The McCausland family is descended from the MacAuslanes of
Glenduglas, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, some of whom migrated to Ireland in the
time of James I, served in the army of Ireland before 1649 and settled in
Tyrone. There was also a branch which immigrated to Ireland from the ancient
Scottish house of Buchanan.
The family has representatives at present in the nobility of
Ireland and possessing large estates. (See Encyclopedia and Biography by John
W. Jordan, LLD., published in New York in 1914, Vol. III Page 766, - William
Clifton McCausland.)
Information prepared by Andrew Bell McCausland, son of James,
grandson of John McCausland, is to the effect that John came to Carlisle, Pa.
probably sometime between 1750 and the Revolutionary period, though it may have
been earlier as we do not know the exact date.
While we have no record of John McCausland's wife, Swope's
History of Big Spring Church (Presbyterian) at Newville, Pa., which is
contained in the State Library of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pa, shows
"Martha McCausland, age 47, member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church,
Newville, 1789.", which we think may have been John's wife.
According to the records of the State of Pennsylvania, he
was a soldier of the Revolution and "fought in the Company of Samuel
Finton, 1st Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, known as "Newton
Township"; another entry shows him as "private in 2nd Company, Samuel
Finton, 1st Battalion Cumberland County Militia, 1779."
Andrew B. McCausland further stated "He came from
Glasgow, Scotland, a man above the average stature, of fine manners and
address, highly equipped and finely qualified as an educator of youth." He
engaged in educational work in Carlisle, Pa., and later came to Virginia where
he taught in the Staunton Academy, a High school for boys, where he was
teaching in 1800 and 1801. (Annals of Augusta County, Va.)
John McCausland owned property near the corner of Market and
Frederick Streets in Staunton, Va., which was diagonally across Frederick
Street from the present Mary Baldwin Seminary. We assume this was his home.
He sold this property in 1807.
When John McCausland came to Virginia he was a widower with
three children, a son James and two daughters Elizabeth and Martha (Patsey).
James had married Martha (Patsey) Bell, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Bell,
and remained in Pennsylvania. Andrew Bell and John McCausland were members of
the same company in the Revolutionary war. He was from Mifflin Township,
Cumberland County, Pa.
Elizabeth, the elder daughter, married Hugh Glenn, a
prosperous farmer or "Plantationer" as they were often designated, of
Augusta County, Va., son of George Glenn and grandson of James Young. The
marriage was solemnized August, 1801. (Chalkley's Chronicles of Augusta
County.) Martha (Patsey), who was said to be the possessor of great beauty and
dignity, married Captain Samuel Frame, also of Augusta County. Prior to the
marriage of his daughters, John McCausland contracted a second marriage of
which we do not have a record.
John McCausland died in 1809 and his daughter Elizabeth Glenn
was the beneficiary under his will which is of record in Augusta County Court
House as of January 23, 1809. (W B #7, Page 268.) It seems probable that he
spent the last years of his life with her in her home near Mt. Sidney, Va., and
is buried in the old cemetery of "Old Stone Church" where the
Glenn family is buried.
It should be emphasized here that Elizabeth Glenn is our
ancestress as through the marriage of her daughter Mary Glenn with Andrew Bell
McCausland, the son of her brother James, the two lines are united and we trace
our lineage through both to its source in this country, John McCausland.
Elizabeth married in 1801 and it was for her that Hugh Glenn erected the
substantial brick residence, (now standing near Mt. Sidney, Va.) which was
compacted in 1804. It was in this comfortable home surrounded by its thousand
acres of farm land that she spent the years of her married life and here that
her daughter Mary Glenn was born. Elizabeth died either late in 1820 or
possibly early in 1821. We do not know the exact date, but a deed dated May
15, 1820 recorded in Augusta bears her signature along with that of her husband,
Hugh Glenn.
While James McCausland did not come to Virginia with his
father, he did come about 1804 and remained a number of years. He is shown in
Chalkley's Chronicles as qualifying as guardian for Hugh Donaghe between
entries dated 1812 and 1813 and "Virginia Valley Records" by John
Wayland, an extract from an old regimental book gives the name of James
McCausland on the roster of the 58th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Capt. Samuel H.
Lewisin in 1818 and again in 1820. He is said by his son, Andrew Bell
McCausland, to have served in the war of 1812, but we have not so far obtained
this record. Later he returned to Pennsylvania and owned and resided upon the
farm originally the property of his wife's father Andrew Bell, near Newburg,
Cumberland County, Pa. He and his wife, Martha (Patsey) Bell, died in Butler
County, Pa., and were buried at Bakerstown. Later the bodies were exhumed and
removed by their grandson, John Andrew McCausland, son of James Redett
McCausland, to McDonald, Pa., where they were interred in Robinson Run
Cemetery, as were the parents of John Andrew McCausland. A monument bearing
the name "McCAUSLAND" was erected there and it was the intention of
the grandson to have the names of the individual members of the family interred
there inscribed on this stone, but he died before this was accomplished.
However, the records of the cemetery carry this data:
JAMES McCAUSLAND,
late residence Butler County, married, age 64 years, died January 15, 1840.
MARTHA
McCAUSLAND, late residence Butler County, married, age 64 years, died May 12,
1844.
James McCausland and Martha, his wife, were the parents of
ten children, five daughters - Harriet, Elizabeth and three others; and five
sons, viz.: John, James Redett, Andrew Bell, Samuel Bell and William A.
Of these we are particularly concerned with the son Andrew
Bell McCausland, named for his maternal grandfather, and born in 1802. Andrew
came to Virginia with his parents and spent his youth and early manhood in this
State. On July 16, 1822, he married his first cousin Mary Glenn, fourth child
of Hugh Glenn and Elizabeth McCausland Glenn his wife.
The records of Augusta County show that on August 31, 1829,
he qualified as Lieutenant in the 32nd Regiment, 7th Brigade, Third Division of
the Augusta County Militia. The records also show that in 1848 he was
Constable of Augusta County and in giving bond for the faithful performance of
his duties, a considerable library is listed as among his personal possessions.
Andrew Bell and Mary McCausland, his wife, had four sons to
reach maturity - Hugh Glenn, James Franklin, William and John. After the death
of his wife in Augusta County (the date we have been unable to ascertain) he
returned to Pennsylvania, his native State, and taught school in Chambersburg.
He contracted a second marriage and died in Chambersburg February 23, 1889,
where he is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. His sons remained in Virginia, the
two younger ones, William and John, later removing to Missouri.
James Franklin McCausland, our immediate progenitor spent
his early life in Augusta County, grew to manhood there and came to Lynchburg
where in 1857 he married Mary Jane Noble, daughter of Memorah Noble and
Elizabeth Green Smithey Noble, his wife. James Franklin McCausland served with
the Confederate Army in the War Between the States in Kirkpatrick's Battery,
Company A, 31st Virginia Artillery, under General Jubal Early. During Early's
first Valley Campaign he went into Pennsylvania and James F. McCausland
procured leave to visit his relatives in Chambersburg. He returned to his
Battery and one of the amusing incidents told of him is that someone said to
him "Mac, you were a fool not to stay there", whereupon
"Mac" became so indignant he proceeded to inflict suitable
punishment. He did not participate in Early's Second Valley Campaign which
culminated in the burning of Chambersburg, as he developed Typhoid fever and
had to be left at Staunton, Va. His wife, Mary Noble McCausland went to
Staunton and brought him home to Lynchburg. He was still in Lynchburg on sick
leave at the time of the surrender. He was a man of the highest integrity and
most exemplary character, gentle and kind, modest and unassuming. Mary Noble
McCausland, his wife, who had been married at seventeen and had lost two infant
children, in later life told her daughter that before she was twenty-five years
old she had buried two children and lived through four years of war, the
greater part of that time having been spent nursing sick and wounded
Confederate soldiers. She was connected with a hospital in the charge of Dr.
John J. Terrell. Years afterwards Dr. Terrell spoke to her daughter of the
sweetness and beauty of her character and of her self-sacrifice and devotion to
duty.
There were five children born of this union who reached
years of maturity, two daughters and three sons, James Noble, Susan Loving,
Andrew Earle, Mary and Hugh Glenn.
Mary Noble McCausland died August twenty-first, 1904 and her
husband spent the remaining years of his life in the home of his eldest son,
James Noble McCausland, in Charlotte, N.C. He died December 12, 1913, and is
buried by the side of his wife in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
DEED FROM JOHN McCAUSLAND CONVEYING PROPERTY IN STAUNTON,
VIRGINIA
D.B. #1, Page 74.
This indenture made this 16th day of February, 1807, between
John McCausland and Mary, his wife, of Wythe County and State of Virginia, of
the one part, and Hance Calvert of the Borough of Staunton, Augusta County and
State aforesaid, of the other part, WITNESSETH, that the said John McCausland
and Mary, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and
thirty pounds lawful money of Virginia, to them in hand paid by the said Hance
Calvert, the receipt of which they do thereby acknowledge, have bargained and
sold unto the said Hance Calvert and his heirs one certain lot or parcel of
ground in the Borough of Staunton and County aforesaid, containing thirty-four
poles, being part of Lots #53 and #54, which were originally conveyed to Owen
Owens and Jenny, his wife, by Alexander St Clair and Robert Gamble, trustees of
the said County, and by the said Owen Owens and Jenny, his wife, unto Daniel
Donovan, and by the said Daniel Donovan and Elizabeth, his wife, unto Samuel
Merritt and Catherine, his wife, unto Robert Bailey and lastly by the said
Robert Bailey, and Elizabeth, his wife, unto the aforesaid John McCausland; and
is bounded as follows, viz:-
Beginning at the corner of the Lot #57 at Market Street and
running with the said street two and one half poles, then crossing said lots by
a right line, fourteen poles to the line of the Lot #55, then with the same two
and one half poles to the northeast corner of Lot #58, then with the line of
the Lots #58 and #57 fourteen poles to the beginning, being in that part of the
Borough of Staunton which was conveyed by William Beverly, Esq. to the Justices
of said county and their successors to have and to hold, together with all its
appurtenances. The party of the first part conveys the thirty-five poles, part
of the said lots of land, with all its appurtenances, to the said Hance Calvert
and his heirs, to the sole use and behalf of him the said Hance Calvert and his
heirs forever, and the said John McCausland and Mary, his wife, for themselves
and their heirs doth covenant -- etc. etc. --
(Signed) John McCausland
Mary McCausland
February 16, 1807
TESTE: Vincent Taff, C.C.S.
(The above deed is of record in the Clerk's Office of the City of
Staunton, Va. The Court House for the County of Augusta is also located in the
City of Staunton, Va., and the will of John McCausland is recorded there.)
W.B. 10, Page 268
In the name of God, Amen.
I, John McCausland of Augusta County and Commonwealth of
Virginia, do make this my last will and testament, in manner and from
following, that is to say:
1
I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid out
of my property and outstanding debts.
2
I leave Mary McCausland one dollar and a half.
3
I leave my son, James McCausland, one dollar and a half.
4
I leave my daughter, Patsy Frame, one dollar and a half.
5
I leave my daughter, Elizabeth Glenn, all the residue of my property of
every kind, together with whatsoever outstanding debts may be either in
Pennsylvania or Virginia, except my miniature set in gold, which I leave to my
grand daughter Patsey Glenn.
Also, I do give to ray friend Mr. George Holier, my gold
vest locket, to be delivered to him by my executor when called for.
And lastly, I do appoint my son-in-law Hugh Glenn whole,
sole executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other
former wills and testaments by me heretofore made, either written or verbal.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this 23rd day of January, 1809.
(Signed) John McCausland (SEAL)
Signed, sealed, published and delivered
in the presence of us and for the last
will and testament of the above named
John McCausland:
James Allison
Samuel Gurry
John Gibson
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At a Court continued and held for Augusta County, April,
26th, 1809, this last will and testament of John McCausland, deceased, was
presented in Court and proved by the oaths of James Allison and Samuel Curry,
two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded; and on motion of Hugh
Glenn, the executor therein named, who made oath according to law and together
with Samuel Curry, his security, entered into and acknowledged this bond in
penalty of $600.00 conditioned as the law directs; certificate is granted him
for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
TESTE:
Charles Kinney, C.C.
MEMORANDUM OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
JOHN McCAUSLAND,
deceased
W.B. #10, Page 290.
Memorandum of the personal property of John McCausland,
deceased, appraised by the following jurors, to wit:
Alexander Blair, Martin Blair and John Dennison, Jr., being
justly sworn, agreeable to an order of the Court granted the 26th day of April,
1809, this 6th day of June, 1809 ----
TO:
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One certain dark
bay horse
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$60.00
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One chain and
harness
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35.00
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One saddle,
bridle, blanket and spurs
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8.00
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One pair saddle
bags
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3.00
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One watch $12.00;
18 books $9.00
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21.00
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One pair boots,
shoes and spurs
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4.00
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Coarse wearing
apparel
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7.50
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Fine wearing
apparel
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53.00
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Two pistols and
powder horn
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3.00
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One razor box and
strop
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.75
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Money weight .75˘,
a scale and dividers
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3.75
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Two cases .75˘,
Two pens, knives, coat and tooth brushes .33˘
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1.08
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Two pair silver
knee buttons
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4.00
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His likeness set
in gold
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12.00
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One gold vest
locket
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7.00
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Two fur hats
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6.00
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One umbrella and
brush
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1.00
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One trunk
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1.50
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One note on
Robert Bailey due April 6, 1795
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6.58
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Two pocket books
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.50
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One note on
Samuel Curry due May 15, 1809
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6.33
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One note on John
Gibson due June 15, 1809
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4.25
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One note on Henry
Severgale due June 5, 1809
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2.00
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One note of James
Curry due May 12, 1809
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3.33
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One note of Benj.
