John William HYLBERT [Parents] was born 12 Oct 1792 in Harrisonburg, VA. He died 1830. John married 1 Easter AMICK on 20 Feb 1823 in Pendleton County, Va..
Lived (1820): Russell Co., VA, p. 143A: John Hilbert, etc. (dunno if this is the right one; did not view the entry; but just the index)
Lived (1830): Nicholas Co., VA, p. 181: John Helbert: 1 male, 20-30; 1 female, 20-30; 2 males und 5 [only similar name in Nicholas Co., VA, 1830].
The following information is family tradition. Joseph Hylbert was born in 1776 in Germany, came to America in 1798, and settled in Harrisonburg, Virginia. His son, John William Hylbert, was born in Virginia about the turn of the century, was educated in the Harrisonburg schools, was an influential citizen in the district and became a teacher in the Harrisonburg schools. He married Esther Amick who was from Germany or the Netherlands. They had two sons, John or James Callahan Hylbert and Henry Barnabas Hylbert. A descendant, Sam Hylbert, has copy of a deed signed by a John Hilbert in 1827 in Nicholas County in which he rented land from Esther Amick's father and borrowed money from Esther Amick's brother.
Family tradition reports a land purchase by a "Hilbert" in 1801 and a land sale by "Hilbert" in 1803 in Harrisonburg. There is also a record of the marriage of John Hilbert and Ester Amick on February 20, 1823. Sometime between 1823 and 1827, they migrated to Nicholas County, VA, where two sons were born, Henry Barnabas born February 18, 1827, and Callahan in 1829. It is said there was a steamboat explosion on the river and there was reason to think John William Hylbert was involved. James or John Callahan was sent to find out about him and disappeared.
The family knows nothing of John William Hylbert's death or place of burial. Widow Hester Amick Hylbert later married Joseph "Cranberry Joe" McClung. They had two sons, Jacob, who married a McCutcheon, and Joseph, who went out West and was supposedly murdered.
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Easter AMICK [Parents] "Esther" was born 1804 in Dahmer, Pendleton County, Va.. She died 18 Sep 1894 in Wirt Co., W. Va. and was buried in Mt. William Church Cemetery, Wirt Co., WV. Esther married 1 John William HYLBERT on 20 Feb 1823 in Pendleton County, Va..
Other marriages:MCCLUNG, Joseph
BIRTH: born 16 May 1798 Dahmer, Pendleton County Va - per Greenbrier Historical Society notes; no reference given.
Lived (1840): Nicholas Co., VA, p. 8: Hester Hilbert: 1 female, 30-40; 2 males, 10-15; enumerated between Lewis Cook and Peter Pittsenberger; near Henry Eye and John M. Amick.
Lived (1850): Nicholas Co., VA, Fam 506: Easter McClung, 46, b. VA; May, 16, b. VA; Jacob, 7, b. VA; Joseph, 6, b. VA; Henry HILBERT, 23, b. VA.
Wirt County, (W)VA 1860 Federal Census
McClung Easter 55 Va 174--- 9 6
McClung Jacob 16 Va 174---10 6
McClung Joseph 14 Va 174---11 6and from source Renick..
Notes for Easter Amick:
Sometimes referred to as Emmick or Emig and first name as Easter or Esther or Hester. Marriage record to Hylbert lists her first name as Ester in 1823. Nicholas County marriage records show second marriage to Joseph McClung 8/12/1841 and name as "Hester Hellbut" Her tombstone shows Easter as her first name.
Lewis Columbus Hylbert wrote to Clarence and Roy Hylbert in 1964:
"John William Hylbert married Esther Emmick from Germany or the Netherlands. They had two sons, John Callahan (elsewhere in the same letter he is referred to as James Callahan") and my father, Henry Barnabas. They moved to Nicholas County and lived in Point Pleasant (may be Mount Pleasant). Grandfather and Grandmother and my father joined the Point Pleasant Baptist Church."
11/1/1978 Jarrett Hylbert reported "A researcher in Harrisonburg, VA reports a record of the marriage of John Hilbert and Ester Amick on 2/20/1823."
