8     GEORGE OUTMAN

 

 

8          GEORGE3     (John2, Johannes1), son of John and Isabelle (Williams) Outman, was probably born after 27 May 1722 (as he was not included in the baptism of his other brother and sister at that time), and was baptized at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 16 September 1722 (records of Stratford Episcopal Church); he died at Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, 17 July 1793 (gravestone St. James Cemetery, Arlington).  He married ca 1745 Ruth Wooster, who died 16 March 1814 at the age of 89 years.  George joined the Episcopal Church at Stratford 2 July 1747.

 

This family removed to Arlington, Vermont, probably about 1765, where George acquired a considerable estate in land and conducted a black smithing business. 

Following the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1760 and the possession of Canada by the British, thus relieving the menace of frequent incursions by the Indians into this territory, settlers from New England, largely from Connecticut, who as early as 1750 felt themselves to be crowded, flocked into the so-called Hampshire Grants, so that by the outbreak of the War of the American Revolution, the population of Vermont had reached 20,000 or more.  Bennington and Addison were settled in 1761; Arlington and Rutland in 1762; Pownal 1763; Poultney, Hubbardtown and Manchester in 1764.  The exact date of the removal of George Outman to Arlington is not known, but he is believed to have been one of the earliest settlers. 

 

The family were prominent members of St. James Episcopal Church of Arlington and many of the Oatman family, representing four generations, are buried in the adjoining cemetery.

 

Quoted from Aldrich's Bennington County:

 

"President Hopkins used to say that in the first settlement of Bennington County, the applicants for land were disposed of according to their religious views.  Congregationalists were mostly sent to Bennington, Baptists to Shaftsbury, the Episcopalians to Arlington, and those who had no creed were sent to Pownal."

 

While the town record of Arlington for the period prior to 1790 are meager - many of the records being missing - a list of the members of this family are entered in the records, preparatory no doubt to the settlement of George's estate, the details of which settlement do not appear of record.

 

George was on the Vermont payroll of Captain Matthew Lyon's Company of Alarm in 1780:  No. of Days in Service - 5; No. miles travel - 50; Amount Pay October Alarm - 0.6.8 -- Total, 1.3.4.

 

GRAVESTONES, ST. JAMES CEMETERY

 

                        In Memory of                                      In Memory of

                        GEORGE OUTMAN                                     RUTH OUTMAN

                          who died                                                         who died

                        July 17, 1793                               March 16, 1814

                                                                                        in the 89th year

                                                                                                 of her age

                                                                                                   wife of

                                                                                                George Outman

 

 

NOTE: 

In the fourth and succeeding generations, the name is invariably spelled O A T M A N.

 

 

Children of George and Ruth (Wooster) Oatman:

 

19        Daniel, b. 11 May 1747, Stratford, CT; d. 4 Mar 1803; m. Mary Spencer, ca 1768

 

20        Samuel, b. 1748, Stratford, CT; d. 28 Sep 1825; m. 1) Hannah Wooster, 12 Apr 1769; 2) Susanna       ____

 

21        John, b. 24 Feb 1750, Stratford, CT.  It is believed that John died in youth.  A gravestone on the family lot at Arlington which cannot be fully deciphered indicates the death of a son.  No further record of this John has been discovered.

 

22        Benjamin, b. 1755, Stratford, CT; d. 1 Mar 1816; m. Bethia Smith

 

23        Ruth, b. 12 Aug 1753, Stratford, CT

 

24        George, Jr., b. ca 1757, Stratford, CT; m. 1) Ann Terrill; 2) Anna Turner

 

25        Isaac, b. 17 Sep 1761, probably Stratford, CT; d. 17 Aug 1831; m. Anna Brainerd, 30 Jan 1783

 

26        Freelove, b. ca 1755-1760, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT;  Her death date was earlier reported as 10 March 1830.  Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. I, p. 44, gives her death date as 4 January 1806 "in her 51st year".  The same entry attributes the original death date to her husband's fourth wife, also named Freelove; bur. Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; m. Isaac Andrus, ca 1772-73.

 

Captain Isaac Andrus was born in Norwich County, Connecticut, 22 April 1731, died at Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont, 30 June 1824, and is buried in the Shaftsbury Centre cemetery.  He married:  1) ca 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Witter) Tracy, who was born at Norwich, Connecticut, 21 January 1731/32, d. 27 August 1771, Shaftsbury, Vermont;  2) Freelove Oatman (her name was shown as "Truelove" in Genealogies, ibid;  3) Mrs. Anna Spencer, widow of Isaac Spencer, who died 27 January 1809, at the age of 58;  and 4) Mrs. Freelove (Wilcox) Parks, who died 10 March 1830 in her 71st year.  She was the mother of the Mary Parks who married her stepson, David Andrus, below.

 

Isaac lived for a time at Windham and later at Newent, Connecticut.  On 27 February 1765 he sold his farm at Newent and moved to Shaftsbury, Vermont (then a part of Albany County, New York).  He was one of the earliest members of the Baptist Church there.  He was a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, and served as private, sergeant, lieutenant and captain during the Revolutionary War.

