John V. SMITH [Parents] was born 1802 in PA. He died 1862 in Leroy, WV. John married Elizabeth HARTLEY.
Other marriages:HARDMAN,
CARDER, Elizabeth
SMITH FAMILY
John V. Smith lived up on the left branch of Big Run, about 1844, and was the pioneer of that section.
His house was on the site of the present residence of Mr. E.L.
Waybright. The head of the creek was in woods many years later. The cabin he first lived in was known as the Corbett house.
He was living with his third wife, who was a daughter of John W.
Carder, one of the first pioneers of Upper Sandy.
His first wife was a Hardman, and the second a Hartley.
Source: Pioneers of Jackson County, West Virginia; History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and Its Early Settlement, by John A. House
Published: WebRoots, Inc., 2001; (c) 2001 Betty Briggs. Written in 1906
Online: http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/pojc0000.html
Elizabeth HARTLEY married John V. SMITH.
They had the following children:
M i Sheppard Foley SMITH was born 1827 in JacksonCo., VA. He died 26 Jul 1895 in West Jersey, Illinois. F ii Margaret SMITH was born 1829. M iii James E. SMITH was born 1830 in WV. M iv Owen Brown SMITH was born 25 Jul 1832 in Ohio. He died 1891 in Logan Co., Oklahoma. M v John Hartley SMITH was born 1834. F vi Mary Jane SMITH was born 1836. F vii Susan Elizabeth SMITH was born 1838. F viii Harriett Henrietta SMITH was born 1841. M ix Henry SMITH was born 1845.
living in Oklahoma in 1910.
John V. SMITH [Parents] was born 1802 in PA. He died 1862 in Leroy, WV. John married Elizabeth CARDER.
Other marriages:HARDMAN,
HARTLEY, Elizabeth
SMITH FAMILY
John V. Smith lived up on the left branch of Big Run, about 1844, and was the pioneer of that section.
His house was on the site of the present residence of Mr. E.L.
Waybright. The head of the creek was in woods many years later. The cabin he first lived in was known as the Corbett house.
He was living with his third wife, who was a daughter of John W.
Carder, one of the first pioneers of Upper Sandy.
His first wife was a Hardman, and the second a Hartley.
Source: Pioneers of Jackson County, West Virginia; History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and Its Early Settlement, by John A. House
Published: WebRoots, Inc., 2001; (c) 2001 Betty Briggs. Written in 1906
Online: http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/pojc0000.html
Elizabeth CARDER married John V. SMITH.
They had the following children:
F i Amanda SMITH was born 1847. M ii George W. SMITH was born 28 Mar 1848 in Athens Co., Ohio. He died 1921. F iii Henrietta SMITH was born 16 Apr 1853 in Jackosn Co., WV.
Jonathan Sheppard SMITH [Parents] was born 1811. He died 19 Feb 1848 in Wiseburg, WV. Jonathan married Maria SELLERS.
Maria SELLERS was born 1815 in VA. She married Jonathan Sheppard SMITH.
They had the following children:
F i Drusilla SMITH was born 1836 in Ohio. M ii Alexander SMITH was born 1842 in VA. F iii Eleanor SMITH was born 1847 in VA.
Manley STUTLER [Parents] was born 1829 in Jackson Co., VA. He died 20 Sep 1863 in Staunton, VA. Manley married Margaret SMITH on 28 Jun 1849 in Jackson Co., WV.
Muster Roll - 17th Virginia Cavalry, CSA; Company F Nighthawk Rangers
Stutter, Manley
Private
Enlisted 9/23/62 Sissonville; died at Staunton of typoid fever 9/20/63
Alternate name: Steller, W.; Stetler, W. ; Stetter, M.
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 53Served in the Civil War, PVT, Cpt James Crawford's Co., 14th Va Cav, enlisted at Kanawha
20. ROBERT MANLEY5 STUTLER (JOHN ADAM4, JOHN ADAM3, JOHN ADAM "JACOB"2, JACOB1 VON STAEDLER/STAATITLER/STADTLER) was born Bet. 1827 - 1829 in Harrison County, WVA (Served in Confederate Unit 17th Virginia Calvary, Company F., Night Hawk rangers), and died September 20, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (died in Battle of Gettysburg)[not correct]. He married MARGARET SMITH January 28, 1849 in Jackson County, WVA, daughter of JOHN SMITH and ELIZANN HARTLEY. She was born 1829 in Jackson County, WVA, and died August 04, 1903 in West Jersey, Illinois.
