Hamilton Twp. -
SAMUEL H. McFERREN, farmer, P. O.,
Hopkinsville, is a son of James and Margaret McFerren.
He was born in South Carolina; she in Ireland, and when four
years old emigrated with her parents to this country, and
was six months on the voyage. They were married in
South Carolina, and in 1813 emigrated to Warren County, on
horseback, and brought with them one child. When he
landed here he had thirteen dollars in money, and the first
season he worked for eight dollars per month and boarded
himself. He was a shoemaker and his evenings were
devoted to plying his trade. By economy and industry
he succeeded, after years of toil, in accumulating a good
property - about 734 acres of land - 300 of which was in
Harlan Township, Warren County, 230 in Brown Co., O., and
204 in the home farm. To them were born eleven
children, nine living, viz: William, John,
Elizabeth A., Mary, Andrew, Margaret J., Alexander, Nancy
and Samuel. The deceased are James
and Ellen, both of whom died leaving families.
Mr. McFerren died Mar. 20, 1866, aged 80 years.
She died Feb. 19, 1856, aged 56 years. Both were of
Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Ellen McFerren,
mother of James, ended her days in Ohio, with her
son. Our subject was born on the place where he lives
Jan. 4, 1838. He was married in 1862, to Mary A.,
daughter of Daniel Quimby, a native of Hamilton Co.,
O., who became a resident of Warren County. To them
seven children have been born, four living, viz: Harry,
Anna, Lillie and Rosy. Margaret, Katie and
Lizzie, deceased. He owns 159 acres of land in
Survey No. 1547. Katie, mother of Mrs. F.,
died in 1862, aged 54 years. She was the mother of two
children, both living, viz.: Nettie and Mary A.
(Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 952) |
JOSHUA
C. McKAY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the
place where he now lives, Jan. 21, 1837; is a son of
Jonas T. and Matilda (Ferguson) McKay, natives of
Virginia. The paternal grandfather, Moses McKay,
was a native of Virginia, and married to Miss Shinn;
they emigrated to Ohio in 1818; they came by wagons to
Wheeling, Va.; thence by that boat to Cincinnati; thence by
their wagons to Warren County and to Wayne Township, and
located on the place where Joshua now lives, residing
here till their death. They raised a family of twelve
children, six sons and six daughters, all of whom came to
Ohio, but the eldest son, who remained in Virginia, and
lived and died there. When Mr. McKay came to
Ohio, he brought twenty or more slaves with him, who of
course were all set free. The maternal grandfather,
Samuel Ferguson, was a native of Virginia, and married
Mildred Garrison, and emigrated to Greene Co., Ohio,
about 1824; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, for
which services he obtained a land warrant, and drew a
pension. The ancestors of both the McKay and
Ferguson families, were of Scotch descent.
James T. the father of our subject was five years of age
when brought to this county, and here grew to manhood under
the sturdy influences of pioneer life; was married and
became the father of seven children - Emma; Sarah C.,
now widow Allen; Joshua C.; Harriet E., now Mrs.
O'Neall; M. Horace; Eusebia, now Mrs. Welch, and
Letitia. His wife died June 1, 1855. On
May 24, 1864, he married Matilda Brown; by her he has
two daughters - Lida and Belle. The
second son, M. Horace, was in the war of the
rebellion; enlisted in the 79th O. V. I., and served about
two and one-half hears, until discharged for disability, and
has since drawn a pension. Mr. McKay has been
actively engaged in business most of his life; he dealt
extensively in stock and also in pork, and was in the
mercantile trade in Waynesville for a considerable time.
Our subject was brought up to the honest occupation of
farming; was married Sept. 11, 18161, to Victoria,
daughter of Henry and Ann (Antrim) Clark, he a native
of South Carolina and she of Virginia. The Clark
ancestors were of English descent, and we trace their
genealogy to Henry Clark, born in England in 1715,
and he was a son of Jonathan Clark. Henry is
supposed to have emigrated to America and located in
Pennsylvania, where his son John was born and raised
to manhood, and married Mary Campbell, and in an
early day emigrated with his family to South Carolina, where
they lived and died. Their son Henry was
about 2 years of age when taken to South Carolina by his
parents, and there grew to manhood and married Elizabeth
Alexander, who was born in South Carolina, and whose
father was killed in the war of the Revolution. After
their marriage they resided in that State till 1805, when he
with his family emigrated to Ohio and located on the same
tract of land where Frank Clark now lives, opening
out his farm right from the woods, and here they lived till
their death. They had four children, who grew to
maturity - Jonathan, Henry, Cornelius and
Elizabeth; The latter now Widow Antrim, is the
only one now surviving. Henry was born in South
Carolina Nov. 14, 1800; hence was about five years of age
when he came with his parents to Warren County, and here was
raised to manhood, accustomed to the scenes and trials of
pioneer life; was married to Ann, daughter of
Daniel and Jane Antrim, natives of Virginia, but who
came among the early settlers of this county, locating here
in 1804. Mr. Clark and wife had four children
who grew to maturity - Franklin, Eliza, Hannah and
Victoria. Mr. Clark located and remained through
life upon the old home place of his father; was a man of
firm principles and undoubted integrity; a representative of
a type of independence of character, yet kind, social and
genial in his nature, and was a citizen highly esteemed in
his community, and one in whom the people placed implicit
confidence; he served as Township Trustee many years; he
raised a very interesting family of one son and three
daughters, and their loving family circle remained entire
and unbroken for over half a century; when on May 14, 1880
the grim messenger death suddenly and almost without warning
snatched in his cold embrace, her who had been his companion
and support for fifty-three years; and in less than twelve
months, on May 54, 1881, death again visited their family
circle in a like sudden manner, and deprived him of his
beloved daughter, Eliza. This double affliction
so sudden and unexpected, was more than his aged and
shattered frame could endure, and in just nine days after
the death of his daughter his spirit took its flight to that
realm where sorrows and death never enter; he died May 17,
1881. But the remaining members of his family, in the
midst of these afflictions, have the consolation that theirs
was a life well spent, their reward sure, and their lives
and good deeds will long be cherished by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances. Mr. McKay and wife
have three children - Henry C., born Jun. 21, 1864;
Anna Cora, born Oct. 20, 1868, and Robert C.,
born Jun. 26, 1876. Mr. McKay after his
marriage located upon the old home place upon which his
grandfather located, and lived, and died and here has
resided up to the present itme; has a fine farm of 261
acres, with good improvements constituting a pleasant home
and residence.
(Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 869 - Wayne Twp.) |
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