Landis due March 12, 1809
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7.00
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One note on
Samuel King due May 15, 1809
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5.00
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One note on
William Ramsey due March 9, 1809
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5.00
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Due by Hugh Glenn
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4.00
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Given under my hand the date above mentioned,
(Signed) John Runion, Jr.
Matthew Blair
Alex. Blair.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, Hugh Glean and John McCausland, are held and firmly
bound unto His Excellency James Monroe, Esq., Governor of Virginia and his
successors, for the use of the Commonwealth, in the sum of $150.00, to which
payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated this first day of August,
1801.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a
marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Hugh
Glenn, bachelor, and Elizabeth McCausland, spinster, daughter of the said John
McCausland of Augusta County. If, therefore, there shall be no lawful cause to
obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise, to
remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of:
Hugh Glenn (SEAL)
John McCausland (SEAL)
(This marriage was solemnized by the Rev. William Wilson
pastor of the Old Stone Meeting House, Augusta County, Va.)
Extracts from records at Harrisburg, Pa.
furnished by
Mrs. S. M. Greenawalt of Chambersburg, Pa.
John McCausland private in 2nd Company, Samuel Finton, 1st
Battalion Cumberland County Militia 1779.
Also appears in same Company, same Battalion later on, no date.
(Reference Penna.
Archives 5th series, Vol.6 Pages 67 and 445.)
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Andrew Bell, Tax list 1782 at Carlisle, also lived in
Newton Township 1785 and Mifflin Township Nov. 5, 1822.
Administrator Samuel Bell, settled estate of Andrew Bell, Peters
Township, April 8th, 1824.
Andrew Bell lived and was taxed in Newton Township in
1779.
Private in 2nd Battalion, Capt. Samuel Finton, 1st Battalion, Cumberland
County Militia, 1779.
Same Company, same Battalion, no date but evidently later than
1779.
(Reference Penna.
Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 6 Pages 68 and 445.)
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Mark McCausland married Sally Hunter at Big Springs Church
at Newville, Pa. Date around 1791.
(Genealogy
Department, State Library Harrisburg, Pa.)
Martha McCausland, age 47 member of Big Springs Church
(Presbyterian) 1789.
(Page 50)
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The following statements were given me by the lady in charge of
the Genealogy Department of State Library, Harrisburg, Pa. --
John McCausland fought in the Company of Samuel Finton,
Cumberland County Militia, known as Newton Township -
(Reference Penna.
Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 6, page 447.)
John McCausland Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pa.
taxed in 1782, had one horse, one cow, no land.
(History of
Cumberland County)
(Reference 3rd
Series of Archives, Vol. 20, page 628.)
John McCausland in another book was taxed in 1778. Had
two cows and two horses.
James McCausland fought in the same Company as John, Page
447. The lady in the Genealogy Dept. said from his age he might have been
John's son James or he could have been John's brother.
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I copied this from the History of Cumberland County, in
Harrisburg, Pa., pages 318 #97483 H628-
The earliest settlers in Newton Township, as everywhere in
the County, ware Scotch-Irish. By far the largest amount of land however,
seems to have bean taken up in 1794, during which year twenty-five tracts of
four hundred acres each, aggregating 10,000 acres were taken up by the
following twenty-five persons:
Mark McCausland
William McCausland
and so on.
(I was not interested in the others so did not copy the names.)
ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY
by Joseph Addison Waddell
Page 345
The Staunton Academy, a high school for boys was
incorporated by Legislature December 4, 1792. Trustees ----------
At a meeting of the trustees held May 23, 1793, Dr.
Humphreys was appointed President of the Board. The Rev. Charles O'Neil was
elected principal, etc. In November 1795 William Sterrett offered himself as
teacher of Latin and Greek -- Rev. Hugh White, however, was "authorized to
teach" August 27, 1796. Next in 1800 and 1801 James Clarke and John
McCausland taught in separate rooms under the auspices of the trustees.
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Page 384
Although the trustees of the Staunton Academy were
incorporated in 1792 their school house seems not to have been completed until
about 1810. Judge Stuart gave the lot. A part of the funds employed were
raised by general subscription in the county and a part was donated by the
State out of the proceeds of sale of glebe lands. The Masonic fraternity also
had an interest in the building, occupying an upper room as their hall. In the
year last named the principals of the Academy were James G. Waddell and
Bartholomew Fuller. The former taught the classics, the latter mathematics.
For nearly seventy years until the building was turned over to the trustees of
the public free schools, a succession of teachers had charge of the Academy.
In 1833 Lyttleton Waddell and William D. Cook became joint principals. The
latter continued for a short time only, but the former conducted the school for
more than twenty years. During most of this time the school was highly
prosperous, attracting many pupils from abroad.
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Between the incorporation of the school in 1792 and the
completion of the building the Annals of Augusta County says that rooms to be
used for school purposes were secured where ever obtainable. It seems that
"The Beginnings of Education" does not take account of this school
until the building was erected, which was after the death of John McCausland,
consequently he is not mentioned therein.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, Andrew B. McCausland and Hugh Glenn, are held and
firmly bound unto Thomas M. Randolph, Esq., Governor of Virginia and his
successors, for the use of the Commonwealth, in the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves,
our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these
presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated this 12th day of July, 1822.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a
marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Andrew
McCausland and Mary Glenn of Augusta County, if therefore there shall be no
lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be
void, otherwise, to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of -
A. B. McCausland (SEAL)
Hugh Glenn (SEAL)
Jefferson Kinney.
Page #13, Marriage Register, Augusta County, 1813-1840.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Augusta County Court House --
ANDREW B. McCAUSLAND and MARY GLENN by Rev. Conrad Speece.
July 16, 1822.
1829 A. B. McCausland.
Book 17, Page 124
AUGUSTA COUNTY to wit:
I do hereby certify that Andrew B. McCausland, who is
commissioned as Lieutenant in the 32nd Regiment, Seventh Brigade, and 3rd
Division, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace
of the said County and took the oath prescribed for Militia officers.
Given under my hand the 31st day of August, 1829.
(Signed) John Searight.
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT, October term 1829.
The certificate of qualification of Andrew B. McCausland as
Lieutenant in the 32nd Regiment, Seventh Brigade and Third Division of the
VIRGINIA MILITIA was presented in Court and ordered to be recorded.
TESTE:
Erasmus Stribling, C. C.
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D.B. #29, Page 224
This indenture made this 12th day of February in the year 1849,
between Andrew B. McCausland of the first part, John W. Myers of the second
part and Samuel Hansbarger, E.G. Moorman, Thornton Berry, David Griffith,
Benjamin Bragan, James A. McCue, Robert Curry, Wm. Gamble, Isaac Farrer and
Benjamin Miller of the third part:
Whereas the parties of the third part have become bonded for
the payment of certain sums of money as securities for the said A.B. McCausland
in his official capacities as Constable:-
Therefore this indenture witnesseth that for and in
consideration of the premises, also for the further consideration of $1.00 to
him, the said A.B. McCausland in hand paid by the said John W. Myers, receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the said A.B. McCausland hath given, granted etc.
the following property, to wit:
5 Beds, bedsteads
and furniture
1 Secretary and
book case
100 volumes of
books, more or less, of various kinds
1 Press and
contents
1˝ Doz. Chairs
4 Tables
1 Bureau
1 Chest
1 Smoothbore gun
1 Loom and tackling
4 Buckets
4 Tubs
1 Plough
Kitchen furniture,
etc.
Spring House
matters together with three dozen crocks and jars of applebutter etc. etc.
1 Saddle
4 Bridles
1 Bay horse
3 Sets horse gears
2 Shovel ploughs
1 Harrow
2 Hand shovels
2 Rakes
2 Forks, frails,
etc.
4 Hoes
2 Axes
2 Tons of hay
30 Bushels of corn
20 Bushels of wheat
1 Windmill
1 Cutting boss
1 Apple Mill
Contents of
smoke-house
40 Yds. carpet
1 Candle stand
1 Settee
2 Hair trunks
1 Teaboard
1 Clock
1 Churn
1 Arm chair
1 Washing Machine
10 Kegs of Vinegar
1 Hhd. vinegar
4 Tight barrels
1 Grain cradle
2 Prs. andirons,
shovels, tongs
1 Set stretchers
1 Set doubletrees
1 Rocking chair
1 Black cow
1 Candle stand
1 Wool wheel
1 Flax wheel
2 Hackles
1 Chick reel
1 Bbl. dried apples
1 Bbl. dried
peaches
1 Two-horse wagon
1 Mattocks
1 Wheelbarrow
1 Crop of wheat in
the ground
together with all other articles of personal property belonging
to the said McCausland at the date of this deed; to have and to hold upon
trust, nevertheless, that the said Myers shall permit the said A.B. McCausland
to possess and enjoy the benefit and use of said property until default be made
in payment of said sum of $120.00 or any part thereof --
In witness whereof the said parties of the first and second
parts have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above
written.
(signed) A. B. McCausland (SEAL)
J. W. Myers (SEAL)
February 12, 1849.
Death of
ANDREW B. McCAUSLAND
On Saturday evening Andrew B. McCausland died at his
residence on Market Street, after an illness of several weeks, aged eighty
eight years. His death resulted from a general breaking down of his system.
He was a well known citizen and highly respected. He taught school at one time
and afterwards engaged in the photo graphing business. He had for several
years been an employee of the Western Maryland Railroad.
Chambersburg Pennsylvania
February 1889.
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Chambersburg, Pa.
The record given below was taken from the census book of the
Robinson Run Cemetery, at McDonald, Pennsylvania - Caretaker David C. Kirk - August
11, 1937, and gives the names of the members of the McCausland family buried
there.
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Name
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Residence
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Age
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Date
of Death
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James
McCausland
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Butler County, Pa.
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64
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Jan.
15, 1840
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Martha (Bell)
McCausland
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" " "
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64
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May
12, 1844
|
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Kate McGilvary
McCausland
|
McDonald, Pa.
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23
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March
21, 1890
|
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Nancy Pillow
Montgomery
McCausland
|
" "
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33
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Oct.
9, 1894
|
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Julia Shepler
McCausland
|
" "
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2
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Oct.
16, 1894
|
|
Beatrice
Fisher Quinn
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" "
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50
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April
6, 1901
|
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James Redat
McCausland
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Indiana Ter. (?)
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23
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May
6, 1905
|
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Eliza Jane
McCausland
|
McDonald, Pa.
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76
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Dec.
3, 1906
|
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James Redat
McCausland
|
" "
|
93
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March
10, 1911
|
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Louis Bales
Quinn
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Dennison, Va.
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74
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Aug.
15, 1923
|
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John Andrew
McCausland
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McDonald, Pa.
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71
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March
7, 1928
|
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Laura Andrews
McCausland
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Waterford, Ohio
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61
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James McCausland who died Jan. 15, 1840, was the son of John
McCausland of Carlisle, Pa. and Augusta County, Va., and Martha (Patsy) was the
wife of James and the daughter of Andrew Bell of Mifflin Township, Pa. from
whom we are descended.
James Redat (correct spelling Redett) McCausland who died
March 10, 1911 was a brother of Andrew Bell McCausland, and son of James and
Martha (Bell) McCausland.
John Andrew McCausland died March 7, 1928 age 71, was the
son of James Redett McCausland. It was this John Andrew McCausland who had the
bodies of his grandparents moved to this cemetery, and erected the stone shown
here, as a memorial to the McCausland family. It was his intention to have the
names listed above engraved on the stone, but he died before this was done.
Mr. J. F. McCausland
Died Last Night.
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Father of Messrs. J. N. and A. E. McCausland passes
at Advanced Age of 84 Years---Native of Virginia---Funeral
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mr. James F. McCausland, father of Messrs. J. N. and A. E.
McCausland of this city died last night at 11 o'clock at the residence of Mr.
J. N. McCausland, aged 84 years. The funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the residence by Rev. Dr. McLarty of Tryon
Street Methodist church. The remains accompanied by the sons of the deceased
will leave here on No. 36, at 10:15 for Lynchburg, where the interment will
take place in the family plot.
Mr. McCausland was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in
1829. He grew to manhood in the Valley of Virginia, being educated near his
old home. When the Civil War came he at once enlisted. He went through the war
as a member of Kirkpatrick's Battery of Lynchburg, having moved to that city
several years before the war. He made a fine record as a soldier, none being
braver or more devoted to the South's cause.
