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.
.
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.
.
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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