him. He was its Principal for a considerable period.
In May, 1868 Dr. YOUNG took charge of the churches of French Creek in Buckhannon, in West Virginia. Here, at French Creek, he remained eight years, when he was called to the pastorate of the first Presbyterian Church for Parkersburg, W. Va. Here he remained five years. He now has charge of the Prebyterian Churches of Winfield, Point Pleasant and Pleasant Flats, in Putnam and Mason Counties, W. Va. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the college of Washington in 1858. Twice he moderated the Synod of Pittsburgh, and once the Synod of Erie. His Presbytery sent him to the General Assembly seven times. His health is still excellent and he preaches every Sabbath Day. He wrote a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, which was publishied by the Presbyterian Board of Publication in the winter of 1865-66. Four of his sons were soldiers in the Union Army, viz., Robert J., Watson J., Torrence F. and James W.
Children of Loyal YOUNG (Rev.) and Margaret Porter JOHNSON were as follows:
+ 2
i Robert Johnson2 YOUNG, born 7 Sep
1833 in , , (W.) VA. He married (1) Margaret MCILVAIN; (2) Sarah
LONG.
3 ii Lydia Ella YOUNG,
born 28 Apr 1836 in PA. 1880 Wood Co., WV census, Parkersburg,
p 287C. Never married.
+ 4
iii Watson Johnson2 YOUNG, born 2 Apr 1838.
He married (1) Jennie COGAR; (2) Adelaide CARPENTER; (3) Nettie R. CURRY.
+ 5
iv Torrence Fairchild2 YOUNG, born 9 Apr
1840. He married Anna HENRY.
+ 6
v James Wright2 YOUNG, born 10 Sep
1842. He married (1) Martha E. COGAN; (2) Anne S. CHISHOLM; (3) Ada
A. SPARKHAWK.
7 vi Henry Kirk2 YOUNG,
born 10 Oct 1844. Never married.
+ 8 vii
Samuel Hall2 YOUNG (Rev.), born 12 Sep 1847 in , Butler, PA. He married
Fannie E. KELLOGG.
9 viii Walter M. C.2 YOUNG, born 10 Jul 1850.
He married Adela Celina FARRELL. One report has
this individual's name as Walter Wilson YOUNG while another has Walter
M. C. Lowrie YOUNG? d.s.p.
Generation 2
2. Robert Johnson2 YOUNG (Loyal1), born 7 Sep 1833 in , , (W.) VA. He married (1) Margaret MCILVAIN; (2) Sarah LONG, born abt 1829 in , , VA.
Notes for Robert Johnson
YOUNG
1880 Braxton Co., WV census,
Birch, p 395C. "Farmer".
? 1860 YOUNG ROBERT J. Braxton
County WV 458 Braxton P.O.
? 1870 YOUNG ROBERT J. Braxton
County WV 454 Washington Township
Children of Robert Johnson
YOUNG and Margaret MCILVAIN were as follows:
10
i Robert A. YOUNG, born abt 1853 in
, , (W.) VA.
Children of Robert Johnson YOUNG and Sarah LONG were as follows:
11 i
Thomas M. YOUNG, born abt 1854 in , , (W.) VA.
12 ii William
F. YOUNG, born abt 1856 in , , (W.) VA.
13 iii Erwin W. YOUNG,
born abt 1860 in , , (W.) VA.
14 iv Sarah
C. YOUNG, born abt 1862 in , , (W.) VA.
15 v
James P. YOUNG, born abt 1864 in , , WV.
16 vi George
B. YOUNG, born abt 1866 in , , WV.
4. Watson Johnson2 YOUNG (Loyal1), born 2 Apr 1838. He married (1) Jennie COGAR; (2) Adelaide CARPENTER; (3) Nettie R. CURRY.
Notes for Watson Johnson
YOUNG
Watson J. YOUNG, son of
Rev. Loyal YOUNG, who had served in the army during the war until
wounded, and who was afterward elected Clerk of the Courts of Quarter
Sessions and Orphans' Court, read law and was admitted to practice in 1867;
he soon after went to Wisconsin. ? 1860 Jefferson Co., PA census,
Porter TWP, p 279
Children of Watson Johnson
YOUNG and Adelaide CARPENTER were as follows:
17
i (---) YOUNG.
18
ii (---) YOUNG.
19
iii (---) YOUNG.
20
iv (---) YOUNG.
21
v (---) YOUNG.
22
vi (---) YOUNG.
5. Torrence Fairchild2 YOUNG (Loyal1), born 9 Apr 1840. He married Anna HENRY.
Notes for Torrence Fairchild
YOUNG
? 1860 Beaver Co., PA census,
Darlington TWP, p 173.
Children of Torrence Fairchild
YOUNG and Anna HENRY were as follows:
23
i (---) YOUNG.
24
ii (---) YOUNG.
6. James Wright2 YOUNG (Loyal1), born 10 Sep 1842. He married (1) Martha E. COGAN; (2) Anne S. CHISHOLM; (3) Ada A. SPARKHAWK.
Children of James Wright
YOUNG and Martha E. COGAN were as follows:
25
i (---) YOUNG.
26
ii (---) YOUNG.
27
iii (---) YOUNG.
28
iv (---) YOUNG.
8. Samuel Hall2 YOUNG (Rev.) (Loyal1), born 12 Sep 1847 in , Butler, PA. He married Fannie E. KELLOGG.
Notes for Samuel Hall YOUNG
(Rev.)
1927 resided Seattle, WA.
Children of Samuel Hall YOUNG
(Rev.) and Fannie E. KELLOGG were as follows:
29
i (---) YOUNG.