Notes for ROBERT MANLEY STUTLER:
Died at : "BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG",PENNSYLVANIA.
Enlisted on September 23,1862 IN Wood Co., WVA. (WVA Civil War Records)
Enlisted under the name of "Manly Stutter" in Captain James Crawford, Night Hawk Rangers. Source is: WV Civil War Records.
Source: Stutler Genealogy at http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~stellacotrill/jacob-stutler.htm
Margaret SMITH [Parents] was born 1829 in Jackson Co., VA. She married Manley STUTLER on 28 Jun 1849 in Jackson Co., WV.
Samuel Hamilton SHEPPARD [Parents] was born 10 Oct 1830 in Jackson Co., VA. He died 25 Nov 1886 in Weiser, Idaho. Samuel married Jane INGRAM on 23 Jan 1851.
Mr. Samuel H. Sheppard, who arrived here from Kansas on November 8th, died on Thursday
evening, the 25th ult. of acute pneumonia.Deceased was born October 10, 1830 in Jackson County, West Virginia, and on January 23, 1851 was married to Miss Mary Jane Ingraham.
In 1869, he removed from West Virginia to Kansas and from that state to this territory, arriving
here as stated above.Mr. Sheppard was buried last Saturday with Masonic honors of which Order he was a highly
respected member. Peace to his ashes.Weiser (Idaho) Leader Newspaper Fri, 3 Dec 1886 Parents: Henry Sheppard and Dianna Smith.
He was married to Mary Jane Ingram on 23 Jan 1851 in Jackson Co, WV.(7)
1860 JC # 898-848
Samuel H, 30
Mary Jane, 28
Levina, 7
James B, 3
Hartley, John, 14Sheppard, Samuel Private enlisted 9/23/62
Source: From an abbreviated Muster Role transcribed from 17th Virginia Cavalry by Nelson Harris.
I think this Samuel confused with the other Rev Samuel.In the fall of 1875 moved back to the farm in Kansus. Jacob Ingraham Sheppard was a lawyer in fort Scott Kansas. He went to California and got rich.
Source:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Dixon-B-Smith/PDFGENE11.pdf
Jane INGRAM was born 1832. She died 1900 in Windsor, California. Jane married Samuel Hamilton SHEPPARD on 23 Jan 1851.
Peter SOURBURN was born 18 Jul 1819 in Prussia. He married Mary Jane BENNET on 9 May 1829 in Monongalia Co., VA.
My 2x great-grandparents were: Peter Saurborn born 18 July 1819 in Prussia & Mary Jane Bennet born 9 May 1829 in Monongalia Co.,VA./WV. Peter at one point was a Sheriff of Gilmer Co.,VA./WV. Peter & Mary Jane were married circa 1845. They had 7 children. I descend through their daughter Louisa Almirah Saurborn & her husband Daniel Davisson Arthur. As I understand it Peter Saurborn was a leader of the Moccasin Rangers & died very early in the Civil War on 15 Dec.1861; by Union troops. Mary Jane Saurborn died 25 Feb.1911 in Calhoun Co.,WV. & is buried in the Big Bend Cemetery.Does anyone have any information on both Peter & Mary Jane's parents,grandparents etc.
Thanks for any help!
Sincerely,
Pam Drake
Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/saurborn/messages/1.htmlPage 31, of the same book states that "A large two-story house located in the Big Bend of the Little Kanawha River was used as a fort by George Downs and Peter Saurburn, and their Partisan Rangers. Perry Conley, another of the guerrillas, operated on the North side of the river, ranging back into Gilmer, Braxton and Webster counties.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/moc.htmSOURBURN, 809
Peter Sourburn...42...Prussia...Farmer
Mary Jane...31...Monongalia
Alexander F...13...Gilmer
Frederick J...11...Wood
James H...9...Gilmer
Mary J...7...Gilmer
Louisa A...5...Gilmer
Samuel W...3...Calhoun
Eliza C...1...Calhoun
Source: Calhoun County Census, 1860
Population schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Roll 1340.
Transcribed by Linda Cunningham Fluharty from National Archives Microcopy No. M653. Online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/60cen.htm
Mary Jane BENNET married Peter SOURBURN on 9 May 1829 in Monongalia Co., VA.
They had the following children:
M i Hamilton SAURBOURN was born 1851.
Captain William PIPER was born 1670. He died 1707. William married Sarah NUTTER on 1694.
Sarah NUTTER [Parents] was born 18 Feb 1674 in Maryland. She married Captain William PIPER on 1694.
