Book Purge - Illinois - Clay County

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Summer, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1994

Page 5 - Partial List of Clay County Soldiers who were Interred in Clay County During Hostilities of the Civil War - columns: name, date of death, unit, cemetery

• Hardin, John S. 10/29/1861, unit unknown, Burke, Bible Grove Twp.

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Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Fall, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1994

Pages 20-24 - Eleventh Regiment, Missouri Infantry Volunteers

The report of the Adjutant General, State of Missouri, 1865, gives the following information: Eleventh Regimental Infantry, Missouri Volunteers was raised in the states of Missouri & Illinois between mid June and August, 1861 and organized the first of August the same year at the U.S. Arsenal at St. Louis,

Notebook - Virginia #7, Part 3

Kegley, F.B. Kegley's Virginia Frontier, Roanoke, VA: Southwest Virginia Historical Society, 1938.

Early Adventurers on the Roanoke 1740-1760 & the Land They Occupied

May 2, 1745, the first deed conveys from John Buchanan, yeoman to David Cloyd yeoman, from Newcastle County, Pennsylvania, 400 acres, all that tract lying and being in Orange County called Augusta on the west side of the Blue Ridge west of the James River on the head of a branch of Goose Creek. - Orange County Deed Book 10, p. 33

From these early grants we learn that the main river of Roanoke was called Goose Creek, that its north branch now called Tinker Creek was called Buffalo Creek with its lower part designated Smith's Creek, and the south branch of Roanoke as later, called the South Fork of Roanoke. From later land records we learn that Captain George Robinson started the community by settling on a small tract of land, 191 acres, on a branch of Buffalo Creek where William Preston afterward established his home called Greenfield, adjoining the tract at the head of this branch which John Buchanan sold to David Cloyd. The Cloyd land and home place afterwards become the Withrow-Mitchell and Firebaugh place, and the upper part of the branch was called Turkey-cock Creek. 

John Cloyd - In November, 1759, the property of John Cloyd, deceased, was appraised by Edward, Joseph and Bryan McDonald. David Cloyd was appointed guardian for the orphans, John and Mary Cloyd, and the administrator of John's estate. He report of the settlement made in November, 1764,

Research Log - January 2023

1/6 - Virginia marriages / families to take a serious look at:

• Robertson, Andrew, physician, md. 27 Nov. 1758, Ellen Chichester. Lancaster Co. Marr. Record. Dr. Andrew Robertson b. 1716, Scotland; md. 1) (--?--); md. 2) 27 Nov. 1758 Ellen Chichester; md. 3) Sept. 1760 Eliza Downing, probably Lancaster Co., md. 4) 1771 Ann Glasscock, probably Lancaster Co. His will dated 28 Feb. 1795 Lancaster Co. NNHM 4:1:303 - immigrant generation
• William Robertson of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Robertson, Archibald, son of William of Edinburgh, Scotland to VA 1745 md. 1748 Elizabeth Fitzgerald, dau. of John & Elizabeth (Poythress) Fitzgerald; res. Prince George Co. 34V78; 5W(1)186 - immigrant generation, fits family legend that one parent born Scotland (presumably Robertson) & the other Ireland. 
• William b. 5 Feb. 1750, d. 1829 son of Archibald & Elizabeth (Fitzhugh) Robertson; md. 7 May 1775 Elizabeth Bolling d. 1830, dau. of Thomas Bolling of Goochland Co.
• Charles Robertson
• Robertson, Charles son of Charles Robertson b. 1681; md. Isabella McDonald 33V194
• Robertson, Donald b. 27 Sept. 1717, prob. Aberdeenshire, son of Charles & Isabella (McDonald) Robertson; md. 1) Henrietta Maxwell; dau. of Sir William Maxwell, Springkill, Scotland. She d. 25 March 1753, Edinburg, Scotland. Donald removed to VA 29 March 1753; md. 2) Rachel Rogers, dau. of John Rogers of King & Queen

Notebook - Virginia #7, Part 2

Colonial Wedding in Philly . . . you get the idea

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume I, Surnames A-H, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume II, Surnames I-Z, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Many of these entries have no location or date. There is a code system which probably refers to a source list that I did not copy. 