30
ii (---) YOUNG.
31
iii (---) YOUNG.
Thank you for any and all help and assistance in our family's search for "Immigrant Ancestors and their Descendants!"
Craig
"Always Looking for Cousins
Pascal Paoli Young - Cynthia Phillips
12. PASCAL PAOLI19
YOUNG (LYDIA18 GOULD, NATHAN17, SAMUEL16, SAMUEL15,
JOHN14, ZACCHEUS13, RICHARD12,
RICHARD (GOLD)11, THOMAS10 (GOWLE, GOOLDE)
GOULD, RICHARD (GOWLE)9
GOULD, THOMAS (GOOLD)8, ROBERT7 GOLD, JOHN6, ROBERT5,
JOHN4, ELIAS3, ?2, JOHN1)
was born October 18, 1794 in Charlemont, Hampshire
Co., MA, and died January
19, 1852 in French Creek, Upshur Co., WV. He
married CYNTHIA PHILLIPS
1817 in French Creek, Lewis Co., VA, daughter of
ELIJAH PHILLIPS and CYNTHIA
GOODWIN.
Notes for PASCAL PAOLI YOUNG:
Birth of Pascal recorded
in Charlemont VR. He was ordained as the 5th elder
of the French Creek Presbyterian
church, October 5, 1827.
Children of PASCAL YOUNG
and CYNTHIA PHILLIPS are:
44. i. LYMAN PHILLIPS20
YOUNG, b. March 3, 1819, French Creek, Lewis Co.,
VA; d. 1872, French Creek,
Upshur Co., WV.
ii. AUGUSTUS
THOMAS YOUNG, b. Abt. November 15, 1820, French Creek, Lewis
Co., VA.
iii.
ELIJAH EARL YOUNG, b. Abt. July 7, 1822, French Creek, Lewis Co.,
VA; d. Centerville, WV.
iv. EDWIN
YOUNG, b. Abt. April 30, 1826, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA; d.
August 20, 1863, died in
Andersonville Prison during the war.
v.
CEMANTHA YOUNG, b. Abt. April 30, 1826, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA;
d. January 9, 1910, French
Creek, Upshur Co., WV; m. ELMORE HYRE.
vi. LUCINDA
YOUNG, b. January 1, 1828, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA; d.
IL; m. CORNELIUS CLARK.
vii.
ROBERT YOUNG, b. October 19, 1831, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA.
viii.
EDWIN YOUNG, b. October 31, 1833, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA; m.
REBECCA BARTLETT.
ix. WEBSTER
YOUNG, b. Abt. November 30, 1834, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA.
x.
ELIZA YOUNG, b. Abt. November 8, 1840, French Creek, Lewis Co., VA.
xi. CORDELIA
PHILLIPS YOUNG, b. December 4, 1842, French Creek, Lewis
Co., VA; m. LEWIS WALKER.
xii.
HARRIET ESTHERYOUNG, b. March 6, 1844, French Creek, Lewis Co.,
VA.
xiii.
SYLVESTER YOUNG, b. Abt. May 5, 1844, French Creek, Lewis Co.,
VA; d. died young.
xiv.
LOYAL PAOLIA YOUNG, b. May 2, 1847, French Creek, Lewis Co. VA;
m. JANE GREEN.
xv. SANFORD
BROWN YOUNG, b. French Creek, Lewis Co., VA; m. PHEBE
PARTHENA TAYLOR, March 9,
1848, Lewis Co., VA.
xvi.
ALONZO A. YOUNG, b. French Creek, Lewis Co., VA; d. 1868, IL.
see pic of LOYAL YOUNG
son of Pascal Paoli Young
and Cynthia Phillips
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Lyman
Young
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
Lyman was the son of Pascal
Paoli Young and Cynthia PHILLIPS YOUNG He was ordained Elder of the French
Creek church on the same day as his uncle, Festus on Aug 20, 1853. However,
he left the church Jan 16, 1857, and
entered the M.E. Church,
and helped to organize French Creek Methodist Church in 1865. The building
which housed the new church was built on his land, just west of present
Bush Run Road, about where the house of Neil Thacker and his grandmother
Grace Lance Young stands.
It was named Mount Stillman, after a son of Lymon's who was an influential part of the young organization. The church was later moved to the village. We are told that the singing in Mount Stillman was something very wonderful and rang out to be heard melodiously for a long distance
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Family
of Lovenia Phillips and Festus Young
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
From "French Creek Presbyterian
Church By Lois Pinnel
Festus Young was seven years
of age when he made the journey across the mountains from Mass. with his
parents Robert and Lydia Gould Young. He was the didth child. He was ordained
Elder of the church Aug 20, 1853. He first
married Lovenia PHILLIPS,
who was the daughter of Anson Phillips and the grand-daughter of Elijah
Phillips and Cynthia Goodwin Phillips.
By his first wife Lovenia Phillips, he had the following children;
1. Almandon who married Caroline
Simons and was captured with the Militia at Centreville.
2. Sophronia, who was burned
in a brush fire aged four years, and died as a result of the fire.
3. Martha, who lived for
two days
4. Hannah who died in 1851
5. Lovenia
His second wife was Rachel Graham and were the parents of
1. Lydia Jane, who married
Thomas Allen George
2. James, who married Indabo
Gillum
3. Richard P. who married
Leanna Simmons
4. Sarah, who died as a
child
5. Robert Lock
6. Gilbert Gould who lived
one month
7. William Henry, who became
a Methodist minister and the father had several sons
8. Almyra Ann who married
Wesley Byrd,
9. Quillen L., who became
a Presbyterian minister.
