James GRAHAM [Parents] married Florence GRAHAM.
Florence GRAHAM married James GRAHAM.
They had the following children:
M i William GRAHAM was born 25 Dec 1765.
William, the eldest, married in 1809, Catherine Johnson, daughter of Robert Johnson of Johnson's Cross Roads, and settled on the farm more recently owned by the late D.M. Riffle. This tract of land contains four hundred acres, mostly river bottom, was surveyed and patented by William Graham in 1785. At the first court held for the organization of Monroe County in 1799, William Graham was appointed Military Major of the Sixty-Sixth Regiment of Virginia. He was also appointed Justice of the Peace at the organization of said county, and held the office continuously for thirty-seven years until his death. In the year 1809 he was elected as representative of his county to the General Assembly of Virginia, and served acceptably in that body 1809-1810. He had three children, James, (No. 2), William and Betty. James was born in 1810 and married Patsy Guinn, daughter of Joseph Guinn. William, Jr., was born in 1812, married Rebecca Kincaid, daughter of Lanty Kincaid, and had three children, James, Lanty, and the Nimrod (see sketch of Lanty Kincaid family), Katy and Julia. Both William, Jr. and his brother James moved to Missouri in the year 1841. William died there a few years later. James went from Missouri to California in the great rush for gold in 1849. He again visited his native country in 1866. He died but a few years ago in Missouri. Bettie married Allen Ellis, son of Jacob Ellis and moved to Ohio, where several years later they both died. They had three children, one of whom, Edgar Ellis, lived soon after the Civil War on Wolf Creek, Monroe County, but later moved away.
William Graham, Sr., died in June 1836 in his 75th year.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVM ii John GRAHAM was born 22 Dec 1767.
John, the second son of Colonel James Graham was killed by the Indians in 1777. To Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, who was captured by the Indians, will also be reserved for further space.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVF iii Elizabeth GRAHAM was born 29 Mar 1770. M iv David GRAHAM was born 24 Mar 1772.
David, the third son, married Mary Stodghill, about the year 1795 and first settled at the mouth of Hungarths Creek, on what is now the Woodson farm. The dwelling house now on that farm was built by him. He was a competent land surveyor and held office of Deputy Surveyor of Greenbrier County under Alexander Walch, as principal Surveyor, when he was but a little more than twenty-one years old. He was also made Lieutenant of one of the companies of the 66th Va. Regiment. He had three sons whose names
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married Jane, a daughter of Archibald Armstrong, a son of the Emerald Isle, and settled on what is known as the Fluke of Bacon(?) farm. It was he who built what is now Bacon's Mills.
David Harrison moved to the west unmarried. David Graham, Sr., [died] in the year 1818, aged 46 years. His widow, together with all his children moved to Schugler County, Illinois, in the year 1836. Jane, the second daughter of Colonel James Graham, married David Jarrett about 1792 and first settled near the Buffalo Lick (Pence's Springs) on the farm recently owned by the late Edwin Mays. A few years later they moved to [Kanawha] County and after a brief stay then moved to the falls of Tug River, Kentucky, where their descendants still live.
Source:GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVF v Jane GRAHAM was born 4 Sep 1774.
Jane and David Jarrett raised three sons and nine daughters. The sons were James, Ulysses, and David W. The daughters: Florence, Elizabeth, [Jane], Hannah, Nancy, Mary, Margaret, Sarah Ann, Minerva. (See next page).
Dr. York, living near Louisa, a prominent physician, is also a descendant, his mother being a Ratcliff. Also might be mentioned the [Wilsons], Chambers, Vincents, Johnson, and other. Ulysses Jarrett, so of David, Sr., died some years after the Civil War and was in his day quite a prominent man, having at one time represented his country in the Kentucky legislature and filled other positions of honor. It may here be observed that the name as claimed by this family is Garred but they being a branch of the family now mostly of Greenbrier County whose names are written [Jarrett]. We have adopted the orthography of this writing.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVM vi James GRAHAM was born 1777. M vii Samuel GRAHAM was born 1780.