After the war Mr. McCausland returned to Lynchburg and there
resided until several years ago when he came to Charlotte to make his home with
his sons.
Mr. McCausland married Miss Mary Noble of Prince Edward
County, Virginia. To them were born five children, two daughters and three
sons; one of the daughters, Mary, died some years ago. The other children
survive. They are Messrs. J. N. and A. E. McCausland, of this city, Mrs. Susan
McCarty and Mr. H. G. McCausland, of Lynchburg, the latter being the youngest
of the children.
Mr. McCausland had been in feeble health for several years.
Death was due to the feebleness of age. Deceased was a member of the Baptist
church. In former years he was a man of marked mental and physical activity; a
man, in youth and old age, of unblemished character and fine principles. He
was a member of Garland-Rodes Camp United Confederate Veterans of Lynchburg.
Charlotte News
December 13, 1913
Charlotte, N.C.
OBITUARY
James F. McCausland.
James F. McCausland, who was a resident of Lynchburg until
about eight years ago, died last night at the home of his son, J. N.
McCausland, in Charlotte, N. C., where he had made his home since he left this
city. The funeral will be conducted in Charlotte Monday morning, and the body
will be brought here for burial at Spring Hill cemetery.
Mr. McCausland was born in Augusta county 84 years ago, and
several years before the Civil War he came to Lynchburg. In 1857 he married
Miss Mary J. Noble, of Prince Edward County, who died about eight years ago.
At the beginning of the war Mr. McCausland joined Kirkpatrick's battery and he
went through the struggle with that command. Until 1901 he was connected with
the T. B. Dornin Company. He was a member of the First Baptist church, of this
city, and was identified with the Garland-Rodes Camp, Confederate Veterans, as
long as he resided in Lynchburg.
Mr. McCausland is survived by the following children:
J. N. McCausland and A. E. McCausland, of Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. Susie L.
MacCarty and H. Glenn McCausland of this city.
Lynchburg News
Saturday, December 13, 1913.
Lynchburg, Va.
Mr. J. F. McCausland
Remains of Aged Citizen to be Sent to Virginia.
The funeral of Mr. J. F. McCausland will be conducted this
morning at 9 o'clock from the residence of his son, Mr. J. N. McCausland on
North Poplar Street where his death occurred Friday night. Rev. Dr. E. K.
McLarty, pastor of Tryon Street Methodist Church, will be in charge of the
service. The remains will then be taken to Lynchburg, Va. for interment. His
sons, Messrs. J. N. and E. A. McCausland, will be members of the funeral party
leaving here on No. 36.
Owing to his advanced age, 84 years, Mr. McCausland's health
had been precarious for some time and the end was not altogether unexpected.
Mr. McCausland was born in Augusta County, Virginia in
1829. He was reared in the Valley of Virginia and was educated near his old
home. He enlisted in the Southern Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, being
a member of Kirkpatrick's Battery of Lynchburg. He had moved to that city a
few years before the war. He achieved a record of faithful service to his
country. After the war he returned to Lynchburg and lived there until a few
years ago when he came to Charlotte.
Mr. McCausland married Miss Mary Noble of Prince Edward
County, Virginia, and to them were born five children, two daughters and three
sons. One of the daughters, Mary, died some years ago. The other children
survive, being Messrs. J. N. and E. A. McCausland of this city, Mrs. Susan
McCarty and Mr. H. Glenn McCausland of Lynchburg.
Mr. McCausland was a member of the Baptist denomination and
was a man of high character and exemplary life.
Charlotte Observer
December 14, 1913
Charlotte, N.G.
FUNERAL OF J. F. McCAUSLAND
The remains of the late James F. McCausland, who died at the
home of his eldest son, in Charlotte, N. C., on Friday night, reached Lynchburg
on train No. 36, Southern Railway, Sunday evening at 5:10, accompanied by his
three sons and other members of the family. Mrs. S. L. McCarty, the only
surviving daughter, having remained in the city to receive the funeral party.
The casket was taken to the residence of Mrs. L. S. James,
on Church Street, and at 11 o'clock Monday morning the cortege moved to the
family lot at Spring Hill cemetery, where the deceased was laid to rest beside
his wife, who preceded him to the grave about eight years ago. The casket was
borne by Messrs. A. R. Long, W. D. Eller, W. H. Snead, J. B. Wood, Dr. John
Walker and P. C. Hubard.
Rev. W. W. Hamilton read the committal service and was
followed in prayer by Dr. J. D. Paxton.
A quartet composed of Messrs. Dan T. Walker, P. 0. Adams, W.
L. Fazzi and Charles Porter softly and sweetly rendered "Jesus, Lover of
My Soul," as the grave and all the surrounding lot was covered with
flowers, borne by A. M. Campbell, C. R. Claiborne, W. D. Hodges, T. A.
Jennings, George A. Diuguid, Jr., H. L. Moorman, T. J. Ingram and Floyd L.
Knight, assisted by several ladies.
At the conclusion of the religious service the members of
Garland-Rodes Camp of Confederate Veterans filed around the newly-made mound
and while the ritual was read by Adjutant T. J. Miller, dropped their
emblematic sprigs of evergreen upon the grave of their one-time comrade. Taps
was sounded and the benediction pronounced by Dr. Hamilton.
The large number of sorrowing friends and the profusion of
flowers attested the fact that although the deceased had for a number of years
lived a quiet and secluded life on account of failing health, the influence of
his gentle, unobtrusive life remained with those who knew him.
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Lynchburg Daily News
December 16, 1913,
Lynchburg, Va.
A SAD DEATH
Miss Mamie McCausland, A Well Known
Teacher, Passes Away.
Miss Mamie McCausland, a widely known and universally
popular young lady, died at her home on Church Street yesterday afternoon, at 3
o'clock. The announcement of her death was a profound shock to her many
friends, very few of whom had the slightest idea she was seriously sick. She
had been ill for only a few days, when her malady assumed an alarming aspect,
and she passed away as the hours of the old year drew to a close.
Miss McCausland was a distinguished graduate of the
Lynchburg High School, and also a graduate of the professional training
department of the Randolph Macon Woman's College. She had been teaching in the
public schools of the city for the past two years and in that work, as well as
in all other walks of life, she had won the respect and esteem of all with whom
she was thrown in contact. Of a sweet and amiable disposition, she won the
love of those who knew her, and yet withal she possessed a decision of
character that earned for her the respect and admiration of her co-workers and
her scholars. She was gifted with a superior intelligence, and as a teacher
gave evidence of marked ability.
Miss McCausland was a consistent member of the First Baptist
Church and was a teacher in the Sunday school. In the Young People's Union of
that church she had occupied the position of secretary for some time. In her
church work she was ever active and zealous, displaying those lovable traits of
character that so endeared her to her friends and acquaintances. She was about
twenty-two years of age.
Lynchburg News
January 1, 1897
Lynchburg, Va.
FROM LYNCHBURG
Death of Miss Mamie McCausland,
Lynchburg, Virginia.
(Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.)
Lynchburg, Va. Dec. 31, 1896.
Miss Mamie McCausland, a young lady teacher in the public
schools of this city, died this afternoon after a very brief illness. She was
a distinguished graduate of the Lynchburg High School and was also a graduate
of the professional training class of the Randolph Macon Woman's College. She
was a teacher in the Sunday-school of First Baptist Church, of this city, and
was secretary of the Young People's Union of that church.
LAID TO REST
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Funeral Services of the Late
Miss Mamie McCausland.
The funeral services of the late Miss Mamie McCausland,
whose death occurred on Thursday, New Tear's Eve, took place yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Baptist Church, and were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Dr. F. C. McConnell. The spacious auditorium was filled with the
friends, relatives and admirers of the deceased, and particularly noticeable
was the presence of her associate teachers in the public schools of the city
and the large number of scholars who knew and loved her.
The services included a beautiful solo by Mrs. J. S.
Dillard, a hymn by the choir and congregation; scripture reading by Rev. F. P.
Robertson, pastor of Cabell Street Baptist Church; prayer by Rev. Thomas H.
Early, remarks by Rev. Dr. McConnell and hymn by the choir and congregation.
In his remarks Dr. McConnell paid a touching and feeling tribute to the life
and character of the deceased, dwelling in particular upon her great work of
usefulness as a teacher in both the public schools of the city and in the
Sunday school of the First Baptist Church. The minister's deeply earnest words
touched a responsive chord in every heart in the congregation.
The remains were taken to Spring Hill cemetery where they
were placed in Diuguid's vault. The funeral cortege was large and imposing. A
number of beautiful floral designs were placed upon and around the casket.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. Christian Snead, C. H.
Spencer, George Flippin, Henry Pfeiffer, William Baker and M. K. Duerson.
The flower-bearers were Messrs. Woody Page, Clarence Green,
Maben Wills, Thomas Garland, Strubbe McConnell and John Valentine.
Lynchburg News
Sunday Morning
January 3, 1897
MISS MAMIE McCAUSLAND.
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Resolutions Passed by the Public School Teachers.
At a meeting of the Public School teachers of Lynchburg,
Va., held at the office of the Superintendent Saturday, January 2nd, 1897, the
following resolutions were adopted:
RESOLVED, First, That we have heard with profound regret of
the death of Miss Mamie McCausland, a teacher of our city, which occurred at
her father's residence December 31st ult.
RESOLVED, Second, That we not only esteemed her highly as a
faithful and efficient teacher, but also as a lady possessed of many rare
qualities of mind and heart.
RESOLVED, Third, That in the death of this gifted young lady
the community and the cause of public education have sustained a serious loss.
RESOLVED, Fourth, That while our hearts are filled with
sorrow, we bow with submission to the will of oar Father who does not willingly
afflict, and who in His wisdom can not err.
RESOLVED, Fifth, that we tender the bereaved family our
heartfelt sympathy in this their great sorrow and commend them to the care of a
God who will give grace and comfort.
T. C. Miller,
N. G. Davis,
M. E. Walker,
Committee
HEART STROKE IS FATAL TO
CHARLOTTEAN
A. Earle McCausland, Prominent Business
Man, Dies on way to Hospital.
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A. Earle McCausland, president of the Mechanics Perpetual
Building and Loan Association and a partner in J. N. McCausland & Co.,
collapsed while watching the May Day festival at Queens-Chicora college
yesterday afternoon and died a few minutes later in an ambulance which was
rushing him to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. Death was attributed to an
acute heart attack.
For more than forty years Mr. McCausland, who was 66 years
old, had been a prominent business figure in the business and religions life of
Charlotte. He was a deacon in the Second Presbyterian Church and a member of
the board of trustees of Queens-Chicora College. He was also a member of the Shrine,
and a past Grand Master of the Knights of Pythias.
With his brother, J. N. McCausland, he operated the business
of J. N. McCausland & Co., sheet metal workers and also dealers in heavy
hardware and roofing supplies.
Mr. McCausland came to Charlotte in 1888. He was born in
Lynchburg, Va. November 27, 1867. Thirty-five years ago he was married to Miss
Ella Thompson, who survives him. They had no children. Other survivors are
two brothers, J. N. McCausland of Charlotte and H. G. McCausland of Lynchburg,
agent for the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad; and one sister, Mrs. Susie
MacCarty of Lynchburg.
Mr. McCausland suffered a heart attack two years ago and was
very ill for several weeks but recovered. The attack never returned and he was
considered to be in the best of health. Friends standing near him at the May
Day exercises at the college said he collapsed and sank to the ground. An
ambulance was summoned to take him to the hospital, but he died before it
arrived there. The body was taken to the funeral home of Z. A. Hovis &
Son, where it will remain until time for the funeral. Arrangements for the
funeral had not been made last night, pending the arrival of Mrs. MacCarty and
the brother from Lynchburg. They are expected today. The final rites will
probably be held sometime Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. McCausland made their home at 524 North Poplar
Street, a block from his brother, who lives at 412 North Poplar Street.
Charlotte Observer
May 3, 1934
Charlotte, N.C.
(The age and birth date given above are in error and should
be-age 64 years, born November 24, l870.)
Mr. McCAUSLAND DIES SUDDENLY IN
AMBULANCE
Prominent Business Man Victim of Heart Attack
While Viewing May Day On Campus.
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A. Earle McCausland, 66, prominent Charlotte business man
died suddenly from a heart attack yesterday afternoon while being carried in an
ambulance from the campus of Queens-Chicora college to the Presbyterian
hospital.
Mr. McCausland collapsed while watching the May Day festival
at Queens-Chicora College. He died a few minutes later.
He suffered a heart attack two years ago and was very ill
for several weeks. However, the attack did not recur and he was considered to
be in good health when he was suddenly stricken.
He was born in Lynchburg, Va. November 27, 1867. He came
here in 1888. He was married to Miss Ella Thompson 35 years ago. With his
brother, J. N. McCausland, he operated the business of J. N. McCausland and
Company, sheet metal workers and dealers in heavy hardware and roofing
supplies.