 

Isaac had the following children by his first wife, Elizabeth:

 


1)                  Joseph, b. 16 May 1754; served in Revolutionary War

 

1)                  Jeremiah, b. 16 Jan 1756, Windham, CT; possibly d. 29 Dec 1775 in the Revolutionary War

2)                  Abiah, b. 7 May 1758; d. unm. 1 Jan 1840, age 83; bur. N. Fairfield Cem., Herrick, VT

                        4          Ruth, d. 16 Apr 1803; m. Elijah Bottom, 3 Mar 1785

                        5          Isaac, m. Clarissa Harris

                        6          Roswell, b. 1767; d. 11 Sep 1845; m. Lucy Coy

 

 

Children of Freelove and Isaac Andrus:

 

                        A         John, b. 9 Mar 1774, Shaftsbury, VT; m. Amy Coy.  Children, surname Andrus (birth order unknown):

 

                                      I         John, of Perry, NY, m. Mary Stewart.  Children, surname Andrus:

 

                                                a  Harriet, m. Daniel Sweet

 

                                                b  Minerva, m. Marion Smith; no issue

 

                                                c  Eliza, m. Albert Drake; lived at Perry; no issue

 

                                                d  Mary, m. Peter West; lived at Perry; two children

 

                                                e  Merritt, m. Josephine Lacy

 

                                                f  Esther, m. Henry Lacy; lived at Perry; two children

 

                                                g  Julia, m. Charles Sweet; two children

 

                                                h  George, m. _____ Cox

           

                                     II        Amy, m. Orin Goodrich

 

                                    III        Mahala, b. 1791; d. 22 Oct 1814, age 23 (Gravestone, Shaftsbury, VT)

 

                                     IV       Ruth, m. William (?) Turner

 

                                      V       Elon, of Delavan, WI, m. Helen Rose of Poultney, VT.  One daughter.

 

                                     VI       Linus/Lineus, m. Rachel, daughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Calkins) Broughton

 

                                    VII      Truman, of Perry, NY, m. Mary Goddard; Children, surname Andrus:

 

                                                a  Julia, d. young

 

                                                b  Clarissa, d. young

 

                                                c  Byron, d. young

 

                                                d  Linus, d. young

 

                                                e  Beach, m. and d. in California

 

                                                f  Delia, m. _____ Emory

 

                             VIII Daniel, b. 1796, Shaftsbury, VT

 

                                     IX       David, b. 1799, Shaftsbury, VT

 

                                      X       Polly, b. 25 Mar 1800; d. 13 Jan 1850; m. Stephen Hawkins of  Arlington, VT.  Children, surname Hawkins:

 

                                                 a         Merritt, b. 25 Jun 1819; m. Bethia Lyman of Northfield, MA.

 

                                                 b         Mary, b. 20 Oct 1820; m. Joseph Broadway

 

                                                 c         David, b. Oct 1822; m. 1) Sarah A. Center of Post Corners, NY; 2) Mrs. Mary A. Lenard of North Adams, MA; 3) Mrs. Caroline Moseley

 

                                                 d         Harriet, b. 7 Jul 1824; m. B. Franklin McLaughlin of West Arlington, VT

 

                                                 e         Freelove, b. 7 Aug 1826; m. John N. Chase of North Adams, MA

 

                                                 f          Stephen, b. May 1829; m. Jane Pike of Glens Falls, NY

 

                        B         Jeremiah (Andrus), b. 26 Jun 1777, Shaftsbury, VT; m. Mehitable Warren, 12 Mar 1801.  Children, surname Andrus, including:

 

                                      I         Norman

 

                        C         David, b. 29 Mar 1778/79, Shaftsbury, VT; d. 8 Feb 1861, Castile, NY.  He m. 2 Nov 1801, Mary Parks, who was b. Arlington, VT, 9 Jan 1787, d. Castile, NY, 2 Mar 1839, daughter of his father's fourth wife, Mrs. Freelove (Wilcox) Parks.  He kept a tavern at Shaftsbury until about 1834, when he moved to Perry, NY, all of his children except Abia going with him.  Children, some born at Arlington, others at Shaftsbury, VT, surname Andrus:

 

                                      I         Abia, b. 9 Feb 1803; d. 7 Sep 1889; m. 19 May 1819, Col. Lemuel Bottum of Shaftsbury, VT, a farmer, b. 20 Aug 1800, d. 14 Jul 1880.  Children, surname Bottum:

 

a          Mary E., b. Mar 1822; d. 28 Feb 1838

 

b          Simon, b. 26 Feb 1824; m. 1) Margaret A. Douglas; 2) Mrs. Sarah Rhodes

 

c          Horace Barlow, b. 3 Jul 1826; m. 8 Oct 1856 to Harriet  E. Huntington

 

d          Caroline Amelia, b. 26 Sep 1828; m. Norman R. Douglas

 

e          Edward, b. 29 Jul 1832; m. 1) Ellen L. Clark; 2) Marietta Cox

 

                                     II        Oretta, b. 15 Feb 1805; d. 11 Jun 1859; m. 30 Sep 1822, Daniel Galusha Huntington, b. at Shaftsbury, VT, 17 Feb 1802, d. at Perry, NY, 29 Mar 1877, son of Dr. Daniel Huntington.  They lived at Perry, NY.  Children, surname Huntington:

 

a          Edwin, of Rochester, NY, b. 22 Aug 1823; d. 1 Dec 1898; m. Jane A. Rathbone

 

b          George Byron, of Edgerton, WI, b. 21 Jan 1827; d. 15 Mar 1899; m. 1) Jenette E. Galusha; 2) Sarah Jane Smith; 3) Mrs. Mary A. (Brewer) Johnson

 

c          Nancy Amelia (Huntginton), b. 15 Mar 1833; d. 22 Mar 1865; m. 25 Sep 1855, Barton B. Higgins; resided at Dixon, IL

 

d          Mary, b. 10 Aug 1840; d. 16 Jun 1872; m. John D. Crabtree 4 Mar 1863; resided Dixon, IL

 

III        Freelove (Andrus), b. 13 Jun 1807; d. Castile, NY, 3 Jan 1841; m. 14 Oct 1828, Truman Fisk, b. 23 Jul 1800, d. at Castile on 2 Apr 1874; Children, born Shaftsbury, VT, surname Fisk:

 

a          Helen E., b. 7 Mar 1831; d. 17 Jul 1899; unmarried

 

b          Abia E., b. 9 Jun 1832; d. 24 Sep 1912; m. Myron Barton

 

c          Horatio Parks, of Rochester, NY, b. 11 Mar 1835; d. 20 Jul 1911; m. Iris A. Chapin

 

 IV       John Parks, b. 22 May 1809; d. 13 Jan 1829

 

  V       Ephraim Martin, b. 22 Feb 1811, Shaftsbury, VT

 

 VI       Horatio Nelson, b. 30 Jun 1813

 

VII      William Merritt, b. 11 May 1815; d. 31 Jul 1815

 

     VIII Columbus Parks, b. 8 Sep 1822

 

 IX       David Oatman, b. 10 Oct 1825

 

D         Polly (Andrus), b. 22 Dec 1780; d. 22 Sep 1802

 

E          Benjamin, b. 16 Sep 1783; d. 17 Apr 1861; m. Freelove Milleman, b. 1786.  Children, all born Shaftsbury, VT, surname Andrus:

 

  I         Diana, b. 1806

 

 II        Theodicia, b. 1808; d. 28 Apr 1813

 

III        Anna, b. 1810

 

 IV       Jonas, b. 1812

 

  V       Willard, b. 1 Jan 1815

 

 VI       Loomis, b. 1816

 

VII      Mary (twin), b. 22 Jan 1819; d. 16 Mar 1819, age 8 weeks

 

     VIII Merritt William (twin), b. 22 Jan 1819; d. 17 Apr 1861, Carlisle, OH; m. 18 Jan 1844, Arvilla Maria, daughter of Oliver and Amelia (Larrabee) Austin.  She m. 2) Stephen H. Stevens, 3 Jan 1859; it is supposed that she and Merritt were divorced before 1859, that she and Stephen were married and separated, and she took back the name Andrus.  Children, surname Andrus:

 

a          Ida Maria, b. 10 Sep 1847, Fairfield, Franklin Co., VT; m. ______ Lanphier

b          Jonas Willard (Andrus), b. 13 Feb 1849, Fairfield, VT; d. 25 Sep 1855, Carlisle, OH

 

c          Buel Judson, b. 29 Mar 1851, Fairfield, VT; d. 18 Oct 1927, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; m. 30 Oct 1881 in Walker Co., AL, Elizabeth Love Watt, daughter of _____ and Betsy (Brooks) Watt, b. 1856/57, Walker Co., AL, d. 9 Dec 1935, Birmingham, AL.  Children, surname Andrus:

 

  I         Merritt Watt, b. 31 Oct 1882, Jasper, AL; d. 1 Aug 1928; m. Lache Jensen

 

 ii         Bessie Marie, b. 21 Nov 1883, Jasper, AL; d. 22 Oct 1957; m. 27 Sep 1905 to John Ferdenand  Boatenreiter

 

iii         Benjamin Taurus, b. 24 Aug 1886; d. 2 Sep 1886, Jefferson Co., AL

 

 iv        Buel Judson (B.J.), b. 22 May 1888, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 15 Sep 1966; m. 7 Jun 1924, Sadie Moorer

 

  v        Pansey M., b. 24 Sep 1890, Jefferson Co., AL; m. 24 Sep 1915 to Walter Starr Redfield

 

                                                             vi        Arvilla Millicent, b. 25 Feb 1895, Marylee,  Walker Co., AL; d. 21 Nov 1981; m. 2 Jan 1917, George Edward Proctor

 

 IX       Palmer, b. 1822

 

                                      X       Jordan Grey, b. Oct 1823; d. 9 Apr 1842, age 18

 

                                     XI       Mary, b. 1824

 

                        F          Jonas (Andrus), b. 28 May 1792; d. 7 May 1808

 

27        Desire, b. 1762, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; m. Mr. Graves

 

28        Sarah, b. 26 Feb 1764, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; d. 1820, Dearborn Co., IN; m. George Hill Clark, ca 1788.

 

George Clark was born ca 1760, VT, and died ca 1819 in Dearborn Co., IN, son of Ebenezer Clark.  In the Archives he is described as being of "ye County of New Haven."  In the official Rolls of Soldiers from Vermont serving in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, he is named as serving two different "stretches" from the Village of Arlington, Vermont, which marched for the defense of the frontiers of the State in the month of October 1781.  In the same militia in December 1781, he was one of the expedition to march westward from Arlington for some three days for which he drew the sum of 11 shillings, 9 pence.  Children, surname Clark:

 

A         Phebe Oatman, b. 15 Feb 1791, Shoreham, VT; d. 22 Apr 1872, Cross Plains, Dearborn Co., IN; m. Jacob Levi Winters, 1 Aug 1810, Shoreham, VT.  He was b. 1788 in PA, d. 29 Oct 1830, Rising Sun, IN.  Levi and Phebe moved to Rising Sun in Dearborn County some time after 1814.  Levi was a corporal in the War of 1812, Captain John Phelps' Co., Colonel Henry Bloom's Regiment, and was in the Battle Queenston.  His widow Phebe applied for a pension in 1855.  Levi and Phebe are both buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery.  Children, surname Winters:

 

                                      I         Nancy, b. 3 Jan 1811, VT (per census and cemetery records); d. 20 Mar 1892, aged 81 yr, 2 mo, 17 dy, in Lawrence, Nuckolls Co., NE, where she was living with her son Mount and his family; she is buried there in Liberty Creek Cemetery.  She m. 12 Aug 1831, Jacob Peasley in Rising Sun, Dearborn Co., IN, later moving to Jefferson Co., then to Brighton, Washington Co., IA.  Jacob was b. 8 Sep 1809 in ME; d. 2 Oct 1872 in Brighton, Washington Co., IA, where he is buried. 