Next in order of the children of James Graham comes his fifth son, Samuel. Samuel married Sallie Jarrett, daughter of David Jarrett (this David Jarrett being the father of the David Jarrett that married Jane Graham) about the year 1808 and settled on the Greenbrier River on the farm [owned] by Joseph Nowlan. This land was entered and patented by James Graham, [ r.] about the year 1785. To Samuel Graham were born five children, James, [Madison], the oldest, Nancy, Betsy, David, and Susan. Nancy married Hiram Graham, her cousin, who was the son of James Graham, a brother of Samuel. [Susan] married Andrew Jarrett, who was a son of James Jarrett, Sr., a brother of the late James and Joseph Jarrett of Greenbrier County. Andrew and his [MISSING LINE PAGE 18]
Tennessee about the year 1835. The two remaining children, David and [Betsey], went to Missouri unmarried.
The farm owned by Samuel Graham, containing about 400 acres, [des ed] to his son-in-law, Andrew Jarrett, and was by him sold to Madison [ nes] in 1840, and a portion of it, including the Graham home, was purchased by Joseph Nowlan in 1884.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVM viii Lanty GRAHAM was born 15 Jan 1786.
Lanty, the sixth son of James Graham, Sr., married Elizabeth [Stodghill] in 1814, and remained on the home place of his father at Lowell. The name of his children were: James Jackson, born 1815; Florence, born 1817; [Mary], born 1819; Emma, born 1821; Jane, born 1823; Sarah, born 1825; also [ ], Erastus and Martha, but we do not know the date of birth. Those who married before the family went to the West were, Florence, who married [ John] Guinn, son of Samuel Guinn, Jr.; Mary, married Thomas B. Guinn, son [of] Andrew Guinn and grandson of Samuel, Sr. Mrs. Mary Guinn is the only member of the Lanty Graham family now living in this county. She lives at [the] home of her late husband, together with her daughter, Mrs. Louisa Coiner [about] a mile southeast of Lowell. She is now in her withtieth (sic) year and [well] preserved both mentally and physically, for one of her age. Emma married James Ballengee, son of Henry Ballengee, who formerly lived at the [mouth] of Greenbrier River, where a part of the town of Hinton is now located. [Lanty] Graham died in 1839. After his death his widow and all the unmarried children moved to Missouri about the year 1840. Those who were married also [moved] away about the same time and their descendants are now scattered over the Western states, with the exception of Mrs. Mary Guinn and her children, grandchildren, etc., who long since returned from their western home and [settled] in the county of her nativity as already stated. There are three of [Lanty] Graham's children living in Davies County, Missouri, namely: John S., [Jane] and Martha. We are indebted to John S. Graham for the following: He [now] living in Patonsburg, Missouri. Married a daughter of John Meadows, a [grand]-daughter of Joseph Guinn of Monroe County, West Virginia. He has two daughters living near him. His sister, Jane and Martha are widows, they [live] near him. Their children are all married and scattered from home.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WVF ix Florence GRAHAM was born 3 May 1789.
Florence, youngest daughter of James Graham, Sr., married William Taylor, son of Natliff Taylor, one of the early settlers of this locality, [and] settled on Hungart Creek about one mile northwest of what is now [Stock rds] Station on the farm known now as the Bash place. The dwelling house [now] occupied on on this farm by C.E. Mann was built by William Taylor nearly [ninety] years ago. William and Florence Taylor had born to them several children, but as they left this country before they were grown, their names cannot be given. John, James, and Florence are the only names remembered. [They] moved to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and settled on the land where now [extends] a portion of the city of Lafayette. Florence Taylor, her son John and daughter Florence, visited their relations in their native county in [1851], since which time little is known of them.
Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, INTRO., SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON,WV
The Grahams, like many of the early settlers of the Valley of Virginia, were of Scotch-Irish descent and came from the counties of Donegal and Londonderry, in the northern part of Ireland. The term Scotch-Irish, does not necessarily mean a blending of blood between the Scotch and Irish nations, but implies the Scotch who emigrated from Scotland and settled in Ireland. During the years beginning
shortly after the middle of the Seventeenth Century, there was a large emigration from Scotland and Ireland, having been brought about on account of religious persecution of the Scotch received at home.Among the many families who thus emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and later from Ireland to America we might mention the following:
Forbesses, Stuarts, Hamiltons, Montgomerys, Alexanders, Grahams,( ? ), ( ? ), ( ? ), Browns, Wallaces, Wilsons, Caruthers, Campbells, McCambells, McClungs,McCues, McKees, McCowns, Lockridges, Boyds, Barclays, McDonalds, and Baileys, described as "Knights and Gentlemen of Scotland, whose posterity holds good to this day." They were Irish Presbyterians, who, being Scotch extraction, were called Scotch-Irish.
These names are today familiar household words of the names of our own land and are but a repetition, and of the same lineal descent of their noble ancestors, who more than two centuries ago stood ever firm to the Magna Charta of Scottish rights, and rallied under their brave banners emblazoned with the faith of their own creed, in the famous golden letters "For Christ's Crown and Covenant," they
waited undaunted, the tyranny of their foes.One Richard Graham, known as Viscount Preston, held the position of State of Scotland, under King James about the year 1685; and history tells us that he was one of the privy council, and most trusty adviser of the King; that his plans and recommendations were often adhered to, rather than those of the king himself. As a leader of the House of Commons, he counselled King James to reassemble the House of Parliament, in order to secure a peaceful settlement
of differences between church and state. He was also made Lord Lieutenant for both the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, a position very rare and remarkable for one man to occupy.During the absence of King James from the throne, who on account of fears of his opposers, had fled to Salisbury, Richard Graham and four associates were appointed a committee, known as the Council of Five, to transact the business of the Throne until such time as might be deemed expedient for the King to return.
The positions of high honor and trust, held and occupied by this one man were many, and to rehearse them all in detail, would require more space than it is our purpose here to consume in this brief sketch; suffice it to say that he seems to have been a leader of his party in both civic and military affairs; a minister at the courts of foreign countries; honored, trusted and adhered to and we might add obeyed by
kings; feared and esteemed by the House of Commons and held in ighest respect by the common people. While he was true and devoted to King James, in the sense of patriotism, it does not appear that he was a persecutor of those who differed from the King's religious views.James Graham, of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, was also a noted character in that eventful struggle, and which his persecution of those who differed from the religious persuasions of King James, must ever be deplored, we take consolation in the fact that he but carried out the dictates and decrees of his Master. That his fidelity to the
King was ever true through life and even in the hour of death, is fully established in his last utterance, after having spent and eventful life in the king's house.After King James had vacated the throne, and William and Mary had been triumphantly crowned, and the armies of James abandoned and scattered, General Graham, with his indomitable will and ever-to-be admired energy, hoping against hope, collected together such as he could of the remaining fragmentary army of his escaped Master and repaired to the highlands of Scotland, where he succeeded in interesting the Scottish Chiefs of the Highland Clans in behalf of the cause of the late King. The remoteness of these semi-barbarians from the active scene of war, coupled with their disinclination