Samuel Leonard Hylbert (great grandson) submitted the following:
In the 1880 census, Barney reported both his parents were born in Virginia. Barney's mother, who also was an early resident of Wirt County, is listed separately in this volume as Ester McClung.
Twice widowed, Ester McClung arrived in Wirt County with two sons, Jacob and Joseph McClung. Presumably, she came to be near her oldest son, Barney Hylbert, who arrived in 1852. The timing of her arrival is uncertain. She was in the Wirt County Census in 1870 and in the Nicholas County census in 1850.
The entire life of Ester McClung is an enigma due to a host of conflicting information beginning with her name. The given name has been encountered variously as Easter, Esther, Ester, Aester, and Hester. Her maiden name has been reported as Amick, Emick, Emmick (and Emig). Her first husband's name has been encountered as Hylbert and Hilbert. Her second husband was a McClung. Ester McClung is used here as it was found in the 1870 census of Wirt County.Sometime between 1840 and 1843, Ester married Joseph "Cranberry Joe" McClung. At this time he was between 63 and 66 years old; she was between 36 and 39 years old. From this marriage, Ester had two sons. Cranberry Joe is believed to have died sometime between 1845 and 1850. In 1850, she is again listed in the census records of Nicholas County as the head of household at age 46. The household consisted of Henry Hilbert, age 23; Mary McClung, age 16; Jacob McClung, age 7, and Joseph McClung, age 6. The relationship with Mary McClung is unknown.
In 1860 Easter McClung is showing as Head of Household in Wirt County with a post office of Zackville (pg 174 original records)
Source: Renick
They had the following children:
M i Henry Barnabas HILBERT was born 18 Feb 1827 and died 1894. M ii Frank Callahan HILBERT was born 7 Apr 1829 in Nicholas County, Va.. He died 1840.
Joseph MCCLUNG [Parents] "Cranberry Joe" was born 1777 in Va.. He died 1852. Cranberry Joe married Easter AMICK on 12 Aug 1841 in Nicholas County, Va..
Source McClung:
5-4 JOSEPH McCLUNG (Cranberry Joe) G0934
The fifth child of William and Abigail Dickinson McClung was b. 20 Dec 1777. He is said to have been the first white child born on Meadow River, Greenbrier County, WV.
He md 1) 1 May 1804 to Jane Cavendish (b. abt 1779, d. 4 Dec 1828) (Gr Mg,42). He md 2) Easter Amick. Franzy Creek was originally called Easter Branch after this lady. She acted as the first midwife and as a sort of doctor in the earliest days of Mt. Lookout.
He died abt 1855 and was the first person buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Mt. Lookout, WV. He had seven children:
Easter AMICK [Parents] "Esther" was born 1804 in Dahmer, Pendleton County, Va.. She died 18 Sep 1894 in Wirt Co., W. Va. and was buried in Mt. William Church Cemetery, Wirt Co., WV. Esther married Joseph MCCLUNG on 12 Aug 1841 in Nicholas County, Va..
Other marriages:HYLBERT, John William
BIRTH: born 16 May 1798 Dahmer, Pendleton County Va - per Greenbrier Historical Society notes; no reference given.
Lived (1840): Nicholas Co., VA, p. 8: Hester Hilbert: 1 female, 30-40; 2 males, 10-15; enumerated between Lewis Cook and Peter Pittsenberger; near Henry Eye and John M. Amick.
Lived (1850): Nicholas Co., VA, Fam 506: Easter McClung, 46, b. VA; May, 16, b. VA; Jacob, 7, b. VA; Joseph, 6, b. VA; Henry HILBERT, 23, b. VA.
Wirt County, (W)VA 1860 Federal Census
McClung Easter 55 Va 174--- 9 6
McClung Jacob 16 Va 174---10 6
McClung Joseph 14 Va 174---11 6and from source Renick..
Notes for Easter Amick:
Sometimes referred to as Emmick or Emig and first name as Easter or Esther or Hester. Marriage record to Hylbert lists her first name as Ester in 1823. Nicholas County marriage records show second marriage to Joseph McClung 8/12/1841 and name as "Hester Hellbut" Her tombstone shows Easter as her first name.