• Breeden, Polly md. William Breeden
• Breeden, Seeles md. Thomas Draper - grandparents
• Bushrod, Ann md. Coll. Griffin³ Fauntlerory, not sure what the 3 means
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) md. Col. William³ Fauntleroy
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) (--?--) m. 2) Dr. Henry Whiting
• Bushrod, Hannah md. Col. Vincent Branham, 1st wife
• Bushrod, Hannah md. John Augustine Washington
• Bushrod, John b. 30 Jan. 1663 Gloucester Co.; d. 25 Feb. 1719, tombstone in Westmoreland Co.; son of Richard & Apphia (--?--) md. Hannah Keene, dau. of William & Elizabeth (Rogers) Keene of Northumberland Co. 1V333; 1W(1)91; 7W(1)96; 8W(1)45-6.

Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 2

Coffman, Edward. The Story of Logan County, Nashville, TN: The Parthenon Press, 1962.

Map of Logan County, Kentucky

Logan County, Kentucky is situated in the southwestern part of the state and is one of the southern tier of counties bordering the northern Tennessee line.  It is bounded on the north by Muhlenberg and Butler Counties, on the east by Warren and Simpson Counties, on the west by Todd County and on the south by Robertson County,  Tennessee.

Russellville, the county seat, is almost in the center of the county. It is 144 miles by railroad southwest of Louisville and 72 miles by rail south of Owensboro, Kentucky. It is 55 miles due north of Nashville, Tennessee. . . . 

Logan County is one of the early counties of Kentucky being the thirteenth of the 120 counties of the Commonwealth. It was originally formed in 1792, the year in which Kentucky became a state. 

Kentucky itself was at first a part of Virgnia. Fincastle County, Virginia, from which Kentucky was formed, was the frontier county of Virginia from 1772 through 1776. By an act of the legislature of Virginia, Fincastle County was dissolved, effective December 31, 1776 and one

Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 1

Boyle County Genealogical Association. Boyle County, Kentucky, Cemetery Records, 1792-1992, Danville, KY: Boyle County Genealogical Association, 1992

Goodknight Cemetery - This cemetery is located 3 miles north of Perryville, off US 68, near the Mercer County line on Claunch Road. 

 

Confederate Marker with inscription - Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of an unascertained number of Confederate soldiers said to have died while prisoners of war at Goodknight farmhouse, from wounds received at the Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, whose graves cannot be identified and whose names are unknown.

• Dye, Elizabeth, b. 10 Dec. 1797, d. 5 Oct. 1874 
• Hankla, Infant son of J.H. & M.F. Hankla b. 18 Dec. 1894, d. 18 Dec. 1894
• Weems, Frances M. CSA Company B, 3rd Florida Infantry, b. 16 Jan. 1842, d. 8 Oct. 1862
• Goodknight, Willie L. son of John J. & D.V. Goodknight b. 7 Aug. 1859, d. 13 July 1860
• Goodknight, H.L. stone broken, son of J. & S.C. Goodknight, b. ----, d. ---- 

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Fint, Susan & Anne Lee comp. Repeat After Me, Marriage Bonds 1795-1810 Franklin County, Kentucky, Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983

• William Lowry and John Pemberton signed the bond June 7, 1802 for the intended

Ahnentafel #848 - John Morehead

John Morehead

Born: between 1685 and 1690 Northumberland Co., VA
Died: between June 22 & August 8, 1768 in Fauquier Co., VA

Buried: unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) in Virginia

Occupation: Planter

Biography:

John Morehead, who bought the land of Henry Cafly on June 8, 1726, in that part of King George County which four years later, 1730 became Prince William County, covering the great square between the Blue Ridge and the Potomac opposite the present site of Washington, has long been the earliest positively recorded known member of his family.  He was born some time before 1700, probably as early as 1681 or 1682, and his wife's name was Mary. On September 10, 1742, they were living in Hamilton parish of Prince William County, where he was an extensive planter. This was the year that Fairfax County

Notebooks - Kentucky No. 4, Part 4

Browning, D.P. Lewisburg-Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, no imprint, 4/1922

Rev. John Sutton's wife was Ruth Stout, gdau. of Col. Joseph Stout, son of Jonathan Stout, son of Richard & Penelope Stout, first English settler in New Jersey. Jonathan constituted Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell, New Jersey. An old progenitor, William Sutton, a Quaker came to America ca. 1836. Ruth Stout was also a descendant of Capt. Jas. Bolen from Hingham, England and first Secretary of Providence, New Jersey.