to inform themselves of the nature of the conflict, soon led them through the fluency of Graham's speech to espouse his cause. Having bought and obtained the sympathy of all the principal chiefs of the various clans, he assembled them together and a council was held to decide the mode of warfare. The detached fragment of the army
whom Graham hitherto commanded, chagrined with further defeats, protested against a battle with those who espoused the cause of King William. While the leaders of the Highland Clans urged immediate assault, saying their men were ready and eager for the fray.General Graham was influenced by the council of the Highlanders assuring them that he would lead them to victory; that he himself would march in front of his army; to this his subordinate officers objected saying he was too valuable a leader to expose his person in front of the battle and urged him to remain in the rear and dictate
the movements of his army in the oncoming conflict. To this Graham replied, "Your people are accustomed to see their leader in the fan of battle, and there I shall be seen this day, but after the decision of this day, I shall be more careful of my person and not expose myself in action as heretofore has been my[MISSING LINE PAGE 4]
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Soon the foe was met and the battle of Killikrankle was fought. Early in the engagement Graham was shot, having raised his hand above his head and standing erect in his stirrups, giving command, his shield of armor raised above his waistband, exposing his person, when the ball took effect, he fell from his horse and one of his subordinate officers coming to enquired if his injuries were fatal. Graham answered by saying, "How goes the cause of the King." The
attendant answered, "The cause of the King is well, How is your lordship?" Graham replied, "It matters not for me, so the cause of the King is safe." These were his last words. Though dying on the field, his army won a great victory and the battle of Killikrankle has passed into history as one of the most memorable events of that time. History hands down to us other names of the Grahams who were more or less noted in their day and time, or which we might mention. Malcolm Graham, who is last but by no means least, stood high in society and was bound with a golden chain by King James the 11th to Ellen Douglass, the girl he loved so well, dishonoring thus the loyal name.Source: GRAHAM FAMILY HISTORY, PART I, SUMMERS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, CS HINTON, WV
Also the Keller's are mentioned...
Lanty Graham Kincade married Eliza Keller, sister of George Keller
who now lives on the old Keller farm at Lowell. Lanty moved to
Illinois soon after the Civil War and died there some years later.
Of his family little is known by the writer, except his oldest son,
William, married Emma, a daughter of the late Col. Wilson Lively,
of Monroe County, whose widow and family lived since the Civil War
at Lowell on the old Graham homestead of which mention will hereafter
be made. William Kincade and family are, as we understand, now
living in Oregon. Nancy and Susan married brothers, Richard and
Griffith Meadows, both of whom have children now living.
Conrad Keller, one of the early settlers of the Lowell Settlement, and of whom previous mention has been made, had four sons and four daughters, namely: Philip, John, Henry, and David; Elizabeth, who married James Farrill, who lived in the Big Bend of Greenbrier River; Rachel, who married Ephraim Guinn, youngest son of Samuel Guinn, Sr., and who died at her home on Lick Creek on the 8th day of May 1789, in her 86th year. Two other daughters, whose names cannot be recalled, married two brothers by the name of Hanger.
He had the following children:
M i James GRAHAM.
Robert E. LEE married Elizabeth AYERS.
Elizabeth AYERS [Parents] married Robert E. LEE.
Buenos AYERS [Parents] was born 1848. He married Minerva Jane.
AYERS:
Buenos Ayers, one time resident of Reedy, grew up on eastern head of Mill Creek, was born in Ritchie County, western Virginia, April 30, 1848, son of Jeremiah and Eleanor (Campbell) Ayers. Jeremiah Ayers was an old time schoolmaster, sagacious, a little impatient with old illiterates of those he met; by this lost much of his due as a citizen; for his son, Buenos, he hoped for high attainments in his ancestral profession and encouraged him in every way. Buenos attended Marshall College at Huntington, came forth to Roane County about the year 1873, and organized a "Subscription School," a kind popular at that time. Professor Nash, author of "Nash's School Grammar," was