 

                                                (Lineage of Jacob Peasley: Abraham Peasley and Mary Potter; Ezekiel Peaslee and Anna Preble; Nathan Peaslee and Lydia Gove; John Peaslee and Mary Martin; Joseph Peaslee and Ruth Barnard; Joseph Peaslee and Mary Johnson who moved from England to Salisbury, Essex Co., MA ca 1635.)  Children, surname Peasley:

 

                                                a          Robert, b. 14 Mar 1833, Dearborn Co., IN; d. 14 May 1891, Little Sioux, Harrison Co., IA.  He m. 14 Aug 1856 to Sarah Hesser in Jefferson Co., IA.  She was b. 18 Jan 1836 in OH, d. 27 Jul 1903 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry (Anna Bell) Stewart, and is buried there in Little Sioux Cemetery.  She was the daughter of Andrew Hesser and Ellenor Shaw.  Children, surname Peasley:

 

                                                               I        Andrew Jackson, b. 27 Oct 1857, Brighton, Washington Co., IA; d. 13 Apr 1912 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, CN; m. 10 Mar 1885 to Idella Amelia Thompson, in Little Sioux, Harrison Co., IA.   She was b. 10 Nov 1866, Onawa, Monona Co., IA; d. 15 Nov 1900 at her farm home in Burt Co., NE, daughter of John Wesley David Thompson and Susan Amelia Davis.  They are buried side by side in Silver Creek Cemetery (aka Paddock Cemetery), Burt Co., NE.  Children, surname Peasley:

 

                                                                        aa         Nelle May, b. 5 Feb 1891, Charter Oak, Crawford Co., IA; d. 3 Jan 1956 at Providence Hosp., Lincoln, NE; bur. Craig Cemetery, Adams Plot, in Craig, NE.  Nelle and her mother, Idella, had smallpox during the epidemic in Burt Co. in 1900.  Nelle “had it so bad she wasn’t expected to live.  She was badly scarred from it.  But it was her mother Idella, who passed away.”  (Clem Hansen FGS) Nelle later, on 22 Feb 1911, m. Lewis Alvin Davis, in Craig, Burt Co., NE.  He was b. 1 Dec 1890 in Craig, NE; joined the Methodist Church there in Feb 1909; d. 3 Jul 1970 in Long Beach, CA, and is buried in Westminister Memorial park Cemetery.  He was the son of Lewis Jack Davis and Hettie Lavada Ray.  Children, surname Davis:

 

1)                  Gwendolyn E., b. 10 Jun 1915, Craig, Burt Co., NE; m. 6 Jul 1943, Darrell D. Deane.

 

2)                  Helen L., b. 10 Oct 1920, Craig, Burt Co., NE; d. 17 Oct 1998; m. 7 Jan 1939, Jesse D. Sturm.

 

3)                  Clementine L., b. 25 Feb 1924, Craig, Burt Co., NE; m. 17 Jun 1944, Armand W. Hansen.

 

                                                              ii        Anna Bell (Peasley), b. 1 Sep 1859, Brighton, Washington Co., IA; d. 25 May 1938; bur. Onawa, IA; m. 19 Sep 1881, Henry Stewart.

 

                                                             iii        Ellen J., b. 25 Jan 1861, Brighton, Washington Co., IA; d. 25 Jan 1937; m. 7 Mar 1883, Jeff Smith.

 

                                                              iv       Etta, b. 7 Sep 1862, IA; d. 22 Jul 1926; m. 1) Mr. Williams; 2) Randell Perkins.

 

                                                               v       John, b. 20 Aug 1864, IA; d. 29 Dec 1945; bur. Onawa, IA; m. 2 Mar 1890, Louella Miller.

 

                                                              vi       Joseph, b. 14 Jan 1865, IA; d. 30 Mar 1896; bur. Little Sioux Cem., Little Sioux, IA; m. 23 Mar 1890, Malissa Miller.

 

                                                             vii       William, b. 25 Oct 1868, IA; d. 20 Mar 1943; bur. Little Sioux Cem., Little Sioux, IA; m. Lulu Hoover.

 

                                                            viii       Margaret “Betsy,” b. 27 Sep 1870, Marshall, Henry Co., IA; d. 8 Jan 1954; m. 22 Nov 1886, Henry Franklin Crock Ford.

 

                                                              ix       Ira, b. 29 May 1872, IA; d. 30 May 1872.

                                                                                               

                                                               x       Oscar, b. 1 Aug 1873, Harrison Co., IA; d. 21 Jun 1929; bur. Woodlawn Cem., Saskatoon, SK, CN; m. 2 Jun 1892, Almeda (Maydee) Gee.

 

                                                              xi       Robert “Robbie,”, b. 30 Dec 1875, Pisgah, IA; d. 13 Aug 1936; bur. Magnolia Cem., Orson, IA; m. 23 Apr 1894, Agnes Cooper.

 

                                                             xii       Lee, b. 14 Sep 1877, Harrison Co., IA; d. 3 Apr 1879, aged 1 year, 6 months, 20 days.  Bur. Little Sioux Cem., Little Sioux, IA.

 

                                                b          Sarah (Peasley), b. 6 Sep 1834, Dearborn Co., IN; d. 20 Sep 1916; bur. OK; m. 1 Oct 1855, James Beans.

 

                                                c          Abigale, b. 6 Apr 1836, Dearborn Co., IN; bur. Harrison Co., IA; m. 10 Jan 1856, J. William Marrall.

 

                                                d          Archibald, b. 15 Jul 1838, Rising Sun, Dearborn Co., IN, d. 20 Jun 1874.  He served with Co. K, 13th Iowa Vol. Inf. in the Civil War.

                                                e          Phebe (Peasley), b. 22 May 1841, Jefferson Co., IA; d. 10 Feb 1851.  She is buried in Bidwell Cemetery in IA, age 9 years, 10 months, 18 days.