The Duncans, Brownings & Mauzys came from Culpepper, Virginia. Some of them had been married in Culpepper by Lewis Conneran honored Baptist Preacher and a worthy soldier, who fought alongside their fathers in the American Revolution. 

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Gary, Cordelia. Marriage Records 1797-1850 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Christian County Genealogy Society, 1997.

• Galbraith, Daniel & Mary Galbraith lic. Feb. 28, 1814, md. Mar. 3, 1814 by Ben H. Reeves
• Galbraith, Catherine & Gilbert McMillen lic: Dec. 27, 1813 

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4 Part 3

Cook, Michael & Bettie Cook. Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books A-G, Vol. 1, Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1985.

Indenture Dec. 5, 1796, Henry Banks of the city of Richmond, VA to John W. Hunt of Fayette Co., KY; whereas Henry Banks appointed Cuthbert Banks on November 10, 1795 as his attorney in fact (recorded Kentucky Court of Appeals May 14, 1796) to sell and dispose of his lands in Kentucky, now this Indenture witnesses that the said Henry Banks by Cuthbert Banks his attorney in fact, for $2000, conveys to John W. Hunt an undivided moiety of a tract of 2,784 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Bullskin Creek adjoining a 1,000 acre survey

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4, Part 2

Gary, Cordelia. Abstracts of Will Books 1797-1900 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Gray, nd

Will Book C, p. 331 - James Wilson, Will Aug. 9, 1820, probate Sep. 4, 1820, Heirs: widow Rachel, children: William, James, young, John, Winifred, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eliza. executors: son James, nephews William & Matthew Wilson. Wit: Henry Myers, Zephiniah Lacy, William Barnes

Will Book H, p. 276 - Capt. Thomas Hopkins, verbal statement Oct. 6, 1834, died Oct. 9, 1834, heirs: children John, Benjamin, Anna Jane & Rufus C., widow Sarah. Servants to be set free and sent to Liberia. Wit: Sarah Hopkins, John Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, W.I. Dinwiffie, A. Webber, Anna Jane & Rufus C. Hopkins

Will Book H, p. 344 - Ruth Hopkins, will Aug. 7, 1833, probated Jan. 5, 1835, Executor: brother Thomas, heir: sister Ann Rice, widow of James, land in Virginia left by father John Hopkins, Wit: Edw. Morris, Joseph Williams, John McCarroll

Will Book L, p. 446 - John Galbreath, division of estate April 26, 1843. Heirs:

Notebook - Kentucky, No. 4, Part 1

Burns, Annie. Records of Marriages, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Washington, DC: no imprint, 1936.

Columns: Groom/Parent, Bride/Parent, Date/Bondsman

• Beasley, Jas (?), Jos (?) - Jarvis, Louisa, 11/14/1843, Jas. Snead
• Black, Wm. D. - Cloyd, Syntha, 4/24/1840 Jesse Cloyd
• Carter?, Cartim? Larkin - Clynn, Virginia, 1/10/1826 Dave, Dove, Wm. 
• Cloyd, Jas. - Hargiss, Eliz. 5/18/1846 Hargiss, Jas.
• Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Eliz. 2/27/1843 Young, Jno. 
• Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Elizabeth 2/4/1843 Young, John
• Dover(?), Jno. - Sullivan, Nancy 9/1/1819 Dove, Jas. 
• Dove, Jno. - Beezley, Jane 3/21/1838 Beezley, Isham - grandparents
• Epperson, Anderson - Coomer, Larky 12/22/1837 Wellins, Harry - Larky may be daughter of William & Susanna (Beasley) Coomer
• Roberts, Jas. - Dove, Nancy 2/12/1830 Dove, John
• Roberts, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John
• Roberds, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John

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Early Bluegrass Marriages: Green County, Kentucky 1793-1810, no imprint

• Davis, Ezekiel - Aby Stout, Jul 25, 1818

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Green County Historical Society. Green County Marriage Records 1793-1836, no imprint, nd