They had the following children:
M i Christopher PIPER was born 1695 and died 1744.
Samuel MCCLUNG [Parents] "Nicholas Sam, also Wildcat Sam" was born 1776. He married Elizabeth RADER.
Source Nicholas County History page 127:
That same spring that John McClung came to McMillions Creek, Samuel McClung brought Alexander Stephenson on Phillip's Run and both men moved there. His family numbered 7, 4 sons and 3 daughters:Anthoney .......married Martha Taylor
Allen .....married Mary Alderson
Joseph.......married Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret......married Alexander Spinks
Katie..........married Daniel Brock
Delilia ........married John Cree
Samuel McClung had a second wife, who had 1 child
Samuel........married Jane Rader
McClung, MacLung, Scotch.This most populous and widely connected family in the county looms largely in the history of our early settlements.
John McClung and Samuel, his brother, came from Greenbrier Co. to Cherrytree Bottom, about 1798. In 1815 John McClung moved to McMillions Creek and bought a farm of John Groves. Descendants of this branch of the family are well known citizens.Source McClung:
2-4 SAMUEL McCLUNG (Nicholas Sam; also Wildcat Sam)
G0201
The second child of Joseph (Sinking Creek Joe) and Margaret Bell McClung was b.1776 in Greenbrier Co., VA. He married 1) Elizabeth Rader 12 June 1801. (She was b. 1786 in Greenbrier Co., VA to Anthony and Dorothea {Alexander} Rader. The Raders were German and immigrated to PA, thence to Timberville, VA, then Augusta, VA). Seven children. He md 2) Hannah Surber in Bath Co. VA, 11 Jan 1833. (LDS film #30620, p. 20) (AFN:JRQL-G9)
Samuel lived in Nicholas Co. on the Alexander Stephenson Place on Phillips Run (JG)
Elizabeth RADER was born 1786. She married Samuel MCCLUNG.
They had the following children:
F i Catherine MCCLUNG was born 1802. M ii Anthony MCCLUNG was born 1805 and died 1897. M iii Joseph F. MCCLUNG "Fear Not".
Source McClung:
Lived first on Sinking Creek, then Cherry Tree Bottom,
then Cherry River; then moved to Philips Run.
Source McClung:
3-5 JOSEPH F. McCLUNG (Fear Not) [In birth order before Anthony]
G0217
The third child of Samuel (Wildcat Sam) and Elizabeth Rader. He married 26 Apr 1832 toVirginia Elizabeth Woods (JG). They had seven children. His obituary reads: Joseph McClung, Feb 16, 1892: Memoir of Joseph McClung:
Joseph McClung was born on the 27th day of February, 1804, on Sinking Creek, Greenbrier County, Virginia where he lived until eight years old. Then he came with his father's family to Cherry Tree Bottom on Cherry River, then a wilderness with no settlers in that part of the county, where the family endured four years of hardships and privations. From there the family moved to Philips Run on the land where Anthony McClung now lives. Joseph and Anthony spent much of their early lives in hunting and trapping resulting in great good to the country and profit to themselves. The family consisted of six children, of whom all are dead save Anthony the younger brother and Delia (Mrs. Cree, who lives in Greenbrier County.) Truly, they were a pioneer family.-- They were first in enterprise and advancement and in the cultivation and improvement of the country.
Joseph married Elizabeth Woods early in life and moved to where he lived and died. Their union was blessed with four sons and six daughters, of whom six live in the Christian's faith to follow a pious father and mother--He lived to see all of his children married and comfortably started in life. He helped to build Armstrong Chapel on Muddlety, the first church in this part of the county, of which he was a faithful member of more than forty years. He died in full consciousness, and in the complete triumphs of an unswerving faith. He has passed through the gates of death unto life eternal. He last word was "gone" pointing toward heaven. . .
He died at his son Samuel's on Philip's Run.
(1850 c Nicholas, family #96; Mc J 12:4)
Note: We may not have all the information on these descendants as they were out of birth order and the information hard to tie down in the record of Joseph Groves. If you donated to this section, please submit it again with documentation, if it is different from the following.F iv Margaret MCCLUNG was born 1806. F v Delilah MCCLUNG was born 1810. F vi Elizabeth MCCLUNG was born 1811. M vii Allen MCCLUNG was born 1814 and died 1888. M viii Samuel MCCLUNG "Brushy Fork Devil Sam" was born 1833.
Dickson MCCLUNG [Parents] was born 1811. He died 1898. Dickson married Eleanor MCCLUNG.