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Robert
Young Family History
From "French Creek Presbyterian Church By Lois Pinnel
Note: His daughter Sophronia Young married Edwin Phillips.
Robert Young was one of the two men first elected to be Elders of the French Creek Church. Son of Henry Young and Lydia Ross Young. His father had a very interesting history, which hass been told and retold in the French Creek writings and publications, as well as by word of mouth and tradition. Of his mother, before her marriage, nothing is known but her name, and that she was living on the island in Mass.
Robert Young's father was a schoolteacher and a man with maritime experience, so when the Revolutionary War began, what is more fitting then that he should be drafted for the protection of the island. His period of service was short because of his profession, and because he had several small children at home. The oldest being Robert Earle Brooks did extensive research about Henry Young, and when time permitted he wrote what he found-which was far less than he hoped.
Note by Dorothy: Earle Brooks letters will be added here as well. He wrote many letters which I have transcribed about the Phillips .family.
The Young family moved to
the mainland of Mass. sometime during Robert's youth and at some place
and time, he met and married Lydia Gould, the daughter of Nathan Gould
Sr., and Martha Gilbert. He brought his family to
Virginia in 1811, along
with the caravan that included his brother-in-law Gilbert Gould.
Robert Young and his wife's first cousin Aaron Gould Sr., were ordained as Elders August 5, 1819. This was about two months before the organization was fully completed. he served as ruling Elder until his death. Robert Young was elected assesorof Lewis County, two tterms I believe. In the course of his duties he was in many homes, and found a woeful lack of Bibles. This he remedied from his own earnings. With help from members of the Bible Society in New York and by members. In his terms of office, he distributed more than four hundred Bibles to families that had crossed the mountains without one. One term he also was elected Sheriff. After some years he resigned the office when it seemed he could not avoid the prosecution of men he knew.
He was a very affectionete
family man and father, but was not a hunter. He would not take life....so
in the midst of a forest full of game, his family often went hungry for
meat. The diet was not totally lacking in protien for his wife Lydia was
a very thrifty housewife - she used the milk she took from thier cows to
make cheese. Evidently her cellar shelves were a beautiful thing to see.
A grand daughter remembers seeing twenty beautiful cheeses on
the shelves.
Robert and Lydia were the parents of many children. More than one of them achieved greatness and one, Lloyd, became a renowned Presbyterian ministerin the state and in PA.
On May 30, 1910, descendants
of Robert Young and his wife Lydia Gould Young unveiled a monument to them
in the French Creek Cemetery. The monument, draped in a flag, was unveiled
by his youngest and only living child,
Sophronia, who had married
Edwin PHILLIPS. She was then 88 years of age. Sophronia was born one year
after the long pilgrimage from Mass. in 1811.
Robert Young was born Jan
1769, and died Mar 14, 1847.
Lydia Young was born Jul
3 1772 and died Feb 6 1857.
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Henry
O. McCann
Grandson of Samantha and
Nathan Gould Jr.
Submited by Dorothy Phillips
Henry was born May 11, 1869 in Randolph Co WV. Died Feb 4 1943 in Pendleton, Oregon. He married Aramintha Wolfe Dec 10 1893, she was b Sep 10 1869 in Buckhannon Upshur Co WVa Died Mar 15 1912 in Sykeston Wells Co. ND. He married 2nd to Dora Parot, His children are of his marriage to Aramintha.
Her parents were James Wolfe and Elizabeth Cutright
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Gravestones
of Squire McCann and Roxanne (Gould) McCann
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
Roxanne (Dtr of Samantha
Phillips-Nnathan Gould Jr.) married in Upshur Co, WV 24
December 1857
Married by James McCoy
of Upshur County
The children were:
1. Samuel Nathan b 15Dec 1858 m. Elizabeth A Gibbel 29 June 1898 while both were serving as Brethern Missionaries in Bulsar, India.
See
more on Smauel N. McCann and Elizabeth Gibbel>>>>>
2. William J b 6 Oct 1861 in Buckannon, Upshur Co WV m. Aldarada Belle Van Camp 23 Aug 1888 by Eld David Miller. William was an Elder of the Brethern Church. d. 27 Jun 1940 inWi.
3. Samantha Jane b 4 Mar 1864 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co WV. m. Henry Howard Withers Powers 28 Dec 1874 in Upsshur Co. WV d. 4 Mar 1836
4. Celia Elizabeth b 9 Dec 1866 in either Upshur Co /or Wash Co OH. m Jesse Godfrey Hinkle Phares 20 Sep 1885 Indian Camp, Upshur Co WV. She passed away 1888, 3 years after her marriage, leaving 2 small children.
5. Henry Ottway b 11 may 1869 in Buckannon WV. m Aramintha Wolfe 10 Dec 1893. Moved to ND d 4 Feb 1943 in Pendleton, Oregon.