Mr. McCausland was active in the business and religious life
of Charlotte. He was a deacon in the Second Presbyterian church and a member
of the board of trustees of Queens-Chicora college. He was a member of the
Shrine and past Grand Master of the Knights of Pythias. He was president of the
Mechanics Perpetual Building and Loan Association. He lived at 522 North Poplar
Street.
He is survived by his wife, two brothers, J. N. McCausland of
this city, and H. G. McCausland of Lynchburg, Va., agent for the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway, and a sister, Mrs. Susie MacCarty of Lynchburg.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the residence, with Dr. J. F. Hardie pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church in charge, assisted by Dr. W. H. Frazer, president of
Queens-Chicora College. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be E. J. Caffrey, B. Frank Matthews,
T. G. Barbour, Charles E. Bernhardt, L. M. Carr and Walter Tuttle. Honorary
pallbearers will be H. N. Pharr, Walter Davidson, H. J. Spencer, Arthur Eagle,
George Loceli, W. R. Wearn, C. H. Barringer, Edgar Pharr, S. R. Lentz, W. W.
Irwin, J. W. McClung, McAllister Carson and J. C. Crowell.
Charlotte, N.C.
May 3, 1934.
(The age and birth date stated above are in error and should be
64 years of age, born November 24, 1870)
OBITUARY
A. Earle McCausland
H. G. McCausland received a message yesterday afternoon
notifying him of the sudden death of his brother, A. Earle McCausland, of a
heart attack in Charlotte, N.C.
Mr. McCausland was the son of James F. and Mary Noble
McCausland and was born in Lynchburg where he spent his youth. He went to
Charlotte to become a partner in the concern of J. N. McCausland and Company.
He is survived by his wife, two brothers, J. N. McCausland
of Charlotte and H. G. McCausland of Lynchburg, and a sister, Mrs. Susie L.
MacCarty of Lynchburg.
Lynchburg News,
May 3, 1934.
EXCELLENT CITIZEN
The death of A. Earle McCausland will be lamented by a
community that has long known and appreciated his worth as a leader in its
business life, in its social and fraternal walks, in church and state.
Mr. McCausland was one of the brothers who only a little
while ago celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of their business in
Charlotte, a circumstance which, out of the very nature of the case, pitched in
the public mind the greater part of his career a generation back.
But even with this mark of his veteranship as a resident and
business leader of this city, he retained his youthful enthusiasms, his virile
interests in current affairs and for one of his 64 years was remarkably alive
to every contemporaneous event or movement, actively and with unflagging
energies joining in such enterprises as aided in the promotion of good
citizenship and a more wholesome state.
The community gets along poorly without many men of the
stamp of EARL McCAUSLAND and his going leaves Charlotte vastly the loser.
A. E. McCAUSLAND
Funeral services for A. Earle McCausland, aged 66, prominent
business man of this city, who died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday
afternoon while attending the May Day festival at Queens-Chicora College, will
be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the residence.
Dr. J. F. Hardie, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church,
will be in charge of the services. Assisting him will be Dr. W. H. Frazer,
president of Queens-Chicora College. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be E. J. Caffrey, B. Frank Matthews,
T. G. Barbour, J. C. Crowell, L. W. Carr and Walter Tuttle. Honorary
pallbearers will be H. N. Pharr, Walter Davidson, H. J. Spencer, Arthur Eagle,
George Loceli, W. R. Wearn, C. H. Barringer, Edgar Pharr, S. R. Lentz, W. W.
Irwin, J. W. McClung, McAlister Carson, Walter Scott, J. H. Russell and H. C.
White.
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Charlotte, N.C.
May 4, 1934
(The age stated above as 66 years is an error, it should have
been 64 years.)
The funeral of J. N. McCausland, prominent retired merchant
of Charlotte, and one of the pioneers in the city's remarkable expansion during
the last several decades, who died yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock at his
home, 412 North Poplar Street, after a year's illness, will be held at the home
this afternoon at four o'clock and burial will be in Oaklawn Mausoleum.
Rev. Lester Furr, Assistant Pastor of the First Methodist
Church, will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Charles A. Misenheimer,
Lucien Crouch, Wade A. Montgomery, Zeb Strawn, John C. Boyd, and Frank De
Armon. Honorary pallbearers will be James T. Porter, J. W. Zimmerman, Word
Wood, Torrence Hemby, Cy Campbell, Emmett Kerr, H. M. Victor, L. W. Cuddy, John
Fox, and the directors of the Citizens Savings & Loan Company and the
American Trust Company. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
THE SURVIVORS.
Surviving Mr. McCausland are two daughters, Miss Ilaweese McCausland
and Mrs. Frank Howard Ross, two grandsons, Frank Howard Ross Jr. and Jimmie
Ross of Charlotte; a sister, Mrs. S. L. MacCarty, and a brother, H. G.
McCausland of Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. McCausland, before her marriage Miss Ila J.
Hunter of Charlotte, died several years ago.
Mr. McCausland, who was born in Lynchburg, Va., the son of
the late James F. McCausland and Mary Noble McCausland, came to Charlotte in
1884 at the age of twenty years, and had he lived until next October 29th he
would have reached the age of 75. At the time of his retirement a few years
ago, it was said that he was the oldest merchant in the city.
ORGANIZES BUSINESS.
He established on his arrival in Charlotte a metal working
firm on the site of the present Broadway Theatre and four years later his
brother, Earle McCausland, came to Charlotte and the two associated themselves
in the firm of J. N. McCausland & Company, whose place of business was at
221 South Tryon Street on the site of Thacker's restaurant.
Over almost half a century Mr. McCausland was one of the
important figures in the mercantile business in Charlotte. Director of the
American Trust Company, and one of the organizers and Vice-President of the
Citizens Savings and Loan Company, Mr. McCausland was also a leader in the
affairs of the Chamber of Commerce and in the general promotion of Charlotte's
continued advancement in affairs of civic betterment. He was an organizer of
the Greater Charlotte Club, the forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce, he had
served as president of the North Carolina Merchants Association, and he was
active in various fraternal organizations.
SEES CHARLOTTE GROW.
From a small city of about 8,000 persons Mr. McCausland
during his residence here watched Charlotte expand to its present size of about
100,000 population.
One of his greatest sources of enjoyment was in travel, and
in his extensive land and sea traveling he had crossed the Equator six times
and had gone through the Panama Canal eight times. In the United States he had
traveled widely and his trips had taken him into all except five of the forty
eight States.
Charlotte Sunday Observer
Sunday morning, September 24, 1939
Charlotte, North Carolina.
(While not mentioned in the above article, Mr. McCausland visited
the Paris Exposition when a young man, being very much interested in seeing the
Eiffel Tower, and he also cruised the Mediterranean.)
MEMORIAL TO JAMES N. McCAUSLAND
The death of James N. McCausland brought a deep feeling of
sadness to the members of this Board of Directors. He had been on the board
for more than thirty six years, almost but not quite the entire life of the
Company. When the American Trust Company was organized and commenced business
in July, 1901, as the Southern States Trust Company, Charlotte was a town of
about l8,000 population. A few of the younger business and professional men
who lived in it had more than a small town outlook. They envisioned here the
commercial and industrial center of Piedmont North and South Carolina. James
N. McCausland was one of those who had the vision. He was a part of every
movement that had as its object making Charlotte a bigger and a better city,
whether that movement bore a business, civic or religious aspect. He kept the
faith until the end. He saw the Southern States Trust Company, of very small
beginnings in a material way, but big with hope and ambitions, grow into the
American Trust Company, and, under its original management, expand to its
present position of importance and influence in the financial life of the
nation.
James N. McCausland, as a director, shared the
responsibility for that growth and expansion. His counsel and advice will be
greatly missed by the Board. A worthy man, citizen and Christian gentleman has
passed to his reward. We record here on the records of this Company our sorrow
at his departure and our deepest sympathy with the members of his family and
household.
Let the Secretary send a copy of this memorial to his
family, as an expression of the sentiments of the Board of Directors of the
American Trust Company collectively and individually in memory of their friend
and co-worker James N. McCausland.
December l2th, 1939.
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To the family of the Late James N. McCausland:
As directed by the Board of Directors of the American Trust
Company, I am enclosing copy of a resolution in memory of James N. McCausland
adopted unanimously by the Board at its meeting on December 12th, 1939.
Sincerely yours,
E. B. Campbell, Secretary
Board of Directors,
American Trust Company
Charlotte, North Carolina.
December 13th, 1939.
Miss Mary Madaline McCausland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Glenn McCausland, and Samuel Thomas Martin, son of Mr. Hubert H. Martin, were
married yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at First Presbyterian Church. The
Rev. Russell C. Stroup, pastor of that church, read the marriage service.
Palms, cibotium ferns and clusters of Easter lilies formed
the background for the ceremony, and on either side of the prie dieu were
cathedral candles in standards.
Music for the wedding was played by James Riley Weeks,
organist and choir director of the church. His first selections included the
prize song from "Die Meistersinger" and "Traume", with the
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin as the processional. During the ceremony he
softly played parts from "Parsifal". Mendelssohn's Wedding March was
the recessional.
Miss Jean McCausland was junior bridesmaid and her sister's
only attendant. She wore a frock of coral crepe, made in Kate Greenaway style
with square neckline, shirred sleeves and long full skirt. She carried a
colonial nosegay of varicolored old-fashioned flowers with ribbon streamers in
autumn shades.
George M. Bass Jr. was best man. Ushers were James E.
McCausland, brother of the bride, Henry Sacket Mosby, Floyd J. Davis, George M.
Bell Jr., Preston C. Hodges and W. Vernon Giles.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a
gown of heavy white satin cut on princess lines with square neck, long sleeves
pointed at the hand, and skirt with train. Her veil was of tulle with a wide
panel of rare old lace which fell from a Juliet cap caught with sprays of white
heather, brought for her wedding from Glendouglas, Dumbartonshire, Scotland,
where the Clan McAusland to which her family belongs, had its origin. Her
flowers were a shower bouquet of gardenias and lilies of the valley.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Martin left for an
automobile trip, after which they will be at home in Lynchburg. For traveling
she wore a smart green wool dress with green hat. Her accessories were black.
The bride is a graduate of E. C. Glass High School and of
Randolph Macon Woman's College. She is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority and
the Spinsters Club. The bridegroom was graduated in June from the law school
of Washington and Lee University, from which college he also received his
academic degree. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Pi Alpha Nu, and Phi Delta
Phi Fraternities.
The Daily Advance
Lynchburg, Virginia
September 10th, 1938.
The Youngest Descendant of the
"McCAUSLANDS"
Samuel Thomas Martin Junior
and his Mother
(Age 7 weeks and 4 days)
Son of
Samuel Thomas Martin
and
Mary Madaline McCausland Martin
Born October 14, 1941
MISS RICHARDSON AND MR. ROSS MARRIED IN BENNETTSVILLE S. C.
The wedding of Miss Suzanne Alma Richardson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Hampton Richardson of Florence, S. C. and Frank Howard Ross Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard Ross of Charlotte, took place last evening in
Bennettsville, S. C. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson Midgley, close
relatives of the bride.
Rev. Octavius Theodore Porcher, retired Episcopal rector
officiated, the vows were spoken in the living room in front of an improvised
altar of fern and floor baskets of white chrysanthemums flanked with standards
holding cathedral tapers.
The wedding music was rendered by Miss Grace Mitchell. Mrs.
William Wyman Vincent sang "L'Amour Toujours L'Amour" by Friml. The
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin was played for the processional. During the
service Schubert's Serenade was played.
The bride was met at the foot of the stairs by her father,
who gave her in marriage. The groom had as his best man his brother James
McCausland Ross. Miss Mary Elisabeth Joyce was maid of honor, and Mrs. John
Coxe and Miss Sara Frances McLaurin were bridesmaids. Little Erin Reynolds
Dowling of Baltimore, cousin of the bride, was flower girl.
The bride wore a gown of white brocaded satin fashioned on
princess lines with long train. The neckline was heart shaped, and the long
sleeves ended in a point over the hand. The fingertip illusion veil was worn
with tiara of orange blossoms. She carried a white prayer book with white
orchid showered with lilies of the valley. Her only ornament was a seed pearl
necklace which was worn by the groom's mother at her wedding.
The maid of honor wore a gown of deep rose slipper satin
with train, colonial design, the bodice was fitted and the skirt very full. She
carried an old fashioned bouquet of bronze button chrysanthemums and talisman
roses. The bridesmaids' dresses were identical with that worn by the maid of
honor, fashioned of Patrica blue satin. The attendants carried old fashioned
bouquets of bronze button chrysanthemums and talisman roses.
Mrs. Richardson, mother of the bride, wore dusty pink
brocaded satin and a shoulder bouquet of talisman roses. Mrs. Ross, mother of
the groom, wore black crepe and a shoulder bouquet of orchids and lilies of the
valley. Mrs. Midgley wore pink tucked crape and orchids.
A reception followed the ceremony.......
During the evening Mr. Ross and bride left for a trip south,
after which they will make their home at 412 North Poplar Street, Charlotte.
For traveling Mrs. Ross wore brown English tweed suit with collar and muff of
sable dyed Fitch, brown accessories, and a shoulder bouquet of orchids.