in Roane at the same time, taught at Walton and at Spencer. Buenos taught several such schools at Reedy Town, and two on Middle Fork; on Middle Fork for a reason that will appear presently; he was an enthusiast and did much to make popular the advantages of good education, even college education. June 18, 1874, at her home on Middle Fork, Buenos Ayers married Minerva Jane, daughter of Andrew B. and Mary (Stewart) Chancey; Andrew B. Chancey owned a big farm of some three hundred acres, in fine condition, well stocked, and
his was a popular family; had been deputy sheriff and was an active citizen. On her marriage the father, Andrew B., gave and conveyed to his daughter Minerva Jane the upper end of his farm, with the usual "horse, saddle and bridle," a cow and calves; this land lay near the home of the author of this work, only one small farm between. On his wife's lands Buenos built the first prentenious frame house on the Middle Fork, rivaling that of his father-in-law. Soon was elected superintendent of schools of Roane County, which office he filled with ability and satisfaction years 1875-1877; many of what is now "Roane County's first crop of teachers" trace their in-spiration
to the work of Buenos Ayers. While in this official school work he studied law at home under direction and tutelage of old lawyers at Spencer and was soon after admitted to practice, but did little of it; about the year 1880, he with his family removed from Reedy and became residents of Ripley, West Virginia, where he practiced law some, was a commissioner in chancery of the circuit court; was elected as a justice of the peace and served that office one or more terms of four years; died there as also-possibly-did Minerva
Jane, his wife. Buenos had some brothers and sisters, the names of these we can give from recollection-long years-in order of their recollected ages, are, Jefferson, a Confederate soldier; Elizabeth ("Lizzie"), a school teacher, who became the wife of Robert E. Lee, and resided at Shirtsville, Wirt County, many years; Ballard, of whom we venture no recollection, and Gelia, the youngest, who united in marriage with Rex Roland Rohr, in Spencer, the 28th day of January, 1885; his age 28, her age 23; he was editor and proprietor of the Weekly Bulletin, the county's leading newspaper at that time. This couple resided in Oakland, California, the last we knew of them,
to which State they went from Spencer many years ago.
Of the marriage of Buenos and Minerva Jane Ayers were born three children:
Minnie L., December 10, 1876; Nora F., September 18, 1881; and A. J., July
14, 1875.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htmHistory of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927
William H. Bishop, Esq.
p 437-438
Minerva Jane married Buenos AYERS.
William M. PARSONS Jr. [Parents] was born 20 Aug 1806. He died 20 Jan 1892. William married Nancy HOGSETT on 6 Dec 1866 in Jackson Co., WV.
Other marriages:BONNETT, Susannah
First white person born in the area of Ripley WV
William M Parsons Jr was born on 20 Sep 1806 in Mason Co, WV. (5) He died on 27 Jan 1892 in Ripley , Jackson Co, WV. (116)(157) (5) Parents: William Lowther "Capt Billy" Parsons and Susan Fink.
He was married to Susannah Bonnett on 12 Nov 1826. (855)
1850 Jackson county census page 70, #491-496
Parsons William 44 M Farmer Va
Parsons Susanna 43 F Va
Parsons John 19 M Farmer Va
Parsons Hanah 17 F Va
Parsons Lydia 12 F Va
Parsons Nichols 9 M Va
Parsons Henry 8 M Va
Parsons Louisa 5 F Va
Parsons Ruth 3 F Va
Parsons Barbara 1 F Va1860 JC # 266-247
William, 53
Susan, 52
Nicholas, 20
Henry, 18
Louisa, 16
Ruth, 14
Barbara, 11
Mark, 91870 JC Mill Creek Dist # 47-47
See marriage with Nancy
Mark, 18, l/w W R & Sarah Scott, next door1880 Census Place: E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia Page 454C
l/w Alx. F. PARSONS
William PARSONS Father M S W 74 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VAMt Moriah Cemetery, Parchment
Parsons, William, d Jan 27/1892, aged 85y 4m 7d,
Parsons, Susanna (Bonnett) d Feb 7, 1863, aged 63y Children were: Alexis Fink 'Leck' Parsons, Margaret Parsons , John Nelson Parsons, Hannah Parsons, Lydia Parsons, Nicholas H Parsons, Henry Parsons, Louisa Jane Parsons, Ruth Parsons, Barbara E Parsons, Mark Parsons, Trotter Parsons.He was married to Nancy Hogsett on 6 Dec 1866 in Jackson Co, WV.(10) (7)
1870 JC Mill Creek Dist # 47-47
William, 64
Nancy A, 43
Trotter, 11
Source: Source: History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and its Early Settlement; Compile by John A. House; 1906; http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs/title.htm#01Extended the children based on Casto gedcom at:
http://castoconnections.com/gedcom/d71.htm
Nancy HOGSETT married William M. PARSONS Jr. on 6 Dec 1866 in Jackson Co., WV.