The book is composed of records from several sources: Marriage Books A & B, Marriage Bonds (coded as B in the text) and Consent Papers (coded as C) for

Notebooks - Illinois No. 5

Beeson, Betty. Wayne County Illinois Death Notices & Obituaries, Geff, IL: Beeson Enterprises, 1993

Wayne County Record, Jan. 22, 1880, Thursday, Pin Oak Column - Four died in the southern part of the township from diseases during fall and winter. Following are the names of those persons: Wm. Simms, Rebecca Robertson, Mirtle Simms & Levi Burkitt. Mr. Simms and Mr. Burkitt were old men above sixty years of age, while the other two were small children. - Rebecca Jane Robertson, daughter of Dr. Amos Sloane & Sarah (Warren) Robertson. She was born Jan. 18, 1874 and died Oct. 24, 1879. 

February 24, 1881, Ensley Column, John Robertson and wife have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement caused by the loss of their only baby. It was about 3 months old when Jesus called it home. 

Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Ensley Column, Died, May 1st, E.M. Robertson, of a complicated disease. He leaves a wife and five children, most of them grown . . . He was near 50 years of age and has been a resident of this neighborhood for about 30 years.  

Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Deaths: Meeks -- Died, at his home near

Notebook - Kentucky #3 Part 2

Doss, Brenda. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Circuit Court Orders Book One, 1803-1807, Greenville, KY: Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society, nd.

March Term 1804 - Ambrose Maulding elected to jury, tried and sworn in case Commonwealth vs. Roland Harris & Samuel Worthington

March Term 1804 - Ambrose Maulding, Charles Morgan, John Cornwell elected, tried and sworn in case Thomas Walke vs. Stephen Boren

March Term 1804 - John Mcfarlin, Plff. vs. John Cornwell, Deft. In Covenent. This day came the parties aforesaid by their attornies and the Defendant by the consent of the Plaintiff says he cannot gain say the Plaintiffs action against him for Three hundred and twenty dollars current money besides his costs. It is therefore considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against the said Defendant the three hundred and twenty dollars aforesaid confessed aforesaid and also his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expended and the said Defendant in Mercy &c.

March Term 1804 - Charles Morgan, John Cornwell elected to jury, tried and sworn in case George Adams vs. Benjamin Garris

June 25, 1804 - Armstead Morehead sworn to Grand Jury for the body of this Circuit, who after having received their charge retired from the barr to consult &c. and after some time spent therein returned into Court & found the following presentments . . .

Notebook - Kentucky #3 Part 1

Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. I, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1976

Map showing cemetery locations

Gish Cemetery

• Jerry Morehead 1949-1962
• Annie S. Morehead 1900-1967
• Hubert Morehead 1900-blank

Shaver Cemetery

• Nannie Lizzie dau. of J.T. & Hannah Morehead 7/3/1879 - 3/19/1880
• Charles N. Morehead 1869-1942
• Maggie E. Morehead 1876-1960

Bethel Church Cemetery

• Bob Durall 9/17/1871 - 5/10/1952
• Florence Durall 8/11/1876 - blank
• J.N. Durall 1844-1912
• A.J. Durall his wife 1846-1915
• Mitchell Durall Co. F 35th Kentucky Inf. no dates
• J.W. Durall Co. H 11th Kentucky Inf no dates

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 3, Part II

Catherine Hinkel, typescript from Davie Co., Public Library, Mocksville, NC

Every genealogist who has worked on the Henckel / Hinkel / Hinkle line comes to the conclusion that Catherine was the daughter of Anthony 3rd. who came from Pennsylvania and located on Abbott's Creek in Rowan County North Carolina where he was still living as late as 1798 when he paid tax on 3 acres of land. This three acres was sold by his son Wendel or Windle of Kentucky in 1815.

On a torn sheet of the Benjamin Eaton family bible is written the record that Catherine Hinkel, wife of John Fox was born . . . the 5, 1767. The record goes on to record that "John Fox and Catherine Hinkel were married October the 30th, 1783 and the births of ten children are given.

The third child, Amelia, married Benjamin Eaton and the letter quoted below was written by her great granddaughter Mrs. Bessie Cartner Derrick from Robinson, Kansas in 1935.