Lewis Columbus Hylbert wrote to Clarence and Roy Hylbert in 1964:
"John William Hylbert married Esther Emmick from Germany or the Netherlands. They had two sons, John Callahan (elsewhere in the same letter he is referred to as James Callahan") and my father, Henry Barnabas. They moved to Nicholas County and lived in Point Pleasant (may be Mount Pleasant). Grandfather and Grandmother and my father joined the Point Pleasant Baptist Church."
11/1/1978 Jarrett Hylbert reported "A researcher in Harrisonburg, VA reports a record of the marriage of John Hilbert and Ester Amick on 2/20/1823."
Samuel Leonard Hylbert (great grandson) submitted the following:
In the 1880 census, Barney reported both his parents were born in Virginia. Barney's mother, who also was an early resident of Wirt County, is listed separately in this volume as Ester McClung.
Twice widowed, Ester McClung arrived in Wirt County with two sons, Jacob and Joseph McClung. Presumably, she came to be near her oldest son, Barney Hylbert, who arrived in 1852. The timing of her arrival is uncertain. She was in the Wirt County Census in 1870 and in the Nicholas County census in 1850.
The entire life of Ester McClung is an enigma due to a host of conflicting information beginning with her name. The given name has been encountered variously as Easter, Esther, Ester, Aester, and Hester. Her maiden name has been reported as Amick, Emick, Emmick (and Emig). Her first husband's name has been encountered as Hylbert and Hilbert. Her second husband was a McClung. Ester McClung is used here as it was found in the 1870 census of Wirt County.Sometime between 1840 and 1843, Ester married Joseph "Cranberry Joe" McClung. At this time he was between 63 and 66 years old; she was between 36 and 39 years old. From this marriage, Ester had two sons. Cranberry Joe is believed to have died sometime between 1845 and 1850. In 1850, she is again listed in the census records of Nicholas County as the head of household at age 46. The household consisted of Henry Hilbert, age 23; Mary McClung, age 16; Jacob McClung, age 7, and Joseph McClung, age 6. The relationship with Mary McClung is unknown.
In 1860 Easter McClung is showing as Head of Household in Wirt County with a post office of Zackville (pg 174 original records)
Source: Renick
They had the following children:
M i Jacob MCCLUNG was born 1842. M ii Joseph MCCLUNG was born 1845.
9-5 JOSEPH McCLUNG
G3253
The ninth child of Joseph and Easter Amick was b. abt 1822. He went west and the family heard he had been murdered.
Henry Barnabas HILBERT [Parents] was born 18 Feb 1827 in Nicholas County, Va.. He died 1894 in Wirt County, W. Va.. Henry married Mary MCCUTCHEON on 1849.
Henry Barnabas Hylbert was born February 15, 1827 in Nicholas County, Virginia. In 1852 he moved to Wirt County, probably with the McCutcheon family. He married Mary McCutcheon, daughter of William and Nancy Callison McCutcheon.
They lived on McCutcheon's run in the Spring Creek District, and Barney married the McCutcheon's daughter, Mary. After Mary died from complications of childbirth in 1864, Barney remarried in 1865 to a first cousin of Mary, Sara Jane McClung, a daughter of George Alderson McClung and Abagail Callison.
Barney was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church which was a log house. The Church was near the mouth of Cain's Run. Records of Mount William Church, organized April 14, 1889, show Henry Barnabas Hylbert was baptized by Rev Martin Bibb in 1865 and was dismissed from church rolls due to death 8/5/1894
The following obituary was written and signed by Thomas J Monroe, pastor of Mt. William Church:
On the evening of August 5th, 1894 at his home in Wirt County, West Virginia, Henry Barnabas Hylbert departed this life, aged 67 years five months and 11 days. (Note: Tombstone shows 67 years, 6 months, 15 days).