6. Mary Lu Ella b 1 Apr 1872
Indian Camp, WV m 9 Sep 1890 to George Thomas Hoover in Buckhannon
WV
d. 3 Nov 1913 in Upshur
Co WV
7. Bessie May b 19
Nov 1875 Alton, WV m (1st) 9 Sep 1890 Jonas L Simmons (2nd)
Calvin Howes
d. 28 Oct 1948 in Medina
ND
8. Squire David b 22 Dec 1877 Indian Camp, Upshur Co WV m. (1st) Minnie Bean 1900 with whom he had all his children m (2nd) Ella Hoover (3rd) Fannie Cutright. d. 3 Feb .....at Flat Rock WV
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Husband's
Name
Uriah GOODWIN Born:
11 May 1735 Place: , Hartford, West Hartford, New York; Christened:
11 May 1735 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn, Died:
Place: Broadalbin, Fulton, Ny, Married: 4 Feb 1757
Father: Isaac
GOODWIN
Mother: Hannah
MORGAN
Married Mabel FRANCIS
Born: 27 Dec 1740 Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Ct
Father: Thomas
FRANCIS
Mother: Abigail
GRISWOLD
Children
1.Abigail GOODWIN Born:
Abt 1780 Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Ma Died:
1849 Place: Broadalbin, Fulton, Ny
2. Submit GOODWIN
Born: 26 Jan 1783 Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Ma,
Christened: 26 Jan 1785 Place: Ashfield, Franklin,
Ma
3.Anna GOODWIN Born:
2 Oct 1770 Place: West Hartford, Hartford, Ct.
Died: 1844 Place: , Harrison, Va
4. Uriah GOODWIN Born:
13 Oct 1759 Place: West Hartford, Ct , Died: 16
Jun 1835 Place: Lairdsville, Westmoreland, Oneida, Ny
5. Eldad Francis GOODWIN
Born: 15 Oct 1761 Place: West Hartford, Ct,
Died: 1827 Place: Albany, Albany, Ny
6. Lydia GOODWIN Born:
10 Apr 1773 Place: West Hartford, Ct, Died:
Place: Sand Lake, Rensselaer, Ny
7. Mabel GOODWIN
Born: 18 Jul 1768 Place: West Hartford, Ct
8. Cynthia GOODWIN
Born: 31 Jul 1766 Place: West Hartford, Hartford,
Connecticut , Died: Place: French Creek, Upshur,
West Virginia
9. Deliverance GOODWIN
Born: 21 Sep 1763 Place: West Hartford, Ct; Died:
21 May 1841 Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Ma
10. Samuel GOODWIN
Born: 24 Nov 1782 Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Ma;
Died: Place: Mayville, Dodge, Wi
11.Lydia GOODWIN Born:
2 Dec 1771 Place: West Hartford, Ct; Died: 16 May
1773 Place: West Hartford, Ct
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Nathaniel
GOODWIN Birth: 1669 Of, Hartford, Hartford, Conn.;
Death: Nov 1747 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Parents:
Father: William
GOODWIN
Mother: Susannah
FRUEN
Married Mehetable
PORTER Marriage: 1 Nov 1687 Hadley, Hampshire,
Mass
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Husband's
Name
Isaac GOODWIN Born:
10 Nov 1695 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Ct; Christened:
10 Nov 1695 Place: First Church, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut,
Died: 15 Aug 1766 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Father: Nathaniel
GOODWIN
Mother: Mehetable
PORTER
Married Hannah MORGAN Born:
24 Nov 1703 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Christened:
5 Dec 1703 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut,
Died: Bef 1767 Place:
Father: Thomas
MORGAN
Mother: Rachael
MERRY
Children
1.Deliverance GOODWIN Born:
Abt 1730 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn; Died:
Place: West Hartford, Ct
2. Mehetable GOODWIN
Born: 1722/1723 Place: <New Hartford, Hartford,
Ct.> Christened: 30 Mar 1723, Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn
Died: Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Ma
3. Anna GOODWIN Born:
1725; Christened: 16 May 1725 Place: Hartford,
Hartford, Conn, Died: 9 Sep 1814 Place: West Hartford,
Ct
4. Morgan GOODWIN
Born: 1728; Christened: 4 Feb 1728 Place:
Hartford, Hartford, Conn Buried: 4 Feb 1792
5. Ebenezer GOODWIN Born:
1737; Christened: 30 Oct 1737 Place: Hartford,
Hartford, Conn, Died: Bef 1743 Place: Died Young
6. Isaac GOODWIN Born:
1733 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn; Christened:
Apr 1733 Place: West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut,
Died: 28 Nov 1815 Place: Torrington, Litchfield,
Connecticut
7. Ebenezer GOODWIN
Born: 1743 Christened: 29 May 1743 Place:
West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
8. Sarah GOODWIN
Born: 29 Jan 1721 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Ct;
Christened: 29 Jan 1721 Place: Hartford, Hartford,
Conn Died: Place: Wethersfield, Hartford,
Ct
9. Uriah GOODWIN Born:
11 May 1735 Place: , Hartford, West Hartford, New York
; Christened: 11 May 1735 Place: Hartford, Hartford,
Conn Died: Place: Broadalbin, Fulton,
Ny
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Husband's
Name
Nathaniel GOODWIN
Born: 1669 Place: Of, Hartford, Hartford, Conn., Died:
Nov 1747 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Married: 1 Nov
1687 Place: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Father: William
GOODWIN
Mother: Susannah
FRUEN (
Marrried Mehetable PORTER
Born: 15 Sep 1673 Place: Of, Hartford, Hartford, Conn.;
Died: 6 Feb 1726 Place: , Hartford, Conn.