Source McClung:
G1293
The seventh child of William and Margaret Bollar McClung was b. 21 Sep 1811. He md 23 Feb 1832 to Eleanor McClung (Gr Mg,42). She was b. 5 Dec 1812 to Joseph (Red headed Joe) McClung. She died 13 Sept 1871. They resided at Summersville, WV. They had fourteen children. Dickson died 12 June 1898
Eleanor MCCLUNG [Parents] was born 1812. She died 1871. Eleanor married Dickson MCCLUNG.
They had the following children:
John ALDERSON was born 1699. He died 1780. John married Jane CUSTIS.
THE ALDERSON FAMILY.
Among the prominent and distinguished families of Monroe County few can lay claim to a more honorable lineage or to a more splendid record for public-spirited citizenship than that bearing the name of Alderson. This family traces back to John Alderson, the progenitor in the United States of the Aldersons of West Virginia, who came from Yorkshire, England, and first located in New Jersey, where he married Mary Curtis, and for a time was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Later he entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, and followed that calling during the remainder of his life, in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He became the father of three sons and one daughter.
One of the sons of the immigrant John Alderson, "Elder John" Alderson, became historically connected with the early history of the southeastern part of what is now West Virginia. As a Baptist missionary he located in the immediate vicinity of Alderson, West Virginia, in 1774, and until the establishment of a church in 1781 visited around in the sparsely settled country, preaching and exhorting and bringing the Word to the pioneers. He became widely known and universally beloved, and continued as pastor of the church which he had founded until his death. He was born March 5, 1738, and October 31, 1759, married Mary Elizabeth Carroll, their children being: Alice, George, Mary, John (I), Joseph, Thomas, Margaret, Jane and John. These children of "Elder John" Anderson were fine characters and left honored names for their descendants, many of whom yet live in this section. George married a Miss Osborne, Joseph married "Polly" Newman, Margaret married Thomas Smithson, Jane married William McClung and John was married three times, first to Jane Walker, who bore him six children, next to Nancy (Robinson) Mays, who also bore him six children, and next to Millie Milholland. He died in 1853.
John Alderson, the youngest son of "Elder John," was a farmer of Monroe County, and owned the Alderson ferry across the Greenbrier River. His home was the present site of the hotel. Of all his children but one now survives, he being familiarly known as "Uncle" George Alderson, and he is the "youngest son of the youngest son." "Uncle" George Alderson was born November 13, 1833, "the night the stars fell." He grew up in the immediate vicinity of his birthplace and makes his home on a part of the original farm. Under the legislative grant of 1789 the Alderson ferry was established, but as time passed and others came to live here the name was dropped and ever since the place has been known as Alderson. The original farm of John Alderson was over 200 acres, but the present farm of his son George consists of 175 acres. George Alderson has always followed farming. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862, and during the greater part of his service acted as orderly for Generals Loring and Echols. He was elected a justice of the peace at the first election after the close of the war between the states, when the Confederates were again given the full rights of citizenship, and in 1885 was elected a representative to the last Legislature that was held at Wheeling, during which he was the author of the amendment to the penal law which provided a penalty of from one to two years' confinement for breaking into outbuildings with intent to steal. He has been twice married, first to Mary Jane Hines, who bore him three children: Charles O., who died in infancy; Emma Cornelia, connected with the Alderson Baptist Academy ever since its organization; and Ida, now deceased. Mr. Alderson's second marriage was with Virginia Stevens, and to this union there were born six children: John C., the only survivor: Bernard C.; William; George, who served two terms in the State Legislature; Virginia, who died as the wife of Charles B. Rowe, and Coleman C. Mr. Alderson is a democrat in politics and a Mason fraternally, and since its organization has been a director in the First National Bank. For forty years he was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School, and for a longer period has been a deacon in the church.
On November 13, 1867, Mr. Alderson married Virginia M. Stevens, and their wedded life has covered a period of more than fifty-four years. On their Golden Wedding Anniversary, November 13, 1917, which was also Mr. Alderson's eighty-fourth birthday, eighty-five guests gathered at the pleasant home on Sunset Hill, this being the first Golden Wedding celebration ever held in the community. Mrs. Alderson is a daughter of J. W. P. Stevens, of English ancestry, and a native of New Hampshire, who came to Alderson as a young man and married Miriam Gwinn. For nearly a half a century he was a teacher in the surrounding schools. He was a fine penman, and because of his splendid education and beautiful penmanship more of the deeds and official papers, as well as family records, are in his handwriting than all others combined.