He was born February 18, 1827 in Nicholas County, West Virginia and made that his home. He was converted at twelve years of age and joined the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and remained a member of that church until he moved to Wirt County, West Virginia in 1852. He then united with the Good Hope Baptist Church near Reedy, Roane County, West Virginia. Then in 1889 when the Mount William Baptist Church was organized he was a charter member and remained a faithful member of that church until death.
Uncle Barney, as he was called by all who knew him, was as near a model Christian as I have ever seen. He was a good neighbor and friend to all. When any benevolent object was presented to the church he was always ready to assist and that liberally. In paying the pastor he always gave more than any one else in the church.
His funeral was preached by Rev. Thomas J. Monroe, the writer who used as his text I Samuel 20:18, "Then Jonathon said to David, tomorrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed because thy seat shall be empty." That was the largest congregation ever assembled at that place for his friends were many, and he was kind to all.
His sons eight in number carried his remains to the Mount William Cemetery where he was buried. Uncle Barney leaves a widow, Mrs. Sarah Jane Hylbert, eight sons and tow daughters, all living.
I have been his pastor three years and his home was his pastor's home. He always was the most resigned man to the will of the Lord I have ever seen. Mount William Church has lost a noble member and the community one of its best citizens. May the rich blessings of God rest upon the family in their bereavement
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Nicholas Co WV History 1985 p 199 Shows date of birth as 2/18/1827.Tombstone at MT William shows date of birth 2/15/1827 and 8/5/1894 as date of death.
From "Nicholas County History" 1985 Submitted by Betty Fleming.
The Hylberts were early pioneers of this area. Tracing nine generations, I start with my great great great great grandfather, Joseph Hylbert (b. 1776 in Germany), who came to the U.S. in 1798. His son, John William Hylbert (b. 1800) married Hester Amick (m. February 20, 1823) in what would later become Nicholas County. They only had two children, Henry Barnabas Hylbert (b. February 18, 1827 --d. August 5, 1894) and John Callahan Hylbert (b. 1929).
Widowed, Hester Amick Hylbert later married Joseph "Cranberry Joe" McClung (b. December 30, 1777-d. 1865). They had two sons, Jacob, who married a McCutcheon and Joseph, who went out West and is supposed to have been murdered.
Henry Barnabas Hylbert converted at twelve, joined the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Then in 1852 he moved to Wirt County, where he married Mary McCutcheon (b. April 15, 1830-d. June 3, 1864) daughter of William M and N. McCutcheon. Their children were John William ( b. 1856-d. 1926), George Andrew, James Harrison (b. April 16, 1859-d. 1933), Sarah A "Sally", and Edgar (b. 1864-d.1900).
Henry Barnabas Hylbert later married Sarah Jane McClung, a daughter of George Alderson McClung and Abagail Callison. Sarah Jane (b. 1846-d. 1928) was from Nicholas County. Their children were Samuel Leonard (b. 1866-d. 1961), Henry Clay (b. 1869-d. 1941), Jerome Murray (b. 1871 -), Lewis Columbus (b. 1876-d. 1966), a foreign missionary to China; Joseph Harvey (b. November 5, 1882-d. June 26, 1886), and Bessie (b. 1865-d. 1978).
James Harrison Hylbert married Addie Payne (b. 1860-d. 1932)(m. March 24, 1880, Their children were Anna (b. January 15, 1881-d. June 27, 1883), Hester Estella (d. November, 1964), Dora (b. May 24, 1884 d. June 19, 1905) Carrie, and Iva Elizabeth (b. 5/26//1888-d. 1/4/1971).
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1852 moved to Wirt County, VA. It is said that Barney Hylbert came to Wirt County with the family of William McCutcheon or shortly after their arrival. They lived on McCutcheon's run in the Spring Creek District, and Barney married the McCutcheon's daughter, Mary. After Mary died from complications of childbirth June 30, 1864, Barney remarried in 1865 to a first cousin of Mary, Sara Jane McClung.According to his obituary, Henry Barnabas Hylbert (commonly known as Barney) came to Wirt County in 1852. All references to Henry Barnabas through 1880 refer to him as Barney Hilbert.1860 (VA) census shows H. B. Hilbert Wirt Co VA post office Lees Mills (pg 180 original records).