(Amelia Eaton, Grace Wiseman, Sarah Catherine Cartner, Bessie Derrick)

Speaking of Catherine Hinkel Fox, she says:

My mother told me she would not allow her children to speak English to her.

She taught her children a German hymn and great grand mother Amelia (Fox) Eaton taught it to her children, and Grace (Eaton) Wiseman taught it to her children, however it seems that my mother was the only one of Grandma's

Notebook - Kentucky No. 1

Burns, Annie. Kentucky Genealogies & Historical Recorder, Vol. 5, Washington, DC, nd.

Record of Marriages in Shelby County Kentucky for the Period of Years 1792 to 1851 Inclusive

• Elston, Jonathan - Mary Gist, 12/17/1804
• Elston, Manderville G. - Eliza H. Houseworth, father Abram, 1/11/1831 - not sure if we are related to him, but he was involved with our Young family.

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Clift, Glenn. Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1977, available on Ancestry

The obituary notices have been edited to include a) name of person deceased, b) place of residence, c) wife / husband / parents / survivors, d) date of death.  For purpose of bibliography an abbreviation of the name of the newspaper from which any notice is taken is given with that notice. The notation following any obituary refers in every instance to the year named in the obituary. KG = Kentucky Gazette, R = Lexington Reporter

• Major Armistead Morehead, of Bowling Green, died Aug. 1826, R9/4
• Major Charles Morehead of Logan County, died Nov. 1828, R12/17
• Mrs. Amanda Morehead, consort of Charles S. Morehead of Hopkinsville, daughter of William Leavy of Lexington, died Sunday, July 5, 1829, aged 25 years, R7/15
• Charles Edwin Morehead, formerly of Bowling Green, Ky, died of yellow fever in New Orleans, Aug. 9, 1853; Emma Augusta Morehead, sister of above died same place of yellow fever, Aug. 22, 1853; Charles D. Morehead, father of Charles Edwin & Emma above, form many years he was postmaster at Bowling Green, KY, died of yellow fever in New Orleans, Aug. 23, 1853; Mrs. Eliza A. Morehead, wife of Charles D. & mother of Charles & Emma above, died Aug. 24, 1853, S9/23

Notebook - Virginia #2, Part 1

Crozier, William. Virginia County Records, Vol. I Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1971

Robertson, Robinson, Maulding, Shepard, Breeden, Beazley, Jones, Minor, Taylor, Taliaferro, Morgan

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Heavener, Ulysses. German New River Settlement: Virginia, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.

The First Settlement Beyond the Alleghanies - The caption that furnishes the subject for the first chapter of this narration, as above, is not original with the writer, but has been used by other writers and historians as referring to "Draper Meadows" settlement, as well as to be used in reference to the whole settlement of southwest Virginia; but more especially the "Middle New River Settlements."  The purpose of the writer is to give the subject a restricted sense. Not in the spirit of controversy or antagonism, but merely to arrive at conclusion, based upon indubitable facts the writer is put to the necessity of showing that the "German New River Settlement," centering in and around the "Horse shoe bottoms" of New River and the mouths of [Tom's] and Stroubles Creeks and extending from this center has priority claims over "Drapers Meadows" by several years.

Ahnentafel #424 - John Morehead

Born: between 1745 and 1750 in Prince William Co., Virginia
Died: ca. 1820 in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginia

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) ca. 1765

Occupation: a farmer

Religion: probably a Baptist, his daughters married by John Monroe a Baptist minister. Hamilton Parish created in 1730 has served Stafford, Prince William and Fauquier Counties.  Elk Run Church and Turkey Run Church fell within the bounds of this parish.  No early parish registers have survived. Leeds Parish was created out of a part of Hamilton Parish in 1769, no early parish registers have survived.

Records:

1759 - Fauquier County formed from Prince William County.  It is likely that the Morehead family lived in the western part of Prince William County which became Fauquier and did not move into the new county.

1764 - March 2 - John sells 124 acres in Hamilton Parish that had belonged to his father to Samuel Morehead.

Notebook - Mom's Families No. 1

Cocke, Ellen. Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia, Richmond, VA, The Dietz Press, 1939.