Father: Samuel PORTER
Mother: Hannah
STANLEY
Children
1. Stephen GOODWIN
Born: Abt 1704 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut;
Christened: 24 Aug 1701 Place: Second Ch Rec, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut Died: 5 Dec 1785 Place:
2. Eleazer GOODWIN
Born: Abt 1707 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut;
Christened: 19 Dec 1703 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut Died: 19 Jan 1766 Place:
New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut
3. Mehitable GOODWIN
Born: 1691 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn Died:
31 Jan 1768 Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Buried: Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
4. Hezekiah GOODWIN
Born: 1692 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Christened: 20 Mar 1692 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut Died: 5 Sep 1768 Place: First
Ch Rec, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Buried: Place:
Center Ch Cem, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
5. Benedicta GOODWIN
Born: 1693 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut;
Christened: 25 Feb 1693 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut Died: Jan 1746 Place: Windsor,
Hartford, Connecticut Buried: Place: Wethersfield,
Hartford, Connecticut
6. Joanna GOODWIN
Born: 1705 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Christened: 20 Jan 1705/1706 Place: First Ch Rec,
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
7. Ruth GOODWIN
Born: 1707 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut;
Christened: 7 Mar 1707/1708 Place: First Ch Rec,
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 19 Aug 1777 Place:
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
8. Nathaniel GOODWIN
Born: 1712 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
; Christened: 24 Sep 1712 Place: Second Ch Rec,
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
9. Abraham GOODWIN
Born: 1699 Place: Hartford, , Ct ; Christened:
30 Jul 1699 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford, Hartford,
Connecticut Died: 6 Jan 1771 Place: Litchfield,
Litchfield, Connecticut
10. Alice GOODWIN
Born: 19 May 1710 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut;
Christened: 21 May 1710 Place: First Ch Rec, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 1815 Place: Bridgeport,
Fairfield, Ct
11. Isaac GOODWIN
Born: 10 Nov 1695 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Ct
Christened: 10 Nov 1695 Place: First Church, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 15 Aug 1766 Place:
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
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Husband's
Name
William GOODWIN Born:
1629 Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Ct; Died: 15 Oct 1689
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Ct
Married: Abt
1654 Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Ct.
Father: Ozias
GOODWIN
Mother: Mary
WOODWARD
Married Susannah FRUEN Born: 1635 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn; Died: 12 Apr 1698 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn.; Married: Abt 1654 Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Cn
Children
1.William GOODWIN Born:
Abt 1660 Place: , Hartford, Conn. ; Died: 23 Jul
1733 Place: , Hartford, Conn.
2. Susanna GOODWIN
Born: Abt. 1665 Place: <, Hartford, Conn.>
3. William GOODWIN Born:
Abt. 1667 Place: Hartford, Conn.
4. Susannah GOODWIN
Born: Abt. 1671
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Conn; Died: 22 Jul 1718
Place:
5. Nathaniel
GOODWIN
Born: 1669
Place: Of, Hartford, Hartford, Conn.; Died: Nov 1747
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
6. Susanna GOODWIN
Born: 1656
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 22 Jul 1718
Place:
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Husband's
Name
Ozias GOODWIN Born:
1596 Place: Of Bocking, Essex, England; Died: 3 Apr 1683
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Buried:
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Married: 1627
Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Ct
Father:
Mother: Miss
TALCOTT
Married Mary WOODWARD
Born: Abt 1598 Place: Of Braintree, Essex, England; Died:
Abt 1683 Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Married: 1627
Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Ct
Father: Robert
WOODWARD (AFN:FBW2-SB) Family
Mother: Joanne
CLAY (AFN:FBW2-TH)
Children
1. William GOODWIN
Born: 1629
Place: Of Hartford, Hartford, Ct
Died: 15 Oct
1689 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Ct
2. Hannah GOODWIN
Born: 1639
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 12 Feb 1724
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
3. Ozias GOODWIN
Born: 1627
Place: Bocking, Essex, , England
4. Nathaniel GOODWIN
Born: 1637
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Died: 8 Jan 1713
Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
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Husband's
Name
Unknown GOODWIN
Born: 1543
Place: Lindsell, Essex, Eng. Married: 1568 Place:
Bocking, Essex, Eng
Married Mary SMITH
Born: 1510 Place: Lindsell, Essex, Eng. Died:
Place: Lindsell, Essex, Eng
Buried:
Place: , , Eng Married: 1568 Place: Bocking,
Essex, Eng
Father: Mr.
SMITH Mother: Mrs. SMITH
Children
1. Ozeas GOODWIN
Born: 1569
Place: Of, Bocking, Essex, Eng.
Died: 1627
Place: , , Eng
Buried: 1627
Place: , , Eng
The History of West Virginia,
Old and New Published 1923,
The American Historical
Society, Inc., Chicago and New York,
Volume III, pg. 453-454
Upshur County, W Va.
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ARTHUR
K. PERRY
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
ARTHUR K. PERRY, president of the Merchants and Miners Bank of Junior and for a number of years active in the civic and business affairs of that community, in the line of public service performed his best work as a specialist with both the State and Federal Departments of Agriculture as an inspector for the protection of forests and orchards. Mr. Perry was born in Meade District of Upshur County, West Virginia, October 24, 1869.
His grandfather, Elias Perry, came from Erie County, New York, and established his home on French Creek in Upshur County, where he spent the rest of his life as a farmer and where he was laid to rest in the community cemetery.
His children were Hubbard, John, Edwin, Elias, Wilbur, Fannie, who mar- ried John Love, and Mrs. Marshall Gould. Hubbard Perry, father of the banker, was a native of Upshur County, and was one of the early volunteers for the service of the Union in the Civil war. He was in Company E, of the Fourth Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, and while in the service nearly all the war period and in many arduous campaigns he was never wounded or captured.
He was a private soldier, and among other battles he was with Sheridan at Cedar Creek. After the war he returned to the farm and pursued the routine of country life until his death in 1877, at the age of forty-nine. When he went to the polls he cast his vote as a republican, and he was a worshipper in the Presbyterian Church.
Hubbard Perry married Harriet Phillips, daughter of Edwin and Sophronia (Young) Phillips. The Youngs were an old Massachusetts family that settled in Lewis County, Virginia, in that portion now Upshur County. The ancestry of this branch of the family rnns back to an Englishman who was a man of letters and "wrote for the King," probably meaning that he was secretary to King George the first.