Col. William LOWTHER [Parents] was born 22 Dec 1742 in Albermarle Co., VA. He died 28 Oct 1814 in Harrison Co., VA. William married Sudna HUGHES on 1763 in Hardy Co., VA.
Sudna HUGHES was born 1742 in Augusta Co., VA. She died 1829 in Ritchie Co., VA. Sudna married Col. William LOWTHER on 1763 in Hardy Co., VA.
They had the following children:
M i Robert LOWTHER was born 1 Oct 1795 and died 1832. M ii Thomas LOWTHER was born 7 Mar 1767 and died 1816. M iii William LOWTHER Jr. was born 27 Jan 1769 and died 24 Nov 1857. M iv Jesse LOWTHER was born 31 Jul 1773 and died Oct 1854. M v Elias LOWTHER was born 16 Sep 1776. F vi Sudna LOWTHER.
Robert LOWTHER married Aquilla REES.
Aquilla REES married Robert LOWTHER.
They had the following children:
M i Col. William LOWTHER was born 22 Dec 1742 and died 28 Oct 1814.
Robert LOWTHER [Parents] was born 1 Oct 1795 in Hampshire Co., VA. He died 1832. Robert married Catherine CAIN on 21 Jan 1787.
Robert Lowther was born on 24 Mar 1795 in Harrison Co , WV. (3)(10) He died on 22 Apr 1856. (10)
He was married to Mary Wetzel.
1840 JC
1m 5-10 Ed
1m 40-50
2f 10-15 Mary, Marg
1f 15-20 other Mary?
1f 40-501850 JC # 967-973
Lowther Robt 55 M Lawyer Va
Lowther Mary 58 F Del
Lowther Margaret 24 F Va
Lowther Mary 22 F Va
Lowther Edwin D 20 M Farmer Va"Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section"Lower Mill Creek".
Lowther Family
Robert Lowther, probably connected with Col. William Lowther, came from Harrison County to Ripley about 1831.
He was one of the first members of the Ripley bar, and for several years, postmaster of the place.
He was born March 24th, 1795, and died April 22nd, 1856.
His wife, Mary Lowther, was three years his senior, and died five years earlier, or in 1851. They both sleep in the old cemetery at Ripley.
By them lies a son, E. D. (Dunck) Lowther, born in 1830, died in 1897. Over his grave waves a faded American flag, showing that in "the times that tried men's souls", his rang true. Honor to all the graves, the flag waves over, be they never so lowly and peace to the ashes that sleep beneath.
Andrew Lowther was another son.
Mary Lowther, a daughter, died in Baltimore.
Major Henry Harpold's wife was also a daughter, and the last of the family to cross the bar was Mrs. Minerva Smith, widow of the late Judge Joe Smith. She died a few years ago.
Robert Lowther, as surveyor, first laid off the town of Ripley, in 1832, and for a quarter of a century, he was a distinguished and progressive citizen.
Children were: Andrew H Lowther, Harriet Lowther, Minerva Lowther, Margaret Lowther, Mary Lowther, Edwin Duncan Lowther.
Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs/d353.htm#P15940
Catherine CAIN married Robert LOWTHER on 21 Jan 1787.
Thomas LOWTHER [Parents] was born 7 Mar 1767 in Hampshire Co., VA. He died 1816. Thomas married Mary COBURN on 16 Mar 1789.
Mary COBURN married Thomas LOWTHER on 16 Mar 1789.
William LOWTHER Jr. [Parents] was born 27 Jan 1769 in Hampshire Co., VA. He died 24 Nov 1857 in Harrison Co., VA. William married Margaret MORRISON on 4 Aug 1789 in Harrison Co., VA.
Margaret MORRISON married William LOWTHER Jr. on 4 Aug 1789 in Harrison Co., VA.