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Hamilton, Emory. "John Duncan Killed at Moore's Fort by Chief Logan," Rootsweb Website,

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History of Massac County, Illinois

Gurley-Hinners - George L. Gurley was born on Route #2 Metropolis, near Unit 1 High School, Oct. 11, 1902. At age five he and his parents and brother John, two years younger, moved to a farm on Route #4. The farm had belonged to George's grandfather John Warren (Jack) Gurley and his grandmother Anna Tilker Copley Gurley. John's parents were John Byrd Gurley and Bertha Alice Arnesman Gurley. They lived on the farm for the rest of their lives. Gurley's have now been on this land for 108 years. George's grandparents on his mother's side were Henry Arensman Sr. and Hannah Tilker Copley Arnesman. The John Byrd Gurley's children are: George L., John B., Alice G., and Helen E. Gurley. 

Mattie Hinners Gurley was born on Metropolis Route #3, now Route 45. Where their home stood is now the Metropolis Truck Stop. Mattie's parents were Frederick (Fritz) and Caroline (Carrie) Moller Hinners. The Children of George and Mattie were: George Melvin born 1929, Lindell Dale born 1932. Both are deceased; Wayne L. Gurley who married Vicki Lynn.  Her parents were Beulah Newton and Basel Newton. Wayne works in sales for the Beckman Turf & Irrigation Supply at Chesterfield, MO.  Vicki teaches third grade. They live at Lake St. Louis, MO.

Notebook - Illinois #2

Atherton, Wanda, Glenna Badgley & Martha McMunn. Pulaski County, Illinois Genealogy Notes, Carterville, IL: Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois, 1988.

Ark Store, a wooden structure, was about a quarter mile west of Lower Salem Church near the west boundary of Massac County, IL.  The store faced east with a pot-bellied stove placed in the rear for warming hands and backsides.  There was a lean-to for storage of extra supplies.  If you had an extraordinary need, Uncle Luther (1884-1960) had it someplace.  Given enough tim,  he found that what you asked for - even mothballs from the house.

The store was first operated by Robert and Maud Smith when the land was owned by H.N. Smith, Maud's dad. (?)  About the time of World War I, the land sold to Will Peck and the Smith's moved to Boaz.  Peck sold to Ernest Easter in the early 1930s.  Luther operated the store from about 1900 - 1939, and the post office was located there for a short time.

Henry Moorehead, son of Alfred born in Virginia and Mary Duheral [Durall] born in North Carolina (Cherokee Indian), was born in Kentucky in 1830.  Henry married Jane Ann Metcalf who was born on Feb. 28, 1835 to Thomas Fleming (1808-1869) and Jane Ann (Graham) Metcalf (1816-1882) of Kentucky.  Henry's home is now the property of Paul Fisher of Karnak route, which once was Ash Ridge and then Hillerman precinct, but is now Logan precinct.  There was a graveyard on the property.  There were six girls in this family; some went to California, including Penelope Clark, the oldest. Viola married George Berry and Minnie (Mrs. Frank Merchant) was their daughter.  Viola married jesse Eaves and their daughter was Margie (Mrs. Stanton Mcintire) of Grand Chain and Mound City.  The oldest daughter Penelope had the care of the home and younger sisters for a while after the death of their mother.

About 1872 Henry married Elizabeth (Turner) Trumbo, widow of Cammellis Trumbo, who had two boys, Ambrose and Issac "Ike."  Am[brose]'s family went to California; Ike's family lived near Hillerman (Gabtown) and then moved to Elgin.  Henry's second family were five boys and sister Birdie (1888-1928). Grandma Moorehead (1843-1923) lived with Luther in the house near the Ark Store during her last years.  Luther was a twin of Arthur, a blacksmith, near Union School.  Brother henry moved to Mound City.  A member of Henry's family was working at the Cairo Hospital a few years ago.  When taking a patient's history, she discovered they had an Uncle Luther in common.  The patient was Birdie's daughter.  The newspaper of Metropolis, March 1911 had an item: Eddie Douglas seems to be safe in the Ark.  Birdie and Ed Douglas were married.  Arthur's oldest daughter married Clyde Douglas, son of William Clinton Douglas.