Among his children was Henry Young, who lived in Eng land during the latter years of George the second, while Holland and England were at war with France. While in a boat along the coast he was seized and pressed into the English Navy, and for seven years performed his duties with the Royal Navy and finally landed at Martha's Vine- yard, Massachusetts. An educated man, a teacher, he pre pared three times to return to England, but something prevented his going each time, so that providence seemed to have designed to make him an American.
He married Lydia Boss. Their oldest son, Robert Young, was born at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and had two broth ers, William and Freeman, and four sisters, Anna, Cynthia, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Robert Young married Lydia Gould. Their children were Paschal, Ann, Anson, Gilbert, Festus, Loyal, Louisa, Sophronia and freeman. The daughter Sophronia was born November 17, 1812, and on April 22, 1830, was married to Edwin Phillips in Upshur County, where they lived out their lives.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Phillips were: Harriet, who became the wife of Hubbard Perry; Abizer; Josephine, who married Adolphus Brooks; Beecher, Marion, Aletha, Wallace, Linn, and May, who became the wife of William O. Phillips.
The children of Hubbard Perry and wife are: Emma, wife of George Talbott and a resident of Elkins; Lucy, who married Jonathan Hathaway, of Buckhannon; Marion, who died in infancy; Orr, of Elkins; Edwin E., of Macedonia, Ohio; Delia, a resident of Pittsburg; Arthur Kirke, the banker; and Grace, who died as Mrs. John Finley.
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Elder
Samuel Nathan McCann - A Tribute
Submitted by Dorothy Phillips
Eldest son of Squire B McCann & Roxanne Gould McCann and one of 8 children
Samuel was born 19 Dec 1858 in French Creek, Upshur Co WV.. He married Elizabeth Gibbel 29 Jun 1898 while a missionary in Bulsar India. She too was one of the missionaries there at that time. They had 2 childrem Mary Roxanne, and Henry. Mary died young, soon after her marriagr to John Wesley Wright. Henry, after his parents deaths went to New York to live where he married and had a famuly,
His father, Squire McCann was a farmer, but also worked as Notary Public and Surveyor. As a child, he was taken to Church by his parents. At the age of 15 he was baptized in the Buckhannon River by Elder Elias Auvil at the old Indian Camp Church, At the age of 18 he was elected to the Ministry, and a year later advanced to the 2nd degree. He was ordained to the Eldership at Bridgewater in 1894.
His opportunities for education were meager. and consisted of a few months at the District School each winter, until he was 18 when he attended a Summer Institute and taught his first school the following winter, For the bext two or three years he attended school in the summer and taught in the winter, he then went to the Brernerm Normal School ( now Jauniata College) for 4 sessions. In 1884 he came to Bridgewater as a teacher in the Virginia Normal School. (Now Bridgewater College)..
After 2 years of teaching, he entered into the Evamfelistic Field and spent about 2 years on the frontiers of Misspiti and Arkansas. He then came back to Bridgewater and was associated there until he was called to the Mission Field to work in India, Hr had also been a Field Representative for the College. When called to India, he was attending the Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, preparing himself to take charge of the Bible Dept. at Bridgewater, when called.
His ten years in India were full of privations, labor and care. His ecperiences during the terrible famine and the plague, reads like a romance novel. The time for his furlough to return home came just when the famine of 1905 came on. He refused to leave his post, and sending his wife and children home for rest. he continued to labor in behalf of the people, until his health became so shattered, that he was finally persuaded upon to take his rest at home. from the impairment of his health during those years, he never recovered.
During the last eight years of his life, he occupied the Chair of Biblical Literature and Theology at Bridgewater College. Amidst his busy life and with almost constant suffering, he still found time to write several books. His lofty contemplative nature and his intensely Spiritual state of mind fitted him well for this work. Brother McCann made a long and hard fight for his life. His last summer was spent in North Dakota. He passed away at the home of his brother Henry O. McCann near Sykeston, on August 24, 1917.
His brother William J McCann accompanied the body of Samuel McCann for his Services and burial in West Virginia. His passing makes a large void in the Church, in his home, in the school, and in the community, His life was an inspiration and a blessing. His influence will go on living in the lives of those he inspired, and his teaching will continue to enrich character in the years to come.
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Her parents and siblings
Uruah Goodwin and Mabel
were the parents of Cynthis and Anna Goodwin who both married into the
Phillips family. David Phillips
to Anna Goodwin, Elijah Phillips to Cynthia Goodwin
FAMILY OF MABEL FRANCIS
URIAH GOODWIN MARRIED MABEL
FRANCIS
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Mabel FRANCIS
Family
Birth:
27 Dec 1740 Wethersfield, Hartford, Ct
Spouse: Uriah
GOODWIN
Marriage: 4
Feb 1757
Father: Thomas
FRANCIS Family
Mother: Abigail
GRISWOLD
Abigail GRISWOLD
Born: Abt 1690
Place: Of, Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn.