 

                                                f           Mount, b. 13 Jun 1843, Brighton, Washington Co., IA; bur. Opportunity, WA; d. 31 Dec 1935; m. 8 Oct 1870, Phoebe Newton.  He served with Co. E, 30th Iowa Vol. Inf. in the Civil War. 

 

                                                g          William C., b. 2 Jun 1845, Washington Co., IA; d. 28 May 1864, killed in battle in Atlanta, GA, in the Civil War.  He served with Co. C, 2nd Regiment, Iowa Vol. Inf., and is buried in the Marietta National Cem., Marietta, GA.

 

                                                h          Eliza Ann “Anna,” b. 20 Aug 1847, Washington Co., IA; m. 25 Nov 1880, S. J. “Sam” Garbrey.

 

                                                I           Parthena, b. 26 Oct 1850, Washington Co., IA; d. 27 Nov 1850; bur. Bidwell Cem., Washington Co., IA

 

                                                j           Hiram L., b. 23 Oct 1851, Washington Co., IA; d. 23 Sep 1852.

 

                                                k          Levi E. “Lee,” b. 12 May 1854, Washington Co., IA; d. 18 Oct 1931; m. 29 Dec 1880, Miriam Smith who d. 10 Aug 1946.  Both bur. Hillcrest Cem., Brighton, IA.

 

                                     II        William Clark (Winters), b. 12 Aug 1815, PA; d. 17 Feb 1901; m. Frances Petite; moved to MS. Bur. Rodney, Jefferson Co., MS

 

                                    III        Hannah, b. ca 1818, Rising Sun, Dearborn Co., IN; m. John S. Baxter.

 

                                     IV       George, b. ca 1820; d. 2 Jan 1862, Rising Sun, IN; m. Harriet Sparks; lived in Memphis, TN.  Per Bryan T. Winter, San Rafael, CA, George and Harriet had a daughter Isabella, who lived in Memphis, TN. 

 

                                      V       Levi, b. ca 1820, Rising Sun, IN

 

                                     VI       Martha S., d. 13 Sep 1908; m. Abner McFarland; lived in Cincinnati, OH.

 

                                    VII      Hiram Lewis, b. 4 May 1823, Rising Sun, IN; d. 26 Feb 1892, Rodney, Jefferson Co., MS; m. 21 Jul 1850 at Vernon, Jennings Co., IN, Elizabeth Jane Schofield, b. 19 Jan 1832 in Honley, Huddersfield, England, and d. 4 Nov 1880, Rodney, Jefferson Co., MS, daughter of Joshua and Grace (Oldfield) Schofield.  Hiram was a tinsmith by trade, with his shop mounted on a barge that moved from town to town along the Ohio River.  Children, surname Winters:

 

a          Arabella Phebe, b. 22 Jun 1851, Grand Gulf, Claiborne Co., MS; d. 30 Jan 1911, Dardenelle, Pope Co., AR; she m. John S. Mackie, 27 Feb 1868 in Rodney, MS; he was b. 30 Oct 1832, New Spynie, Scotland, son of John and Margaret Ann (McKenzie) Mackie.  According to Historical Southern Families, "John Mackie Jr. was a man of sterling character.  He was an astute business man and acquired a considerable amount of property.  After serving four years in the army, he returned to a devastated area and by sheer determination regained and restored his holdings.  [His] education included a course of study at the University of Edinburgh, and he was a fine singer.  Mississippi in the early days was no place for a timid man, and John was known for his quick temper and ability to defend himself.  He was elected constable in Rodney, in 1865, and once had to kill a man in self-defence.  It used to be said:  'The Mackies can do anything.'"  Marriage records of Jefferson Co., MS, of 1868, p. 141, record the marriage of "Belle" Winters on 27 Feb 1868. Children, surname Mackie:

 

  I         Hiram Winters, b. 19 Jan 1869, Rodney, MS; d. 18 Dec 1927; m. Mrs. Dillie Louise (Simonds) Aston, 12 Mar 1906.  Children, surname Mackie:

 

aa         Hiram Herbert, b. 2 Jun 1907; d. 26 Jun 1946; m. Jessie Welch, 21 Jun 1930

 

bb        William Paul, b. 1909; d. 1929

 

cc         Robert Lewis, b. 28 Aug 1911; m. 6 Jul 1939, Etsel Brooks, b. 15 Feb 1915. 

 

dd        Ollie Louise, b. 20 Oct 1913, AR; m. Tom Barnard Brooks, b. 27 Sep 1904, AR, son of John and Maude (Barnard) Brooks. 

 

ee         Clarence Luther, b. 30 Dec 1916, AR; served in WWII; m. 3 Aug 1940, Winnie Imogene Eubanks, b. 26 Nov 1922, AR;

aa         Roland Lee, b. 11 Nov 1895; d. 8 Mar 1953; m. Hazel Hatfield;

 

bb        Thomas Edwin, b. 9 Jul 1898; m. 1) ? ; 2) Mary Folino, b. 16 Oct 1909.  Children from first marriage:  Thomas Edwin, Jr., and Frances.

 

cc         John Ransom, b. 12 Oct 1902, Little Rock, AR; m. Mary Marie McLean (b. 7 May 1904, daughter of John Lee and Frances D. (Johnson) McLean of TX). 

 

dd        Jennie Belle, b. 22 Nov 1905; m. 1) Joseph Franklin Swilling 31 Aug 1950. 

 

Thomas Drake Mackie m. 2) 7 Nov 1908 to Mrs. Mary Blacklidge Lofton; she had a daughter by a previous marriage, Bessie Lofton Norris.  Mary d. 11 Feb 1911; and Thomas m. 3) Sally Ann Hicks, 15 Apr 1915. 