Mrs. Ross is a clever charming girl and since finishing
school has held a position with the American Trust Company in this city for the
last four years. She is admired by a host of friends in Charlotte and
throughout South Carolina. Since the announcement of her engagement, many
lovely parties have been given in her honor.
Mr. Ross is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Ross, and
grand-son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ross, and the late Mr. and Mrs. J.
N. McCausland. He attended McCallie School at Chattanooga, Tenn. and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a member of Beta Theta
Pi fraternity. He is associated in business with his father in the F. H. Ross
Company. He is one of Charlotte's most popular young men.
Among those attending the wedding from Charlotte were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank H. Ross, James McCausland Ross, Miss Ilaweese McCausland, Mrs.
H. O. Pierce and daughter, Mrs. Earl Arthurs and Mrs. Alton Bland.
Charlotte Observer Charlotte, N. C. October 22, 1939
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography by John W. Jordon,
L.L.D.
published in New York, 1914.
Vol. III, Page 766.
William Clifton McCausland, U.S. Steel Co. Official.
Mr. McCausland's ancestry belonged to the Clan McAuslane of Glenduglas,
Scotland, some of whom migrated to Ireland in the time of James I, served in
the army of Ireland before 1649 and settled in Tyrone. There was also a branch
which immigrated to Ireland in the time of James VI from the ancient Scottish House
of the MacAuslanes of Buchanan. The family has representatives at the present
time in the nobility of Ireland and possesses large estates.......
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This sketch mentions the coming of John McCausland to Carlisle, Pa.
and his later removal to Staunton, Va. It also gives the names of his
children, James, Elizabeth and Patsey and states that James had ten children, John,
Andrew Bell, Samuel Bell, William A. and James and five daughters.......
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Also mention is made of James having come to Virginia about 1804
and spent some time after which he returned to Pennsylvania and served the U.S.
as a soldier in the war of 1812. His health is said to have been permanently
injured by his war service.
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William Clifton McCausland was born August 9, 1861, Pittsburg,
Pa., son of William A. and Margaret (Mackerell) McCausland.
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Copied from PITTSBURG PRESS Oct. 4th or 5th, 1935
Pittsburg, Penna.
William Clifton McCausland, 5810 Kentucky Avenue, former
Treasurer and Director of the Carnegie Steel Company, died yesterday October
4th after a two years illness.
Born in Pittsburg seventy-four years ago Mr. McCausland was
a son of the late William and Margaret Mackerell McCausland. He had been
retired three years. He was a member of the Duquesne Club, Pittsburg Athletic
Association and the Edgewater Golf Club.
Mr. McCausland is survived by his widow, Margaret Crouch
McCausland and a sister Mrs. Josephine Stroup of Pittsburg.
Services will be held tomorrow at 4 P.M. in the
Ferguson-Wood Funeral Home, Forbes Street at McKee Place.
The question is often asked, especially in Lynchburg,
"Are you related to Gen. John McCausland?" From the information we
have there does not appear to be any connection between his family and ours on
this side of the Atlantic.
Information furnished by the Virginia Military Institute
where he was lieutenant on the faculty, assistant professor of mathematics and
assistant instructor in infantry tactics up to the time of the War Between the
States is as follows:
"General McCausland was born September 13, 1837, in St
Louis Mo., his father being John McCausland, a native of County Tyrone,
Ireland. His mother was Harriet Kyle. The General's parents were married in
Lynchburg where his father had located and which city later on it was the
General's privilege to successfully defend.
"John McCausland matriculated at the V.M.I. on August
2, 1853, from Point Pleasant, Virginia, and was graduated here on July 4, 1857.
He stood first in a class of twenty-three."
It may be that the two families were connected in Scotland
or Ireland.
When he defended Lynchburg Gen. McCausland was in command of
cavalry of General Early's Division and in a book recently published by Judge
Halsey of Lynchburg he is said to have been "the real savior" of the
town. In 1864 the General was presented with a gold sword by the citizens of
Lynchburg as a token of their appreciation of his services.
The other sensational incident of his career was the burning
of Chambersburg, Pa. He has been severely criticized for this but it must be
remembered that he was acting under instructions from his commander to collect
the large sum of money levied against the citizens of Chambersburg in
compensation for raids through the Valley and burning of the Virginia Military
Institute, or else to burn the town. He permitted the citizens to leave the
town before setting it afire.
General McCausland died at Point Pleasant, W. Va. January
27, 1927.
(Family of Martha Bell, wife of James McCausland)
MIDDLEBIE KIRK AND KIRKYARD
MIDDLEBIE PARISH
DUMFRIESSHIRE, SCOTLAND
Middlebie Parish was formed in 1609 and the first three
ministers of which there is record were named Bell. In the kirkyard twenty of
the forty gravestones bear the name "Bell", and some of the earliest
stones have the Bell coat of arms (Three Bells).
(This picture was made in the summer of 1938 by Raymond
Martin Bell)
by
Raymond M. Bell
During the summer of 1938 the writer spent three weeks in
the British Isles. Several days were spent in looking up the Bell family
history. One of the best sources of information was the library of The Society
of Genealogists, Chaucer House, Malet Place, London, W.C.1. Of particular
interest there was a book published in 1932 "The Bell Family in Dumfriesshire"
by James Steuart. Unfortunately the book is out of print. This was the chief
source for Scotland. In Belfast the Public Library, Public Record Office and
Presbyterian Historical Society were the principal sources of information. No
attempt was made to link up any of the American Branches of the Bell family
with those in Ireland and Scotland. Since most of the early Pennsylvania Bells
migrated to America about 1725, no attempt was made to follow the British
records after that date.
The Bells came from Middlebie Parish, Dumfriesshire,
Scotland. The writer had tea in August at the home of Mr. George Bell,
Glensohr, Waterbeck.
Middlebie Parish was formed in 1609. In
the old Middlebie kirkyard twenty of the forty graves have the Bell name on
them. They are dated mostly in the 1600s and 1700s. The first three ministers
of Middlebie Kirk of whom there is record were named Bell. Some of the early
stones have Bell coats of arms (Three Bells) on them. Thomas, John, William,
George, Andrew and Robert Bell are among the names found on the old stones.
In 1835 one writer said of Middlebie "This parish has
long been celebrated for its families of the name of Bell, so much so that the Bells
of Middlebie became a common expression in Dumfriesshire. At one time for
forty square miles most of the people were named Bell. They were all
Presbyterians and owned their own land. Now they have migrated to America and
all parts of the Empire."
Middlebie is not far from the English border. The Bells
were of reputed Anglo-Norman origin, and first appeared in Dumfriesshire in
1300. There were many changes between 1545 when the register of the Privy
Council begins, and 1800 when most of the Middlebie Bells were gone. In the
1600s many Bells went to Southern Ireland; the early 1700s saw them migrate to
Pennsylvania. There were three Bells who appeared in Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania, about 1735. William Bell died 1783, leaving sons, John, George,
William, Thomas, Arthur, Andrew; Walter Bell died 1759 leaving sons
Thomas, Robert, James, John, Walter, Andrew, George and Samuel. Thomas
Bell died 1759 leaving sons Thomas, James and Samuel.
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The following record is given on page 45 of the book,
"The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania", by Raymond Martin
Bell, published at Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1941.
A. WALTER BELL born 1710 died 1759 in (now) Dauphin County,
Pa., warranted land in Hanover Township, now Dauphin County 1737; married c
1736 Elizabeth ________ Issue:
(1)
Thomas Bell b. c 1737....? see Q?
(2)
Robert Bell b. 1739, lived in Newton Township Cumberland County, Pa.
1772 - 1796, married Jean ________ b. 1738. Issue: John (?) b. 1770, Walter b.
1771, William b. 1772, David b. 1774, Margaret b. 1776, and others.
(3)
James Bell b. c 1741.......? Alleghaney or Juniata County
(4)
John Bell b. 1742 died 1815, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa.
married 1773 Martha Gilchrist 1747 - 1826; lived in Newton Township,
Cumberland County, 1772-1794. Ancestor of Mrs. H. K. McJunkin, 7726 Stanton
Avenue, Swissvale, Pa. Issue: Jane, (Pomroy) b. 1779, John, Elizabeth (Barr)
died 1853, Walter died 1848, Martha (Moorhead) 1789-1877, James Gilchrist
1796-1853.
(5)
Hannah Bell b. c 1743, married 1767 William McClure, died 1774, Peters
Township, Cumberland County; married (2nd) Hugh Hamilton. Issue {McClure):
John, b. 1770, Walter b. 1772, Ann b. 1774.
(6)
Walter Bell b. 1745, died 1796, Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa. married
Catherine ________ 1744 - 1822, buried at Donegal.
(7)
ANDREW BELL b. 1747, died 1822 Mifflin Township, Cumberland
County, Pa. married Elizabeth ________ in Newton Township as early as 1775;
ancestor of Mrs. S. M. Greenawalt, 419 Philadelphia Avenue, Chambersburg, Pa.
Issue: Elizabeth (Jones) born 1774, Samuel 1777-1823, Martha (also called
Patsy) McCausland b. 1780 Rosanna (McCord) born 1783, Sarah (Redett) born
1786, Andrew 1790-1824.
(8)
George Bell born c 1748.......? Dauphin County..?
(9)
Elizabeth Bell born c 1750 married c 1769 Andrew Thompson.
(10)
Samuel Bell born c 1752.......? Dauphin or Huntington County?
(11)
Rosannah Bell born 1754 died 1834 Derry Township, Westmoreland County,
married 1st William Bell (son of William Bell J, died 1784 Letterkenny
Township, Cumberland County, Issue: William 1782-l839, Walter 1783-1868;
married 2nd. William Bell 1755-1828? Bros. Samuel & John ? bought land in
Westmoreland County 1786 ? Issue: Andrew, Robert, Samuel, John Lettie,
Elizabeth.
Big Springs Presbyterian Church
Newville, Pa.
Original Log Church 1737
Present Building 1790
Swope's History of Big Springs Church, shows Andrew Bell and
his family, among them Martha, as members of the church in 1739.
The same history also shows Martha McCausland age 47, as a
member. We think this was the wife of John McCausland.
MARTHA BELL, wife of James McCausland (only son of John
McCausland of Pennsylvania and Virginia), was the daughter of Andrew Bell of
Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, whose father was Walter
Bell.
Walter Bell located in Hanover Township, Dauphin County,
(afterward Lancaster County)*, and is shown on
the very early tax lists. He took up land there in 1737. Walter Bell died
about October of 1759 and his estate was administered by his widow Elizabeth
and Robert Bell his son. In December 1769 his children are listed as Robert,
Thomas, James, Walter, John, Hannah (wife of William McClure), ANDREW,
George, Elizabeth, Samuel and Rosannah, a minor. The records of Big Spring
Presbyterian Church of Newville, Pa. in 1787 show the names of John, Andrew and
Robert, who were brothers and sons of Walter Bell of Hanover.
ANDREW BELL, born 1747, married Elizabeth _________ and
settled in Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, about 1771. His
children were:
|
Elizabeth
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b
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1774
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m
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______ Jones
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Samuel
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b
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1777
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d October, 1823 at Shippensburg, Pa.
burg, Pa.
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Martha
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b
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1780
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m
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James McCausland d May 12, 1844
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Rosannah
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b
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1783
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m
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Andrew McCord
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Sarah
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b
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1786
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m
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Redett
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In his will recorded at Carlisle, Pa., Samuel Bell, son of
Andrew Bell, mentions his four sisters by name and the names of their
husbands. He also mentions a step-sister, Nancy, which would indicate a second
marriage of Andrew Bell, of which we do not have a record.
Records at Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, Pa., show
the following military record:
"Andrew Bell, private, First Battalion, Second Company,
Capt. Samuel Finton, Cumberland County Militia, 1779." (Reference,
Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 6, page 68 and 445.) We understand
from this that Andrew Bell was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Andrew Bell owned and resided upon a farm which he purchased
from Robert Buchanan. This tract was surveyed in pursuance of a warrant issued
to George Hamilton dated July 1, 1763 and this property was conveyed to James
McCausland, his son-in-law, May 1, 1830. It is located near Zion Hill Church
in the vicinity of Newberg, Pa. A number of the descendants of Martha Bell and
James McCausland are buried in the Churchyard.
(The above information compiled by Prof. Raymond M. Bell of
Carlisle, Pa. from the records of Lancaster and Cumberland Counties and the
History of Big Spring Presbyterian Church at Newville, Pa., by Swope, and
furnished the writer in 1937.)
[*Correction:
it was first Lancaster County, and later became Dauphin County.]