Records of MT William Church church (organized April 14, 1889), show Henry Barnabas Hylbert was baptized by Rev Martin Bibb in 1865; was dismissed from church rolls due to death 8/5/1894
It is reported that all 8 of his sons carried his coffin for burial at Mount William Cemetery. Tombston shows 67 years, 6 months, 15 days.
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Mary MCCUTCHEON [Parents] was born 1825 in Nicholas Co., VA. She died 1864 in Wirt Co., WV and was buried in Boggs Cemetery, Reedy, Roane Co., WV. Mary married Henry Barnabas HILBERT on 1849.
Notes for Mary McCutcheon:
One report says Mary was age 27 in 1852 which would make her DOB 1825.A special and close relationship seems to have existed between Barney and the family of William McCutcheon. Barney arrived at the age of 25 with William McCutcheon, age 50, and William's family, in 1852, that family consisted of wife Nancy Collison, age 50, and eight children: Mary, age 27; William Harrison, age 26; James Harvey, age 24; Elisha C., age 21; Sara age 15; Rebecca age 13; Ann, age 6; and Abigail, age 19. Barney settled with the McCutcheons in the area later known as McCutcheon's Run, in the Spring Creek district of Wirt Co. Barney later married William McCutcheon's daughter, Mary 8/16/1855. Barney and Mary had five children. Mary died of childbirth complications June 31, 1864. Mary's younger sister, Rebecca, then about 25 and unmarried, assumed the responsibility of caring for the infant Edgar. She continued that care even after her marriage to Thomas Jefferson Thorne.
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They had the following children:
M i John William HILBERT was born 1856 and died 1926.
John Wesley AMICK [Parents] was born 1840. He died in Yazoo County, Miss. John married Rebecca PECKINPAUGH on 25 Dec 1866 in Alton, Crawford, Ind..
Rebecca PECKINPAUGH married John Wesley AMICK on 25 Dec 1866 in Alton, Crawford, Ind..
William Henry PECKINPAUGH was born 22 Feb 1838. He died 6 Dec 1875 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. William married Mary Ann AMICK on 19 Nov 1865.
Mary Ann AMICK [Parents] was born 17 Jun 1843 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. She died 6 Oct 1929 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. Mary married William Henry PECKINPAUGH on 19 Nov 1865.
Lawrence PARKER [Parents] was born 1827 in Ky.. He died 1885 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. Lawrence married Ann MASON on 7 Jan 1861 in Spencer County, Ind..
Ann MASON married Lawrence PARKER on 7 Jan 1861 in Spencer County, Ind..
James R. PARKER [Parents] was born 1841 in Spencer County, Ind.. He died 1926 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. James married Adeline STANLEY on 6 Jun 1867 in Grandview, spencer county, Ind..
Adeline STANLEY was born 1844. She died 1931 in Grandview, Spencer County, Ind.. Adeline married James R. PARKER on 6 Jun 1867 in Grandview, spencer county, Ind..
Melchoir BENNEMAN [Parents] married Elizabeth BURKHOLDER.
Elizabeth BURKHOLDER married Melchoir BENNEMAN.
They had the following children:
F i Anna BENNEMAN was born 1814 and died 16 Nov 1882.
Emanuel KELLER married Elizabeth AMICK.
Elizabeth AMICK [Parents] was born 1 1833 in Edom, Rockingham County, Va.. She married Emanuel KELLER.
John WRIGHT married Sarah Frances AMICK.
Sarah Frances AMICK [Parents] was born 1 1843 in Edom, Rockingham county, Va.. She married John WRIGHT.
"In the spring of 1874, father (John Emich) Elias, John Miller, went to Junction City looking for work and unexpectedly met up with Rueben Amick, who was his great uncle, being a brother of John Miller Amick, and obtained employment upon a farm near JC belonging to John K Wright, who was a son-in-law of Rueben Emick having married Sarah Francis Thomen, his widowed daughter." John Emick Pioneer pg 21.