Died: 8 Feb
1752 Place: Pl Unk
Married: 19
Mar 1718 Place: Wethersfield, Hrtfrd, Cn
Children of Thomas FRANCIS and Abigail GRISWOLD
1. M John
FRANCIS Born: 1732 Place: Newington, Connecticut,
Christened: 31 Dec 1732 Place:
2. M Samuel
FRANCIS Born: 22 Jan 1725 Place: Newington, Connecticut
3. F Ann FRANCIS
Born: 19 Oct 1732 Place: Newington, Connecticut
4. M Josiah
FRANCIS Born: 18 Feb 1722 Place: Newington, Connecticut,
Died: 10 Nov 1798 Vt
5. M Hezekiah
FRANCIS Born: 11 Mar 1738 Wells, Rutland, Vermont; Died:
Bef 1806
6. F Lydia
FRANCIS Born: 12 Jun 1729 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Died:
23 Jun 1776 West Hartford, Connecticut
7. F Abigail
FRANCIS Born: 7 Dec 1718 Place: Newington, Connecticut
8. F Mabel
FRANCIS * Born: 27 Dec 1740 Place: Wethersfield,
Hartford, Ct
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Philander Howes and Cynthia Anne Gould
Seated,
Philander Howes, and wife Cynthia Ann Gould Howes
and
the others are the adult children
Cynthia Ann Gould Howes daughter of Nathan Gould Jr and Samantha Phillips
Philander P Howse Howes, born October 13, 1828 in VA; died May 10, 1910 in Upshur, WV. He was the son of. John Howes and Catherine Pringle. He married Cynthia Ann Gould October 10, 1851 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV.
Cynthia Ann Gould, born October 19, 1835 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV; died April 15, 1922 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV. She was the daughter of Nathan II Gould and Cemantha Phillips.
Child of Philander Howes and Cynthia Gould is:
6 i. Jonathan Oliver Howes, born October 10, 1859 in Upshur, WV; died March 31, 1943 in Upshur, WV; married Rachel Susan Williams April 27, 1879 in Upshur, WV.
John Howes, born June 17, 1797 in MA; died Aft. 1880 in WV. He was the son of. Joseph Howes and . Lois Shurtleff. He married Catherine Pringle February 17, 1828 in Lewis, WV.. Catherine Pringle, born Abt. 1809 in Upshur, WV; died Bef. 1850 in Lewis, WV. She was the daughter of John Pringle and Mary Ann Cutright.
Child of John Howes and Catherine Pringle is:
i. Philander P Howse Howes, born October 13, 1828 in VA; died May 10, 1910 in Upshur, WV; married Cynthia Ann * Gould October 10, 1851 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV.
Nathan II Gould, born
May 19, 1776 in Berkshire, MA; died September 08, 1855 in Upshur, WV. He
was the son of Nathan I Gould and. Martha Gilbert. He married 27.
Cemantha Phillips November 20, 1828 in Lewis, WV.
Cemantha * Phillips, born
May 10, 1802 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA; died Aft. 1855. She was the daughter
of Elijah Phillips and Cynthia Goodwin.
Child of Nathan Gould and
Cemantha Phillips is:
i. Cynthia
Ann Gould, born October 19, 1835 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV; died April
15, 1922 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV; married Philander Howes October 10,
1851 in Indian Camp, Upshur, WV.
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Row
Henry,
Samantha, Samuel, Celia, William
Front
Row
David,
Squire, Roxanne, Mary and Bessie
Squire
Bosworth McCann and Roxanne Gould-McCann
Family
History of Dorothy McCann-Phillips
Descendants
of Nathan Gould Jr. and Samantha Phillips
William McCAN "McCANN"
1. William Oscar McCANN b. 5-22-1903 in Sykeston, Wells Co. ND, m. Oma Marjorie TULLAR b. 4-17-1907 in Friendship, WI dtr of Charles M TULLAR and Mattie RICH - Mattie dtr of Sumner Kinney RICH and Mary A NOGLE
Children:
Wilma Jean, Dorothy Mae, Morris Gene, Beverly Irene, Gerald Oscar, Patrick James
2. Wiliam Jasper McCANN b. 5-11-`1861 Buckhannon, Randolph Co. W. VA, m. Aldarada Belle VAN CAMP b. 6-27-1866 in W VA - dtr of Elza VAN CAMP and Emmalinr ICE.
Children:
*Elbert B., b Aug 30, 1889,
in Randolph Co., W VA m. Ruth Ethel WINE
*Edward Lee b Sep 29, 1890
in Randolph Co., W VA m. Anna Iola MILLER
*Virginia Emmaline b Sep
1, 1893 in Elkins, Randolph Co. W VA m. Henry SINKLER in Sykeston,
Wells Co., ND.
*Ella Mae b. Apr 18, 1897
in Sykeston, ND m. (1)Walter McKEE (2) William BARNES
*Samuel Richard b Jun 22,
1898 in Sykeston, ND m. Cora Della ANDERSON
*Parley Everett b Oct 5,
1899 in Hawk's Nest Twp, Wells Co ND, m. Agnes Sofia HEWITT in New Rockford,
Eddy Co ND
*Clarence Benjamin b Nov
10, 1900 in Sykeston ND, m Florence Edith TURK in So. Milwaukee,
Wis.
*Sarah Ethel b Mar 24, 1902
in Sykeston ND, m. (1)Adam Edwin KESSLER (2) Lee POSEY
*William O McCann (above
first)
*Sadie Eva b Feb 7, 1906
Wells Co., ND, m Morris Gene ANDERSON
*Martha Jane b Sep 14, 1906
b Sykeston, ND m. John HANSON
*Marvin Jasper b Dec 19,
1911 in Sykeston, ND,m Marion Veronica BENJAMIN
3. Squire Bosworth McCANN
b Apr 25, 1837 in Randolph Co. W VA,d. Oct 20, 1898, m. Roxanna GOULD
(dtr of Nathan GOULD JR, and Samantha PHILLIPS ) Samantha PHILLIPS was
the dtr of Elijah PHILLIPS & Cynthia
GOODWIN
Children:
*Samuel Nathan b Dec 15,
1858 in French Creek, Upshur Co W VA, m. Elizabeth A. GIBBEL Jun 29, 1898
in India, where both were Missionaries of the Brethern Church
*William Jasper (see
above) m Aldarada Van Camp
*Samantha Jane b Mar
4, 1864 in Upshur Co W VA, m Henry Howard Withers POWERS 1884 in Upshur
Co W VA
*Celia Elizabeth b Dec 9,
1865 in Washington Co OH, m. Jesse Godfrey PHARES in Upshur Co.