Extract from-
HISTORY OF
Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties
(Pennsylvania)
Compiled by
I. Daniel Rupp
(Published in Lancaster Penna., in 1846, p. 103)
There were many singular and dangerous encounters between
the English and the Indians, which seem to startle the reader. But among the
many achievements, says Loudon, against the Indians in our wars with them, few
exceed that performed by Samuel Bell, formerly owner of the noted farm on the
Stony Ridge, five miles below Carlisle, which was as follows:
Some time after General Braddock's defeat, he and his
brother, James Bell, agreed to go into Shearman's valley to hunt for deer and
were to meet at Croghan's, now Sterrett's Gap, on the Blue Ridge Mountains. By
some means or other they did not meet and Samuel slept all night in a cabin
belonging to Mr. Patton on Shearman's creek. In the morning he had not traveled
far before he spied three Indians, who at the same time saw him, they all fired
at each other. He wounded one of the Indians, but received no damage except
through his clothes by the balls. Several shots were fired on both sides, for
each took a tree. He took out his tomahawk and stuck it in the tree behind
which he stood, so that should they approach he might be prepared. The tree
was grazed with the Indian's balls, and he had thoughts of making his escape by
flight, but on reflection had doubts of his being able to out run them.
After some time the two Indians took the wounded one and put
him over a fence, and one took one course and the other another, taking a
compass so that Bell could no longer secure himself by the tree. But by trying
to ensnare him they had to expose themselves, by which means he had the good
fortune to shoot one of them dead. The other ran and took the dead Indian on
his back, one leg over each shoulder. By this time Bell's gun was again
loaded. He then ran after the Indian until he came within about four yards
from him, fired, and shot through the dead Indian and lodged his ball in the
other, who dropped the dead man and ran off. On his return, coming past the
fence where the wounded Indian was, he dispatched him but did not know he had
killed the third Indian until his bones were found afterward.
(Mrs. Greenawalt thinks Samuel and James Bell were sons of Walter
Bell, and brothers of our ancestor Andrew Bell.)
(Family of Mary Glenn, wife of Andrew Bell McCausland)
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement
of Augusta County, Va.
by Lyman Chalkley.
Vol. III, Page 233
Abstract of will of John McCausland -- WB 7, p. 268:
23rd January 1809- To Mary McCausland $1.00; son James $1.00,
daughter Patsey Frame $1.00; to daughter Elizabeth Glenn all property in
Pennsylvania or Virginia, except miniature set in gold, which he leaves to
grand daughter Patsey Glenn; to friend Mr. George Haller --; Executor -
son-in-law Hugh Glenn.
Teste- James Allison, Samuel Curry, John Gibson.
Proved 26th April. Executor qualifies.
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Vol. III, Page 343
Abstract of will of George Glenn:
December 22, 1801 - George Glenn's will - to son Hugh; son James;
son William; son-in-law Wert Miller and daughter Nancy; son-in-law Robert Young
and daughter Sarah; son-in-law Samuel Curry and daughter Mary; son-in-law John
Mead. Executor -- Son Hugh.
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Vol. III, Page 191
Abstract of will of James Young -- WB 7, page 292:
16th November, 1790 -- James Young's will -- To Agnes Miller,
wife Wut Miller, daughter to George Glenn; to James Glenn son to George Glenn;
to William Glenn son to George Glenn; to Sarah Glenn daughter to George Glenn;
to Martha Glenn daughter to George Glenn; to Hugh Glenn; to Margaret Glenn
daughter to George Glenn; to Margaret, Esther, children of John Bing; to
son-in-law George Glenn, to son-in-law John Bing;
Executors -
Teste - Robert Young, Jr. Robert Young, Sr., Sarah Young.
Proved 2lst December, 1790, by all witnesses.
George Glenn and William Young qualified.
OLD STONE CHURCH
Fort Defiance, Va.
"This ancient edifice, known officially as Augusta
Church and located on the Valley Pike eight miles north of Staunton, is the
oldest Presbyterian House of worship west of the Blue Ridge. It was erected
between 1740 and 1747, and the congregation was evidently organized prior to
1737. After Braddock's defeat by the French and Indians, in July 1755, a fort
was built about the church. The worshippers carried their guns to church and
the Fort was accordingly named Fort Defiance. The original church stands but
it was enlarged in 1921-22."
(The above copied from the reverse side of the card showing the
picture of the church.)
It is in the old cemetery of this church that both George
and Hugh Glenn are buried and of course their families are buried with them.
We think it probable that John McCausland, our pioneer ancestor, is buried here
also. The old markers have disappeared and we only know the location of their
burial place. James Young is also buried here.
The pioneer member of the Glenn family of Augusta County, Virginia,
born near Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720 of Scotch-Irish parentage, was
GEORGE GLENN. He immigrated to America between 1735 and 1740 and settled first
in Pennsylvania. Later he came to Augusta County in the movement of
Scotch-Irish immigrants into the Valley. His home, a spacious brick building,
is still standing in Mount Sidney, Va. His wife was the daughter of James
Young, a Revolutionary soldier, who died in Augusta County in 1790. George
Glenn died in 1815 and is buried in the old cemetery of the "Old Stone
Church" (Augusta Church) at Fort Defiance, Va. This cemetery is located
some distance from the church, across the main highway, and down the side road,
and is distinct from the new cemetery adjacent to the church. In his will he
made his son Hugh the chief beneficiary and sole executor of his estate.
Hugh Glenn was born in 1774, and on August 1, 1801, married
Elizabeth McCausland, daughter of John McCausland, the marriage being solemnized
by Rev. William Wilson, pastor of the Old Stone Church. He was a prosperous
farmer and in 1804 completed the brick residence now standing near Mount
Sidney. In after years when the Valley Pike was built, it ran through his
property immediately in front of his home, (the location now is near Mt. Sidney
on the left hand side of the Lee Highway as you approach from the south. Hugh
Glenn is said to have owned about one thousand acres. He had his own
distillery, and appears to have been a man of considerable wealth.
Nine children were born to Hugh Glenn and Elizabeth
McCausland, his first wife who died in the latter part of 1820 or early in
1821. On May 15, 1820, the signatures of Hugh Glenn and Elizabeth his wife are
shown on a deed recorded in, D.B. 45, page 84, of Augusta County records and on
November 13, 1821, Hugh Glenn contracted a second marriage with Rebecca
Anderson (nee Turk); later in life he was married a third time to Susan
Taylor. He died at his home near Mount Sidney January 24, 1834, in his
sixtieth year and is buried near his father.
Mary (Polly) Glenn, fourth child of Hugh Glenn and
Elizabeth, married her cousin, Andrew Bell McCausland (son of James and
grandson of John), on July 16, 1822. Their children were Hugh Glenn, James
Franklin, William and John. (See the McCausland records for data concerning
this family.)
George Glenn, the oldest son of Hugh and Elizabeth, married
Mary Anderson in Augusta County on December 11, 1822. He later migrated to
Paris, Pike County, Missouri. He had a son, Dr. Hugh Glenn, born September 18,
1824, and below we quote an extract from an article prepared by Andrew Bell
McCausland, relative to Dr. Hugh Glenn's life in the west:
"Educated for the medical profession, this boy,
however, had some wild oats to sow and as a starting point arranged an
expedition with others across the plains on the old Santa Fe route to Mexico,
which proved a success and thus encouraged, he tried a second and third and so
on until he became quite a mark for the marauding Indian parties who infested
the country and lived by murdering and plundering the traders. He had some
very narrow escapes, indeed miraculous escapes of his life. He concluded to
stop off on that line and try something else. In the meantime, he had married
a wife in pursuance of a school boy arrangement and left her at his father's in
Missouri while he proceeded to sow out his stock of wild oats. His next
enterprise was to purchase a large body of the fine wheat raising land of
California, and turned his attention to wheat growing, in which he seemed
remarkably successful. We notice from the newspapers of that region that about
the year 1876 he had some forty-five thousand acres (45,000) sowed in wheat,
independent of what he realized from a ranch he had become the owner of in
Nebraska, and also another in Oregon, which was under the management of his
son. He shipped his wheat direct to England. About this time he was taken up
by one of the parties as a candidate for Governor of California, against his
wish, and was only defeated by a small majority. About the same time there was
a palatial mansion with beautifully laid out and decorated grounds, the fancy
castle of some foreigner, put on the market for sale. It had cost some hundred
thousand dollars, and christened it "Glenn Wood". Here he removed his
family, and soon after his wonderfully active life came to a seemingly untimely
close. The particulars of his tragic death we have not been able to learn;
only that he was killed by one of his employees."
"The Woodsons and their Connections" by H. M.
Woodson, page 655, shows the following reference:
"Shadrach Gilbert Woodson was born December 19, 1837,
in Monroe County, Mo. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the
Army of the Confederacy and in 1862 was captured by the Federals and placed in
prison at Palmyra, Mo. A few days before he was to be removed to a prison at
Alton, Ill, he made his escape and went to California with HUGH GLENN, riding
on a mule the entire distance".
The pages which follow, showing the genealogy of the Glenn
family, were copied from records in possession of Mr. Charles Curry, of
Staunton, Va. September 1936, which were prepared by his father Robert A.
Curry. Mr. Charles Curry is a grandson of Mary Glenn, daughter of George
Glenn, the immigrant, and sister of our ancestor Hugh Glenn. Mr. Curry is also
a great grandson of Dr. Robert Curry, who came to Augusta about 1740 in the
same party as George Glenn; a grandson of Samuel Curry who witnessed John
McCausland's will, and a son of Robert A. Curry, his four generations (Curry) extending
over a period of 240 years.
While seeking information relative to the Young family of
Augusta County, Va. (among the very early settlers), we wrote a Mr. Young who
referred the letter Mr. Charles Curry for reply, Mr. Curry being the oldest
representative of the family living in Augusta. In replying Mr. Curry stated:
"The Youngs and Glenns had very frequently intermarried
in Ireland and came here from Ulster, Ireland. One of the old sayings was that
if they kept on intermarrying together, they would turn to noses and feet, as
large noses and feet were characteristic of the family."
Mr. Curry also stated in his letter that the James Young
whose will was probated in 1790, was the James Young to whom a warrant was
issued along with Robert Curry, for military service, and he stated in a
personal conversation that this is the same James Young who has military record
in the Revolutionary War.
In September 1936 we visited Staunton, Va. and called on Mr.
Curry, who is an attorney and, although 79 years of age, continues his law
practice. It was then that he gave us the Glenn records and took us to the old
cemetery, showed us where the Glenns were buried and showed us the old church.
He also showed us the home of George Glenn and took us to the home of Hugh
Glenn.
GEORGE GLENN was born about 1720 in the northern part of
Ireland near Londonderry. He was Scotch-Irish Presbyterian. When he was about
fifteen years of age he married in Ireland, a Miss Young, also a Scotch-Irish
Presbyterian. Shortly after their marriage he and his bride immigrated to
America with a party of other Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, among whom was Dr.
Robert Curry and his bride Ann Curry, and others.
This immigrant party first came into Pennsylvania about
1745, but immediately afterwards came south with the tide of Scotch-Irish immigrants
who were then settling in the great Valley of Virginia.
George Glenn patented and settled on what is known as the
David Hunter, Sr. farm on the headwaters of Middle Branch of Naked Creek,
Augusta County, Virginia, and built the old residence now standing on the
farm. By his said wife George Glenn had seven children, three sons and four
daughters, viz.:
(1)
Sarah married John Mead, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War.
After the war he and his wife settled in the State of Indiana.
(2)
Nancy Glenn married West Miller and settled in Highland County, Ohio. Had
two children, William and Jennie. Jennie married "Wildman" Keeler.
Three children now live in Ohio and farther west.
(3)
Margaret Glenn married Robert Young and settled in Greenbrier Co., WV.
(4)
William Glenn married Anne Curry, daughter of Dr. Robert Curry and
settled on Raccoon Creek, Gallia, Ohio. The children of William Glenn and Ann
Curry were:
·
James Glenn, three times married raised a large family scattered
through the State of Ohio and died aged 97 years.
·
George Glenn married twice and had seven children who lived in
Missouri and Kansas. He lived to be 90 years old.
·
Jane Glenn married Andrew Ewing and had a son and daughter. Lived
in Gallia County, Ohio and died at 95 years.
·
Samuel Glenn married Jane M. Black of Rockingham County, Va. and
moved to Highland County, Ohio. Their children were: William H., Mary, A. B.,
John B., Elizabeth C., Robert N., Sarah F., Samuel H., Martha J. and Marshall
H., who lived in Ohio, Kansas, Missouri and Louisiana.
·
Hugh Glenn lived and died in Gallia County, Oh. and had a son and
daughter who lived in Gallia County and others who lived in the west.
·
Wilson Glenn married Lucas and lived Highland County, Oh.
·
Ann Glenn married John McCauley in Gallia County, Oh. and raised
a son and a daughter.
·
Electa Glenn married Jonathan Adney, lived in Gallia County, Oh.
She had four sons and two daughters who lived in Ohio and California.
·
Andrew Glenn married and had one son and one daughter, who lived
in Gallia County, Oh.
·
Harvey Glenn lives in Highland County, Oh., the only child of
William Glenn now living, eighty-five years old. He has a son and daughter
living in Highland County, Oh. and Idaho.
·
Robert Glenn married Jannette Curry in Virginia. Has two sons
and one daughter living in Kansas, Florida and Tennessee.
(5)
James Glenn married Margaret Young and settled in Monroe County, W.Va.
They had no children.