 

ee         Mary Louise, b. 27 Oct 1916; m. 1) Wade Hampton Bankston, 22 Oct 1937, b. 31 Dec 1909, Milam Co., TX, d. 17 Dec 1944, Belgium.  She m. 2) Emanuel Gale Pacetti, 31 May 1946, who was b. 20 Jan 1919, in FL, son of A. and Velma F. Gale Pacetti. 

 

ff         George Lloyd (Mackie), b. 3 Jan 1919, AR; m. Willie Lee McGuyer, b. 28 Sep 1927

 

gg        Albert Floyd (twin), d. in infancy

 

hh        Woodrow Winters, b. 19 Jun 1920; m. Agnes Sneath.  Children, surname Mackie:

 

1)         Woodrow, deceased

 

2)         Virginia, deceased

 

ii          Sally, b/d 8 Apr 1922.  Her mother, Sally Ann, died the same day.

 

Thomas Drake Mackie m. 4) 11 Jun 1923 to Mrs. Florence Taylor, widow of Samuel Robert Taylor.  Son, surname Mackie:

 

jj          William Joseph, b. 1926; d. 1927

 

iii         Emma S. (Mackie), b. 9 Jan 1872; d. Sep 1878, Rodney, MS

 

 iv        Rosa Winters, b/d 1874, Rodney, MS

 

  v        Alice Letitia, b. 27 Jun 1875, Rodney, MS; d. 15 Oct 1943, Seminary, Covington Co., MS; bur. 17 Oct 1943, Crystal Springs, Copiah Co., MS.  She married Alexander Newton on 6 Oct 1894 (Bible record).

 

Alice was educated at the Newton Institute in Crystal Springs, and earned a B.A. from the State Teachers' College in Hattiesburg, MS.  Alexander was born 4 Dec 1859 at Summit, Pike Co., MS, and died 24 Jun 1943, the son of the Reverend Oscar Newton and Susan M. Colton.  He was educated at the Newton Institute at Crystal Springs and was graduated A.B. in 1884 from Yale University.  He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York and was licensed to preach by the New York Presbytery.  In 1888 he became pastor of the Rodney, Westside, Red Lick, and Union churches in Mississippi until 1892, when he accepted a call to the Covington County group of churches.  In 1892 he became the pastor and teacher for the Presbyterian Church at Seminary, MS, where he also organized a school. 

 

After their marriage in 1894, Alexander and his wife went to Seminary, where they built a home.  Alice was a talented musician, a member of several organizations and taught school.  They are both buried in the Crystal Springs Cemetery in the Newton burial lot.

 

Children, surname Newton, all born in Seminary, Covington Co., MS:

 

aa         John, b. 29 Mar 1896; d. at birth

 

bb        Cora, b. 20 Aug 1897; d. 28 Jul 1981; m. Claude Wainwright O'Donnel, 1 Jun 1923.  He was b. 20 Dec 1896 in Copiah Co., MS, son of William H. O'Donnel of Sanford, MS (b. 2 Nov 1868 at Escatampa, FL), and Myra McGehee (b. 27 Jul 1896 at Summit, MS); Myra was the daughter of Dr. Iverson McGehee, a captain in the Confederate Army, and his wife, Martha Matilda Mixon. 

 

cc         Susan Arabella, who compiled the Newton lineage for Historical Southern Families (Boddie, 1976), was b. 27 Dec 1898; d. Sep 1981.  She m. 1) Hugh Charles Adams, 31 May 1921; m. 2) William Hoffman Farrand, 18 Apr 1931.  She attended Newton Institute at Crystal Springs, MS, and the Presbyterian Synodical Schools.  She studied and taught music.  In 1943 she became an honorary member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society.  In 1950 she organized "Therapy through Music" at Walter Reed and Bethesda Hospitals.  She was a qualified genealogist and worked in the National Society, Colonial Dames, Washington, DC.  Children of first marriage, surname Adams:

 

1)         Patricia Louise (who later took the   surname Farrand), b. 21 May 1923,  Whittier, CA; m. Roy Norman, son of Roy Norman and Bertha (Weisinger) Harvey.

 

dd        Osma Newton), b. 20 Jul 1900, d. unmarried 21 Jul 1949.  She was said to be a "talented and much-loved member of the family". (Historical Southern Families)

 

ee         George Alexander, b. 12 Jan 1902; d. 24 Mar 1968; m. 27 Aug 1930 Willie Lee Rogers, who was b. 20 Jul 1910, daughter of William Eugene and Susan (Fortenberry) Rogers of Columbia, MS. 

ff         Meliora (Newton), b. 21 Dec 1903; d. 22 Oct 1983; m. Winic Pierce, 9 Aug 1928, b. 12 Nov 1900, to Henry and Sarah (Sanford) Pierce.  Children, surname Pierce:

                                               

1)         Rayford Newton, b. 28 Aug 1929; d. 11  Dec 1932

 

 

 

 

gg        Claude Mackie (Newton), b. 14 Apr 1905; m. Louise White, 30 Aug 1930, daughter of Archie and Daisy (Blick) White; 

 

 

 

hh        Henry Simeon Colton (Newton), b. 24 May 1910; m. 1) Mary Anne Schaffer in 1935; m. 2) Jeanette E. Gilmer in 1956.  Henry d. 16 Jun 1985. 

 

 vi        William Schofield (Mackie), b. 27 Jul 1877; d. 10 Apr 1902, Little Rock, AR

 

vii        Henry Lewis, b. 24 Jun 1879; d. 2 Jan 1943; m. Mary Louise Gilliam, b. 5 Nov 1881, MS, d. 25 Sep 1962, daughter of Joel F. and Helena (Heckler) Gilliam.  Children, surname Mackie:

 

aa         Lucille Gilliam, b. 8 Nov 1901, MS; m. Edward Neufville Adams, b. 25 Dec 1895, the son of William J. B. and Mary Fenwick (Neufville) Adams. 