*Henry O. b May 11, 1869
in Buckhannon, Randolph Co, m Arimintha WOLFE 1893 in W VA (later living
in ND)
*Mary Lu Ella b Apr 1, 1872
in Upshur Co W VA, m George Thomas HOOVER in Upshur Co
*Bessie May b Dec 19, 1875
in Alton, W VA, m. in 1890 to Jonas L. SIMMONS (2) Calvin HOWES in ND
*Squire David b Dec 22,
1877 at Indian Camp, Upshur Co. W VA, m. (1) Minnie BEAN by whom he had
8 children (2) Ella HOOVER (3)Fannie CUTRIGHT
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History of Education in West
Virginia
Prepared under the direction
of the State Superintendent of Free Schools
1904, Charleston: The Tribune
Printing Company, 1904
pg. 243 - 247
Upshur County
BY W. S. MICK
The greatest stimulus to general education with equal school advantages came with the emigration of the NEW ENGLANDERS to this country. This emigration began in the year 1801 with Zechariah MORGAN settling on the Buckhannon river near the town of Sago. His story of this newcountry attracted Aaron GOULD, Sr., and his, in turn, brought Robert and Gilbert YOUNG with their families in the year 1811. The years 1814, 1815, 1816 and 1817 brought scores more of these enthusiastic Puritans, who contributed much, immeasurably to the agitation of greater school ad-vantages which was seed sown in good ground and in time bore and is bearing fruit to the glory and honor of Upshur county citizenship.
(Note This includes the PHILLIPS families)
According to their strict ideas of life they forced an educational opportunity and made their children take and improve it.
Continuous battle was waged between poverty and the illimitable forest on one side and ambition and a hope of better future on the other. The acts of the Virginia Assembly of the late forties, giving partial State support to the schools were due in some measure to the violent agiation of the New Englanders west of the mountains. The Poor Fund converted many dwelling houses and churches into school houses. These required teachers and on February 1, 1847 an act was passed by theGeneral Assembly of Virginia entitled, "An act to incorporate the Male and Female Academy of Buckhannon."
The incorporators by this act purchased a lot in the town of Buckhannon, near where the Episcopalian church now stands on Main street, and built thereon a comfortable one-story school house. Nearly all the students who attended this school became teachers as soon as their preceptor thought them capable. Some became influential in county politics.
So great was the interest in common school work that many new schools were started and the Poor Fund allotted to this county paid but a small part of current expenses. One teacher of this period tells us that he had thirty-five pupils and got only $36 from the Poor Fund. Whenever the Poor Fund was not sufficient to compensate the teacher for his services he could choose either to teach for the Poor Fund only, or had to solicit from the patrons, a varied subscription, which was paid incorn, oats, live stock, or currency as provided by the agreement be-tween teacher and patron at the time of the solicitation.
This brings us to the war of the rebellion.
An act passed December 10, 1863, by the Legislature of West Virginia established free schools throughout the length and breadth of this war-born commonwealth.
J. Loomis GOULD , whose administration
covered a period of six years from 1865 to 1871, gives a report for eachyear
during his incumbency. His first report shows eighteen schools in
operation, one school house,
an enumeration of 2643, and enrollment of 535, an average daily attendance
of 384. Number of male teachers, 11; number of female teachers, 8; average
male salary, $35 per month, and an average female salary of $18 per month.
From the advent of the New Englander into the settlements along the Buckhannon
river and the waters of French Creek, Presbyterianism took the lead in
progressive educational ideas and affairs. Coming as they did from the
highly intellectual atmosphere prevalent in and around Boston, it was but
natural that they should take an unusual interest.
No sooner had the clouds of war cleared away than that unconquerable thirst for knowledge in the Puritan's breast began to agitate the advisability and possibility of an academy. At this time as well assince, the Presbyterian faith had more devotees in and around FrenchCreek and it was but natural that that place should be the immediate field of operation.
On the 23rd day of February,
1871, the stronger and more well-to-do families of the French Creek Presbyterian
church assembled in their church house and prepared papers asking for the
incorporation of the French Creek Institute. The charter was granted March
2, 1871. The purpose of this school as stated in their charter was a male
and female Academy, "to train up teachers and promote education generally."
The amount subscribed and paid upon the charter was $410 with the privilege
of increasing the capital stock to $30,000. The charter does not expire
until 1970, although the school has been for many years suspended and the
academy building torn down. The first principal was Dr. Loyal YOUNG
Other principals were Myra BROOKS, J. Loomis GOULD and R. A. Armstrong,
now professor of English in the West Virginia University.
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William
J. McCann Family
More
info on William J. McCann>>>>>>>
William J McCann is Emmalines
Great-Grandson
He was an Elder of the Brethern
Church in Upshur Co. WV. and also in Wells Co. ND.
The children in the photo:
Top Row - Ella, Edward,
Virginia, and Elbert
Middle row - Clarence, William
J Sr., Martha, Aldarada (his wife), Sadie.
Bottom Row - Parley, William
O. Jr., Ethel and Samuel.
Missing in the photo is
the youngest son, Marvin.
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