(6)
Hugh Glenn settled on what is known as the Richard Farm near Mt.
Sidney, Va. He was married three times. On the first day of August, 1801, he
married Elizabeth McCausland (daughter of John McCausland of Augusta County,
Va.) by whom he had nine children, two sons and seven daughters, viz.:
(A1) George, (A2) Patsy (Martha), (A3) Charlotte, (A4) Polly (Mary),
(A5) John, (A6) Jannette, (A7) Malvina, (A8) Rebecca, (A9) Nancy.
After the death of his wife, Hugh Glenn married on November 13, 1821, Rebecca
Anderson (nee Turk) the widow of James Anderson, by whom he had two children,
viz.:
(B1) Esther J. Glenn and (B2) James Turk Glenn.
After the death of his second wife he married Susan Taylor by whom he had three
children, viz:
(C1) Hugh A., (C2) Susan, and (C3) Sarah.
HUGH GLENN died at Mt. Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia, on January 24, 1834,
in the sixtieth year of his age.
(7)
Mary Glenn the youngest child married Samuel Curry, son of Dr. Robert
Curry and settled on the Curry homestead on the west branch of Naked Creek,
Augusta County, Va., upon which Robert Curry of that County now resides.
(A1)
George Glenn was born in Virginia and married Mary G. Anderson by whom
he had one son, Dr. Hugh T. Glenn. After the death of his first wife, he
married January 26, 1847, Elizabeth C Riley by whom he had two children, viz.
B. Frank Glenn and George McC Glenn. After his marriage to his first wife, he
moved west from Virginia and settled in Paris, Mo.
(A2)
Patsy (Martha) Glenn was born in Virginia, married Capt. Henry B. Roland
and settled in Indiana. Children unknown.
(A3)
Charlotte Glenn was born in Virginia and married Washington Windle.
They settled in New Market, Va.
(A4)
Polly (Mary) Glenn was born in Virginia and married Andrew Bell
McCausland, (son of James McCausland and Patsy (Martha) Bell and grandson of
John McCausland of Augusta County, Va.) from this marriage were born four sons
who reached maturity, viz. -Hugh Glenn, James Franklin, John and
William. After the death of his wife, Andrew Bell McCausland returned to
Pennsylvania and settled there.
(A5)
John Glenn was born in Virginia on the 24th of December 1809. He
married America Craig November 4th, 1838, by whom he had ten children, viz.;
Annie S., Grundy, Helen, Thomas W., Belle, George P., French., Byrle, Hugh M.,
and James Turk, of whom all are dead except George and French H.
(A6)
Jannette Glenn was born in Virginia and married George Roland by whom
she had five children, viz. Harrison, Martha, Melville, Theodore and Oscar.
They settled in Indiana.
(A7)
Malvina F. Glenn was born in Virginia July 25, 1836 and married Patrick
Orr, by whom she had four children, viz., George G., William H., Charles and
Alfred A.
(A8)
Rebecca A. Glenn was born in Virginia and married William Cater. They
settled in Indiana. Children unknown.
(A9)
Nancy Glenn married ______ Miller and settled in Indiana. Children
unknown.
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(B1)
Esther J. Glenn was born in Virginia August 22, 1822. On April 12, 1838
at Paris, Mo., she was married to Thomas Crutcher, by whom she had nine
children, viz., Sarah E., Annie R., Mary G., Jane M., Charles, William, Esther,
James Glenn and Virginia, of whom but four are living, - Sarah E., Annie R.,
William L. and Esther.
(B2)
James Turk Glenn was born in Virginia April 5, 1824. He moved west and
settled in California and now resides in Oakland, Cal. He married Minerva Gass
by whom he had four children, viz., Laura, Esther Carmelita and Helen.
-----------------------
(C1)
Hugh A. Glenn was born 23rd day of February, 1828. On April 25, 1854,
he married Mary S. Windle and settled at Staunton, Va. By his wife he had
seven children, viz., George Dorsey, Charles William, Rosa V., Esther, Mary E.,
Lucie and Hulst, of whom only three are living, Charles William, Rosa V. and
Hulst.
(C2)
Susan Glenn married Wesley Taliaferro and settled in Harrisonburg, Va.
By her said husband she had four children, viz., John ---
(C3)
Sarah Glenn was never married and died in 1905.
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Children of George Glenn (A1):
·
Dr. Hugh Glenn was born in Virginia September 18, 1824. On March
13, 1849, he married Nancy Abernathy and settled in California. By his said wife
he had nine children, of whom but three are living (Charles, Ella and Frank
B.), viz.:
o
Alphonso G. Glenn married Alice Dexter. No children.
o
Emma
o
Jefferson
o
Charles Glenn married Lucy Dexter.
o
Ella Glenn married Peter French, by whom she had one child viz., -Harold
French.
o
Frank B. Glenn married D. Bradley by whom he had one child, viz., Javis.
o
Eva
o
Hugh
o
Royal
·
B. Frank Glenn was born in Missouri and married Zilpha Lasley, by
whom he had one child, Earline C. Glenn who now resides at Nevada, Monroe
County; Harveyville, Shelby County.
·
George McC. Glenn was born in Missouri. He married Lizzie Martin
by whom he had two children, viz., George and Etna. He now resides at Paris,
Mo.
Children of Charlotte Windle, nee Glenn, (A3): ---
Children of John Glenn (A5):
·
George P. Glenn was born in Missouri May 2nd, 1854. He married
Malvina Bowling. He now resides at Fulton, Mo.
·
French H. Glenn was born in Missouri February 2nd, 1856. On
October 12, 1886, he married Lena B. Biggs by whom he had three children, viz.,
Kem, Byrle and Beatrice. He now resides at Nevada, Mo.
·
Belle Glenn married John Mounce by whom she had one child, viz.,
Helen B.
Children of Jannette Roland, nee Glenn (A6):
·
Harrison Roland ---
·
Martha Roland married ______ James by whom she had two children,
viz., Jannita and Glenetta. She now resides at Louisville, Ky.
·
Melville Roland, deceased.
·
Theodore Roland, deceased.
·
Oscar Roland married _______
Children of Malvina F. Orr (nee Glenn) (A7):
·
George F. Orr married _______
·
William H. married _______ had one child.
·
Charles Orr deceased.
·
Alfred A. Orr _______
Children of Esther Crutcher (nee Glenn) (B1):
·
Sarah E. Crutcher was born April 18, 1839, in Missouri. She
married E. Walter Crutcher by whom she had three children, viz.:
o
James Glenn Crutcher was born in Missouri. He married Dixie Ely by whom
he had four children, viz., Virginia, Viola, Dixie and Esther. He now resides
at Woodland, Cal.
o
Annie Crutcher married Lawrence Derby, by whom she had one child, viz.,
Maud. They now reside at Reno, Nevada.
o
Hugh Crutcher
·
Annie R. Crutcher was born in Missouri March 1, 1841. On
November 30, 1865, she married R. H. West by whom she had five children, of
whom but two are living, viz., Harry and Esther. She now resides at Nevada,
Mo.
·
William L. Crutcher was born in Missouri June 6, 1849. January
1892, he married Baggie Johnston.
·
Esther J. Crutcher was born May 10, 1851. On August 20, 1874 she
married James A. Curtright, by whom she had six children, three of whom are now
living, viz., Virginia L., Nellie W. and Grace Glenn. They now reside at
Paris, Mo.
Children of Hugh A. Glenn (C1):
·
Charles William Glenn was born January 17, 1858. June 22, 1886,
he married Lizzie T. Rapp by whom he had nine children, viz.: Rosa, Hugh,
William, Ashby, Mary, Charles, George, Jannette, Elizabeth and Isabella, of
whom two, Jannette and Elizabeth, are dead. He resides at Staunton, Va.
·
Rosa V. Glenn was born April 19, 1861. October 13, 1881 she
married William M. Page, by whom she had three children, viz.: Mary A., Loula
and Robert Glenn. She now resides at Basic City, Va.
·
Hulst Glenn now resides at Staunton, Va. He married Gertrude M.
Casey on June 14, 1899, by whom he has had four children, viz.:
o
Hulst born June 6, 1900
o
Gertrude M. born May 23, 1902
o
William L. born
o
Dorothy born September 20, 1904.
Children of Susan Taliaferro (nee Glenn) (C2):
·
John married twice. Second wife Lillian Ott, by whom he had
seven children.
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(Copied from data loaned by Mr. Charles Curry, Staunton, Va.
prepared by his father, I understand, some years before this date, which is
1936.)
from
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement
of Augusta County, Va.
by Lyman Chalkley.
James Glenn to Margaret Young, daughter of Robert Young, surety
James Young, December 27th, 1785. Page 281. By Rev. Wm. Wilson.
William Glenn and Ann Curry, daughter of Robert Curry (consent)
witnesses Samuel Curry, James Curry. William and Ann both of age. Surety
Samuel Curry. June 14, 1791.
Sarah Glenn and Robert Young. Robert Young and William Glenn
surety February 27, 1792.
Martha Glenn and John Mead, widower. William Glenn swears that
his sister Martha is of age. November 19, 1798. By Rev. Wm. King. John Mead
and William Morrison surety.
Hugh Glenn and Elizabeth McCausland. Hugh Glenn and John
McCausland surety. Elizabeth McCausland daughter of above John McCausland.
August 1st, 1801.
Mary Glenn and Samuel Curry. Mary Glenn daughter of George Glenn
and of age. Samuel Curry and Hugh Glenn surety. March 25, 1800.
Robert Curry and Sarah Young - April 22, 1791.
W.B. #11, Page 458
In the name of God, Amen.
This twenty-second day of December, one thousand, eight
hundred and one, I, George Glenn of Augusta County and State of Virginia, being
in my ordinary health and senses, do think it necessary at this time to make
this my last will and testament.
First, I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God
through the merits of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, when he will be
pleased to remove me, and my body I recommend to the Earth, to be decently
buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named, and all my worldly
estates, both real and personal, I give and bequeathe and dispose of the same
in the following manner:
First, I give and bequeathe unto my beloved son Hugh Glenn
all my estate in land, together with my horses, cattle, sheep and hogs; all my
household goods, farming utensils and movable property of every kind, to him,
and his heirs and assigns forever, with this encumbrance only, that he will pay
the following legacies two years after my death -
I give and bequeathe to my son James Glenn, his heirs or
assigns the sum of five pounds.
I give and bequeathe unto my son-in-law Wert (West) Miller
and my daughter Nancy the sum of five pounds.
I give and bequeathe to my son-in-law Robert Young and my
daughter Sarah the sum of five pounds.
I give and bequeathe to my son-in-law Samuel Curry and my
daughter Mary the sum of five pounds.
I give and bequeathe to my son-in-law John Mead the sum of five
shillings.
I also nominate and appoint my son Hugh Glenn and no other, to
be the only executor to this my last will and testament and I renounce all
other will or wills made by me at any time heretofore and ratify this and no
other to be my last will and testament, under my hand and seal the date above.
Signed, sealed, published and pronounced in the presence of
-
John Anderson
James Anderson
George Anderson
(Signed) George
Glenn (SEAL)
Page #2
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:
To David Golloday and Andrew Anderson, Gentlemen Justices of
Augusta County
KNOW YE -
That we, trusting to your fidelity and provident
circumspection, in diligently examining George Anderson an aged and infirm
subscribing witness to the last will and testament of George Glenn, deceased,
command you that on such certain day and at such place as you shall appoint,
you assemble yourselves and the witness aforesaid before you, you call and
cause to come and diligently examine on the holy evangelists of Almighty God
and his examination unto our said County Court of Augusta, distinctly and
plainly, without delay, you do certify, enclose, send and also return this
writ.
WITNESS:
Erasmus Stribling, Clerk of said
Court, at the Court House, the eleventh day of March, eighteen hundred and fifteen,
and the thirty-ninth year of the Commonwealth.
(Signed) Erasmus Stribling.
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Agreeable to a Commission from the worshipful Court of
Augusta County, we have taken the following affidavit or deposition of George
Anderson, a subscribing witness to the last will and testament of George Glenn,
which Commission and Writ are both annexed, viz:
George Anderson of lawful age, being duly sworn on the holy
Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and sayeth that he saw George Glenn sign,
publish and declare the writing hereto annexed, as and for his last will and
testament, and that he does believe the said George Glenn was of perfect sense
and memory at the time of doing the same; and that this deponent subscribed his
name as witness thereto, in his presence and in the presence of the other
subscribing witnesses.
Subscribed and sworn to before us, two of the Justices of
the Peace for Augusta County, this fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen.
(Signed) David Golloday
A. Anderson.
Page #3
At a Court held in Augusta County March 27, 1815, this last
will and testament of George Glean, deceased, was this day presented to the
Court and it being preyed by the evidence of George Anderson, an aged and
infirm witness (who it appears from the evidence has since died), that the said
will was duly acknowledged before him, and by the evidence of Andrew Anderson,
John Anderson and Samuel Sepley, that James Anderson and John Anderson, two
subscribing witnesses to said will are both dead and that the signatures of the
said will are in their own proper handwriting, the deed is ordered to be
recorded and on motion of Hugh Glenn, the executor named in the will, who made
oath thereto according to law, and together with David Golloday and John Luiks,
his securities, entered into and acknowledged their bond with the penalty of
two thousand dollars, conditioned as the law requires, which bond is ordered to
be recorded, certificate for probate is granted him in due form.