 

bb        Lena Mae, b. 31 Aug 1903, MS; m. Joseph Leon Simmons, b. 27 Sep 1900, son of Dodd and Carrie (Zachary) Simmons. 

 

cc         Alice Louise, b. 11 Mar 1909, MS; m. 29 May 1928 Clyde M. Blount, b. 2 Jun 1905. 

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dd        Henrie Beulah, b. 6 Nov 1911, MS; m. 4 Mar 1942, Alonzo Bliss Berry.

 

ee         Ruth L. (twin) (Mackie), b. 26 Aug 1922, LA; d. 1966

 

ff         Henry Lewis (twin), b. 26 Aug 1922, LA; m. Lottie Holton.

 

b          Charles (Winters), b. 13 May 1853; drowned 6 Oct 1854 in Ohio River.

 

c          Rosa A., b. 4 Feb 1855, Rodney, MS (Historical Southern Families says AR); d. 28 May 1924, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN; m. Samuel Jowett Schofield, 28 May 1873.  He was b. 12 Jan 1848, Rising Sun, IN, and d. 20 Mar 1925 in Madison, IN, son of Joshua and Hannah Lucretia (Jowett) Schofield.  Children, surname Schofield:

 

  I         Iva Belle, b. 28 Jul 1874; d. 1 May 1959; m. Clarence Hisle.  No children.

 

 ii         Henry Jowett, b. 22 Oct 1881; d. 1958; m. Murrie Bouchard in Cincinnati.  He had a photography studio in Nashville, TN.  Children, surname Schofield:

 

aa         Henry Jowett III

 

bb        Elizabeth

 

iii         Marion, b. 3 Jun 1892; m. 28 Oct 1914, Ward Einsell, who d. Jul 1915 of a brain tumor.  Their daughter, Catherine, was born posthumously on 1 Dec 1915.  She m. 1) Floyd Wildman, 24 Nov 1938, who d. of brain cancer in 1941; 2) Robert Young, 1964, and moved to Louisville, KY.

 

 iv        Thomas Jefferson, b. 1875; d. 1879

 

d          Henry Lewis, b. 13 Apr 1858, Rodney, MS; d. 7 Feb 1900.  He had appendicitis and there was no one who could operate in Rodney, so he was taken by steam-boat down river to New Orleans, but arrived too late.  He m. Adda McCallum, b. 14 Jul 1863, Union Church, MS, and d. 8 Oct 1938, daughter of Henry Scott and Eudora (Galtney) McCallum.  Adda was a graduate of Whitworth Female College, Brookhaven, MS.  They lived in Rodney until his death in 1900; she then moved with her mother and children to Bessemer, AL, to be near her brothers-in-law, William S. and Joseph S. Winters.  Children, surname Winters:

 

  I         Dora Elizabeth, b. Rodney, MS, 25 Oct 1890; d. 20 Apr 1947; m. William Hugh McEniry, 25 Jun 1913, who was b. 21 Mar 1885, Athens, AL, and d. 18 Nov 1966, Bessemer, AL.  He was a lawyer in Bessemer for over 50 years, charter member and officer of South Highlands Baptist Church, and held degrees from Auburn and University of Alabama.  Dora was a gifted pianist and organist.  They had three sons, named McEniry:

 

aa         Murray Winters, b. 2 Jul 1914; m. Catherine Louise McPolan, b. 21 Nov 1919 in New York City to John Joseph and Florence (Maurer) McPolan.  He was a corporation lawyer for Mobil Oil Corporation.  She has B.A. from Barnard, an LL.B. from Columbia Law School.  Living Scarsdale, NY. 


 

 

bb        William Hugh (McEniry), Jr., b. 21 Jan 1916; d. 15 Mar 1974; m. 26 Dec 1940, Mary McFarland Brown, b. 19 Dec 1914, to Lucien C. and Mattie McFarland Brown.  He was Professor of English (American Lit.) and Dean, Stetson Univ, DeLand, FL; Vice-Chancellor, Univ of NC at Charlotte.  He held B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College, M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt.  Mary has B.S. from Birmingham-Southern and M.A. from Vanderbilt. 

 

cc         Ralph Winters, b. 26 Oct 1919; d. 18 Feb 1989; m. Elizabeth Ann Scholz, 6 Sep 1952, Birmingham, AL.  She was b. Sep 1924, to Herbert Joseph and Elizabeth Ann (Cronin) Scholz, and d. 9 Apr 1988.  Ralph was a mining engineer; they lived in Stone Mountain, GA. 

 

ii          Mildred Genevieve (Winters), b. 1899; d. 12 Apr 1990; m. Rosewell Graves Lowrey, 26 Aug 1920 at Bessemer, AL; he was b. 1895, son of Congressman  Bill Green Lowrey of Blue Mountain, MS; Rosewell was Professor of English, Blue Mountain College, later Professor and Dean, Univ of Southern MS in Hattiesburg; he d. there 25 Jul 1979.  He had a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt; Mildred had a B.A., Blue Mountain College.  Children, surname Lowrey:

 

aa         Mark Leonard, b. 6 Aug 1921, Bessemer, AL; d. 24 Dec 1982; m. Emelie Roberta Olson at Jackson, MS, 10 Nov 1944.  She d. ca 1977.  Mark was a journalist, executive editor of Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg, MS. 

bb        Edwin Joseph (Lowrey) (twin), b. 12 Nov 1926; m. 18 Aug 1958, Helen Leora Hendry.  They live in Atlanta, GA, where he is a chemical engineer (paints). 