George Alderson, another son of Elder John Alderson, moved to Kanawha County, where he was engaged in salt production, and while his brothers were interested in the same business with him they maintained their homes in Greenbrier County. He became prominent in Kanawha County, and served as sheriff, and Alderson Street, Charleston, is named in his honor. George Alderson was a man of rugged type and of unusual force. He was elected and served several terms in the Virginia Legislature, where his practical knowledge was invaluable. Many interesting anecdotes are related of this man. It is told that he selected the largest corn cob that he could find, converted it into a pipe, and when his confreres remarked upon its size, replied that it was "merely a'nubbin.' "
Joseph Alderson, son of Elder John Alderson, was elected sheriff of Monroe County, and after moving to Greenbrier County was a justice of the peace and a member of the Virginia State Legislature. He married "Polly" Newman, a daughter of Jonathan Newman a survivor of the Revolutionary battle of Guilford, and they had a large family. One son, George, known as "Colonel George," lived at DeKalb in Fayette County, and was married twice, first to Jeanette McCleary and then to Eliza Davis, by both of whom he had children, many of whose descendants are now living at and around Alderson, which town was named in honor of the family. John Marshall Alderson, the oldest child of the first marriage, was deputy sheriff and sheriff of Greenbrier County for years, and died in 1861. His wife was Cornelia Coleman, of Amherst County, Virginia, and they had nine children, seven growing to maturity: Sallie, who became the wife of Capt. John G. Lobban; James Powell; Joseph N.; Millie J., who was Mrs. Andrew J. Riffe; John M.; Cornelia M., who became Mrs. Taylor Mann; and Lucy, who became Mrs. E. R. Lewis. The mother of these children died in 1880. Of this family Joseph N. Alderson married Lillie Putney, of Kanawha County, and was engaged in railroad work as agent during his early manhood, later followed merchandising at Alderson, and served as post master during President Cleveland's first administration; also being otherwise prominent in localaffairs. He and his wife had four children: Marshall P., who died in infancy; James M., who also died as an infant; Alethea T.; and Joseph N. The last named married Miss Frances Richardson, of Huntington, West Virginia, and they have two children: Frances and Alice Todd. Mr. Alderson was engaged in banking at Alderson until appointed postmaster in 1914, his term expiring in 1923, he being the third of his name to officiate as such. He is a past master of Alderson Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and is a Presbyterian in religious faith.
John M. Alderson, the only surviving child of John Marshall and Cornelia (Coleman) Alderson, was born at what was then Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, February 11, 1854, and received only limited educational advantages. He left home at the age of nineteen years to become a telegraph operator and railroad agent, and in 1884 embarked in mercantile pursuits at Alderson, in which he has been engaged to the present. At one time he was the owner of a large number of branch stores, but at the present confines his attention to three establishments. During President Cleveland's second administration he served as postmaster, but he has never cared particularly for public office, preferring merely to exercise his right of franchise as an American citizen. He has been a supporter of democratic principles, in religion is a Baptist, and fraternally is affiliated with the Master Masons.
On February 16, 1893, Mr. Alderson married Miss Florence Hedges, of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and to this union there have been born five children: Gladys Cless, who is unmarried and resides with her parents; Cornelia Coleman, who is the wife of H. L. Smith; Florence Marshall, who is the wife of O. B. Kirby; John Marshall, a member of the Students Reserve Corps at the University of Richmond during the World war, now in business with his father, married Miss Elizabeth Creigh; and Julia Hodges, with her parents.
It goes without saying that the descendants of Elder John Alderson are, for the most part, Baptists in religion, although late generations have accepted other faiths. So far as is known they have been democrats. None have been known to have violated the laws of the land; and, on the other hand, many have held important official positions with credit. On the whole, the Alderson's are recognized as among the solid and substantial people of West Virginia, a credit to the state and nation.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pgs. 618-19
Submitted by Valerie Crook.Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/bios/bios-a.htm
Jane CUSTIS was born 1712. She died 1785. Jane married John ALDERSON.
They had the following children:
F i Mary ALDERSON was born 1736. M ii Rev. John ALDERSON Jr. was born 1737. M iii Curtis ALDERSON was born 1740. M iv James ALDERSON was born 1742. M v Thomas ALDERSON was born 1744. M vi Benjamin ALDERSON was born 1745. M vii Simon ALDERSON was born 1747 in Bucks County, PA. M viii Samuel ALDERSON was born 1749 in Bucks County, PA.