TESTE:
Vincent Topp, D.C. A.C.
The Appraisement Bill of the Personal
Estate
of
George Glenn, Deceased.
____________________________________________________
The appraisement bill of the personal estate of George
Glean, deceased, by the undersigned, this 20th day of May, 1815.
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Lbd
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Bed, bedstead and
furniture
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6
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An old chest
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An old check reel
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6
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5 old walnut
chairs
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3
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1 Old table
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9
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1 Big wheel
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2
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0
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Old
books
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Pots
(new)
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Brown
cow
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Maul,
wrings and iron wedges
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1 Fork
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2 Dick forks
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1 Hog
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Shovel
and tongs
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1 Smoothing iron
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1 Cask
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Some
old pewter
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6
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1 Bond on Bryan
Boyen due Oct. 18, 1815
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90
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1 Ditto due
October 1st, 1816
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90
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1 Ditto due
December 1st, 1817
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60
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(Signed) James Crawford
Robert Reed
George Roland
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At a Court held for Augusta County May 22nd, 1815, this
inventory and appraisement of the estate of George Glenn, deceased, being
returned to the Court, is ordered to be recorded.
TESTE:
Erasmus Stribling, C. C. Al
(Family of wife of George Glenn)
From the "Annals of Augusta County" (Waddell),
pages 38 and 39, we find that early in 1740, or shortly before, there was a
great influx of population into the Valley of Virginia.
On the 26th of June 1740 Robert Young proved his importation
by making oath that he had imported himself and his family from Ireland to
Philadelphia and from thence to this colony at his own charges, and this the
first time of proving his and their rights in order to obtain land, which was
ordered by the Court to be certified. Robert Young's family consisted of
Agnes, John, Samuel and James. This information is contained in the Court
records of Orange County. At this time Augusta was a part of Orange County.
(While Waddell mentions Agnes as one of Robert Young's children, and he may
have had a daughter Agnes, we know that his wife's name was Agnes, as shown by
Court records of Augusta County.)
On June 1st, 1741 Robert Young received a Land Grant for 400
acres in that part of Orange County called Augusta, copy of which is included.
"Chalkley's Chronicles" of Augusta County Vol. III,
page 283 shows under date of Feb. 28, 1749 deed from William Beverly to Robert
Young 550 acres in Beverly Manor, whereon Robert Young now lives.
Court records of Augusta County show that Robert Young made
a division of at least a portion of his estate among his children. Chalkley's
Chronicles show this record: D.B. 6, page 499, March 18, 1755. Robert Young,
Plantationer to James Young his son, paternal regard and affectionate love 25 Ł
(paid by Samuel Young brother) to said James Young 150 acres in Beverly Manor,
part of land where Robert now dwells, and part of 550 acres conveyed to Robert
Young by Beverly... delivered to James Young March 1758. Similar deeds to sons
John, Samuel, Robert Jr., William, Hugh and Joseph Young.
In Chalkley's Chronicles Vol. I, page 484, April 28, 1756,
we find reference to Robert Young Sr. and wife Agnes. Also in Vol I, page 348,
May 28, 1765, we find this reference: "Agnes Young, late the wife of
Robert Young, vs. John Brown, writ of dower." We do not know the exact
date of Robert Young's death. Vol. I, page 493, we find on Oct. 18th, 1769 the
following record: "James Young to Methias Gabert 150 acres in Beverly
Manor, transferred to James by his father, Robert Young, by deed of gift.
Agnes Young, widow of Robert Young releases dower in above."
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James Young in his will mentions first Agnes Miller,
daughter of George Glenn, who was evidently named for her grandmother Agnes
Young, the wife of Robert Young.
Robert Young --- 400 Acres
Land Book No. 19 Page 966 - 1739-1741
(State Capitol, Richmond. Va.)
George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain,
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith...
To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. -Know ye
that for divers good causes and considerations, but more especially for and in
consideration of the sum of forty shillings of good and lawful money for our
use paid to Receiver General of our Revenues of this our Colony and Dominion of
Virginia, we have given, granted and confirmed for us our heirs and successors,
do give grant and confirm unto Robert Younge one certain tract or parcel of
land containing 400 acres lying and being in that part of Orange County called
Augusta on the branch of Buffalo Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit:
Beginning at two Spanish oaks on the east side of the branch
north 58 degrees, west 200 poles to a white oak and & hiccory, south 32
degrees, west 320 poles to a white oak and a hiccory, south 58 degrees east 200
poles to a black oak and white oak and north 32 degrees, east 320 poles to the
beginning. With all woods, underwoods, swamps, marshes, lowgrounds, meadows,
feedings, and his due share of all veins, mines and quarries as well discovered
and not discovered within the bounds aforesaid, and being part of the said
quantity of 400 acres of land and the rivers waters and water courses therein
contained, together with the privileges of hunting, hawking, fishing, fowling
and all other profits commodities and hereditaments whatsoever to the same or
any part thereof belonging, or in anywise appertaining:
To have and hold, possess and enjoy the said tract or parcel
of land and all other the before granted premises and every part thereof with
their and every ... of their appurtenances unto the said Robert Younge and to
his heirs and assigns forever. To the only use and behoof of him the said
Robert Younge his heirs and assigns forever.
To be held of us, our heirs and successors as of our manner
of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and common Soccage and not in
Capito or by Knights Service- Yielding and Paying unto us our heirs and
successors for every 50 acres of land and so proportionably for a lesser or
greater quantity than 50 acres the free rent of one shilling yearly, to be paid
upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel, and also cultivating and
improving three acres part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned within
three years after the date of these presents; Provided always that if three
years of the void fee rent shall at any time be in arrears and unpaid, or if
the said Robert Younge his heirs or assigns do not within the space of three
years next coming after date of these presents cultivate and improve three
acres part of every 50 of the tract above mentioned, then the estate hereby
granted shall cease and be utterly determined and thereafter it shall and may
he lawful to and for us our heirs and successors to grant the same lands and
premises with the appurtenances unto such other person or persons as we our
heirs and successors shall think fit.
In witness whereof we have caused these our letters patent
to he made.
Witness our trusty and well beloved James Blair, Clerk
President of our Council and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion
at Williamsburg, under the Seal of our said Colony the first day of June one
thousand seven hundred and forty one, in the Fourteenth Year of our Reign.
(Signed) James Blair.
Land Book No. 28 Page 597 Augusta County
Robert Young June 20, 1749 - 112 acres on west side of Blue
Ridge in the fork of James River
SEPTEMBER, 1758 --- 32nd YEAR OF GEORGE II
To the Militia of the County of Augusta and for provisions
furnished by sundry inhabitants thereof:
Captain Alexander Sayres for his pay and the pay of his
Officers and Company of Militia to the last day of August, 1758, inclusive, as
per muster roll:
--------- JAMES YOUNG 15 Lbs.
Extract from Hennings Statutes Volume VII, page 201
VIRGINIA MILITIA IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
by J.T. McAllister
Section 253 "Officers from Augusta County, Virginia."
JAMES YOUNG, S.L., R. Oct. 21, 1778
under J. Young.
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Record in Archives, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va.
"Auditors accounts 1783-4, No. 18"
Page 15
Richmond, Va. 1st Nov. 1783.
Militia
Warrant to James
Young for his services in the militia under Captain John Dickey from Augusta
County in 1781 4-14-8
Similar warrants were issued to:
Robert Young, James Curry, Robert Curry and others.
Address by Mrs. W.W. King, Historian of Colonel Thomas
Hughart Chapter, D.A.R., Staunton, Virginia, at dedication of stone erected in
the old cemetery of Old Stone Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia, May 22nd,
1938, to the memory of James Young, Lieutenant Young's Company, Virginia
Militia, Revolutionary War, died 1790, the original marker over the grave of
James Young having disappeared. The Augusta Military Academy cadet present at
the dedication and referred to by Mrs. King was James E. McCausland, of
Lynchburg, Va.
.............
As we assemble in this sacred spot to honor another soldier
of the Revolution, the unusual number of stones preserved or recently erected
may be of interest. They are to the memory of Wm. Craig, Alexander Nelson,
John Gamble, Robert Curry, John Gibbons, John Kerr, James Kerr, John Mills,
Alexander Robertson, Joseph Bell, James Allen Jr., Col. George Moffett, Robert
Poage, John Poage Jr., Daniel Bell, James Young (pause to say cadet- direct
descendant is present). Unmarked, Patrick Crawford, Major John Crawford
(another of his name buried at Hebron), Robert Mills, Geo. Crawford Jr. - and
perhaps another of his name. The first three pastors of "Old Stone
Meeting House" also have stones commemorating their life and service in
this community.
Robert Young of Covenanter stock who came to America with
the Prestons, Bells, Poages, Scotts, Andersons and many other families, proved
the importation of himself and family June 1740 - his wife Agnes, sons John,
Samuel and James. The youngest son James was baptized by the Rev. John Craig
Oct. 15, 1741. In 1767 James Young was one of twelve magistrates in the vast
territory known as Augusta County. Later he was Auditor of Accounts. He
evidently could not longer restrain his desire to enlist in active service, so
on Oct. 21, 1778 he was sworn in as Lieutenant in the Company of Captain John
Young, probably his older brother, later he joined the Company of Captain John
Givins, and finally Captain John Wilson.
The stone which has lately been erected is in honor of James
Young, a soldier who recognized the necessity for freedom as a prerequisite for
well being and happiness. In honoring him we praise God for him and for our
other noble ancestors who gave themselves that their children might be free.
On behalf of the Colonel Thomas Hughart Chapter, I dedicate
this stone to the memory of James Young, remembering the sacrifice he and all
his comrades made in those long homeless years -
"God bless our native land
Firm may she ever stand, thru storm and night,
When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave
Do Thou our country save, by Thy great might.
For her our prayer shall rise,
To God above the skies, on His we wait,
Thou who art ever nigh, guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry - God save the State!"
Prayer by the minister
Taps sounded by Augusta Military Cadet.
W.B. #7, Page 292
In the name of God, Amen.
The sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord God
one thousand seven hundred and ninety, I James Young of Augusta County and
State of Virginia, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and
memory, thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of
my body, knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and
ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first
of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and
for my body, I recommend it to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the discretion of my executors, not doubting but at the
general resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of
God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner
and form:
First, I give and bequeath to Agnes Miller [daughter to
George Glenn], wife to Wirt (West) Miller, five pounds lawful money of
Virginia, which I allow and command my executors to pay to her immediately
after my funeral, when they are enabled.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to James Glenn, son to George
Glenn, four pounds like money as above and my Fustian coat and corduroy jacket
and breeches, all of which I allow and command my executors to give to him
immediately after my funeral as soon as enabled.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to William Glenn, son to
George Glenn, two pounds and 16 shillings.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to Sarah Glenn, daughter to
George Glenn, two pounds and 16 shillings.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to Martha Glenn, daughter to
George Glenn, two pounds and 16 shillings.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to Hugh Glenn, son to George Glenn,
my horse and saddle and which I allow and command my executors to give him
immediately after my funeral as soon as enabled.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to Mary Glenn, daughter to
George Glenn, bed and bed clothes, all my sheep and two pounds in money.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to Margaret, Esther,
Elizabeth, Martha and John, James and William Bing, daughters and sons to John Bing,
four pounds.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to George Glenn, son-in-law,
five shillings, and -
Likewise, I give and bequeath to John Bing, son-in-law, five
shillings.
I allow them to receive this as soon as my executors shall
be enabled to pay them after my land has been sold.
Likewise, I allow and command George Glenn and William
Young, whom I constitute, make and ordain my only and sole executors of this my
last will and testament, to sell my lands and after my funeral charges and all
other lawful claims are discharged and all the above named legatees have
received the sums prescribed above, the balance or remaining part of the price
of the lands is to be equally divided among George Glenn's children, viz. -
Agnes Miller, James Glenn, William Glenn, Sarah Glenn, Martha Glenn, Hugh Glenn
and Mary Glenn, to be given to them as above mentioned.
To Sarah Glenn, daughter to George Glenn, I give my chest.
To Martha Glenn, daughter to George Glenn, I give my loom
and tackling.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and discard all and
every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests executed by me in
any ways before this time, named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying this and no
other to be my last will and testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal the day and year above written.
(Signed) James Young (SEAL)
WITNESSES:
Robert Young, Junior
Robert Young,
Senior
Sarah Young
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At a Court held for Augusta County December 21st, 1790, this
last will and testament of James Young, Deceased, was presented in Court by
George Glenn and William Young, the Executors therein, and proved by the oath
of Robert Young, Jr. and Robert Young, Sr. and Sarah Young, witnesses thereto,
and is ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executors, who made
oath according to law.
Mary
Madaline McCausland, Frank Howard Ross Jr.,