 

cc         Hugh Winters (Lowrey) (twin), b. 12 Nov 1926; m. Mary Orr Williams, 17 May 1952, at St. Louis, MO; they live in Cincinnati, OH; he is a chemical engineer (paints). 

 

e          Elizabeth (Winters), b. 27 Dec 1859; d. young

 

f           Grace, b. 3 Mar 1861; d. young

 

g          William Schofield, b. 2 Nov 1863, Rodney, MS; d. 22 Apr 1903, Bessemer, AL; m. Beulah Ragsdale of Green Pond, AL, on 15 Oct 1889, at Green Pond.  She was b. 18 Nov 1866; d. 4 Apr 1945.  They lived in Bessemer.  Children, surname Winters:

 

  I         Edwin Percy, b. 9 Nov 1890; d. Sep 1957.  In late middle age, he m. Pauline Marsh; lived in Birmingham, AL.  No children.

 

 ii         Ruth Elizabeth, b. 10 Jun 1892; d. ca 1965; m. 17 Jun 1917 at Bessemer, AL, Samuel Thacker Huey; he was b. 20 Nov 1886, Hueytown, AL; they lived in Bessemer where he practiced law.  Children, surname Huey:

 

aa         Samuel Thacker, Jr., b. 26 Apr 1918; m. in Seattle, WA, 6 Sep 1945, Helen Calligan, who was b. 5 Aug 1916. 

 

bb        Joseph William (Huey), b. 31 Dec 1924, Bessemer, AL; m. Carla      , b. 19 Aug 1932, NJ; a Major, U.S. Air Corps, graduate West Point. 

 

iii         Ida Victoria (Winters), b. 19 Jan 1894; d. 1980.  Unmarried.  Librarian, lived in Birmingham, AL

 

 iv        Laura Martin, b. 25 Nov 1896.  Unmarried.  Dental hygienist, lived in Sarasota, FL

 

  v        William Schofield, Jr., b. 21 Sep 1898; d. 7 Dec 1925 of tuberculosis in Bessemer; unmarried

 

 vi        Beulah Ragsdale, b. 19 Nov 1900; m. Harold Kemble Hines of Bowling Green, KY, 20 Dec 1924; he was b. 21 Jan 1895, d. 9 Jan 1965

h          Joseph Schofield (Winters), b. 22 Dec 1866; d. 5 Aug 1934, Bessemer, AL.  He eloped with India Whitney, and they m. 17 Nov 1892 (Winters Family Bible gives the marriage as 15 Nov 1893).  India was b. 1876, d. 25 Dec 1933 at Villa Clara, LA.  He received his medical training in Louisville, KY, and for many years was a general practitioner in Bessemer.  They had no issue.

 

I           Alice H., b. 29 Nov 1870; d. young

 

j           Hannah Lucretia, b. 19 Sep 1872, Rodney, MS; d. ca 1958, Port Gibson, MS; m. Thomas Henry "Hal" Freeland, 2 May 1899 in Rodney, MS.  He was b. 6 Aug 1873, West Side, MS, son of Thomas Augustus and Mary Covington (Beall) Freeland, and d. 12 Feb 1931 in Natchez, MS.  Children, surname Freeland:

 

  I         Mary Cecelia, known as Cecelia, b. 1900; d. 3 Aug 1964.  Mary was head of the purchasing department of Mercy Hospital, Vicksburg, MS.  Earlier she had been a writer and producer of celebratory pageants throughout a considerable portion of the United States.  Unmarried.

 ii         Thomas Henry “Tom”, Jr., b. 24 Jan 1902, Port Gibson, MS; d. 13 Aug 1979; m. Rose E. Pittman, 21 Jul 1927. 

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iii         Elizabeth (Freeland), b. ca 1910; d. ca 1972; m. Charles Gordon Cossar of Charleston, MS, who d. 21 Jul 1955.  No children.

 

k          Walter G. (Winters), b. 3 Oct 1874, Rodney, MS; d. 6 Jun 1876

 

29        Phoebe, b. 2 Apr 1766, prob. Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; m. Gideon Orton, b.       1759; d. Onondaga Co., NY.  Gideon was the fourth son of John of Tyringham (b. 1717) and the first son of second wife, Mary Slaughter. He was born in the same year that his half-brother Gideon (b. 1748, d. 1759) died, and the name was at once transferred.  Gideon lived for a time in Fairfield, VT.  His father, John, died at his home.  Children, surname Orton:

 

A         Mary, b. 1791; m. John Perry, 25 Dec 1810, Fairfax, VT.  They lived in Milton and Sheldon, VT.  Children, surname Perry:

 

I           James, b. 1812

 

B         Aaron H., b. 1793; d. 1872; m. Polly Hall, 1819

 

C         Lavinia, b. 1795

 

D         Sarah, b. 1798; d. 1824

 

E          Truman, b. 1800; d. 1877; m. Alvira Gleason

 

F          Charlotte, b. 1803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources:           Beulah Smith, East Granby, CT

                        International Genealogical Index

                        Family records

                        Cemetery records

                        DAR Application #313605, and #313604

                        NEHGS records

                        1790 census, Bennington Co., VT; Linda L. Jackson, Seminary, MS

Murray W. McEniry, Scarsdale, NY (Family Bible of Hiram Lewis Winters

and Elizabeth Jane Schofield; Russell Vermontiana Collection of the Martha Canfield Library, Arlington VT)

Historical Southern Families, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, editor, [1976],

Vol. XXI, pp. 106-117

Family records of Marie Walsh, Alameda, CA

                        Mrs. Clementine L. Davis Hansen, Grant, NE, who cites various sources

                        Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. I

1910, 1920 census, Bogalusa, Washington Co., LA

                        1930 census, Columbia, Marion Co., MS

 

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