GENEALOGIES
Source:
Historical Collections of Harrison County in the State
of Ohio
With Lists of the First Land-owners, Early Marriages (to
1841), Will Records (to 1861), Burial Records of the
Early Settlements
and Numerous Genealogies
By Charles A. Hanna
Published New York,
1900
*In the family records given in the following pages,
the names of the children of the first one of the family
to settle in Harrison county are usually preceded by
roman capital numerals (I., II., III., IV., etc.); the
names of the grandchildren, by arabic numerals (1, 2, 3,
4, etc.); and the names of the great-grandchildren by
roman lower-case numerals (i., ii., iii., iv., etc.)
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ROBERT DAVIDSON, a native of
Pennsylvania, removed to Green township, Harrison county, in 1802; m about 1804,
____ Croskey, sister of John Croskey, with whom he came to Ohio;
had issue: 1. Margaret; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Robert; 4.
James; 5. Rachel; 6. William, b. 1822; removed to Iowa in
1877; m. Oct. 10, 1849, Christian Shepler, daughter of Samuel Shepler,
of Green township (had issue: i. Samuel-F., b. Mar. 19, 1850; m. Nov. 18,
1869, Caroline M. Bell, daughter of Francis Bell, a resident of
Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio; ii. James-H.); 7. Mary.
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SAMUEL DAVIDSON, b. in
Allegany county, Md., 1771; was one of a family of thirteen children; his father
was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to Maryland; settled in Washington
township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1812, where a cousin had preceded him; m.
Mary Drake, a native of Pennsylvania; had issue:
I. Lewis, II. Jesse. III.
Jonah, b. in Allegany county, Md., July 4, 1804; d. June 16, 1889; m 1829,
Sarah Joice, d. 1859; had issue: 1. Eliza, b. in Washington township,
Oct. 26, 1832; m. Aug. 4, 1864, James Wilson; d. 1873; son of James
and Sarah Brock Wilson, natives of Virginia, who were among the early
settlers of Moorefield township. IV. Mary. V. Hannah.
VI. Nancy.
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON, b. Nov.
20m, 1747, son of William Davidson, a native of Ireland, who settled in
Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War; m. (1st) before the Revolutionary
War; m. (1st) Rosanna Hutchinson, a native of Wales; . (2d.) Barbara
McDale (by whom he had issue, five sons and three daughters); had issue by
first wife, three sons and two daughters, of whom:
I. Lewis, b. Mar. 23, 1773, in Fayette county, Penn.; removed in 1801 to
the present site of Catlettsburg, Kentucky; a year later located on the French
grant, in Scio county, Ohio, where he remained until 1809, and thence removed to
Freeport, Harrison county, Ohio; served in the War of 1812; m. his cousin,
Mary Davidson, b. in Allegany county, Md., Sept. 23, 1778, daughter of
Lewis and Nancy Todd Davidson; the former was a brother of William
Davidson, Jr.; the letter a native of England. Lewis and Mary
Davidson were m. in Fayette county, Penn., in July, 1798; had issue:
1. William; 2. Nancy, d. in Scioto county, Ohio; 3. Rosanna,
d. in Scioto county; 4. John-S.; 5. Mordecai-W.; 6. Lewis-H.,
b. 1809, in Scioto county; removed with his parents to Harrison county;
settled in Freeport township, Harrison county; was licensed to preach Feb. 8,
1845; m. Jan. 7, 1830, near Moorefield, Harrison county, Lucinda Latham,
b. Sept. 18, 1810, in Fauquier county, Va. (had issue: 1. Isaiah d. in
infancy; ii. Lucy, d. in infancy; iii. Sarah, d. in infancy; iv.
James-M., killed Sept. 20, 1863, in the battle of Chickamauga; v. Mary,
m. _____ McPeck, and settled near Jewett, Harrison county; vi.
Latham-A., settled in West Milford, Harrison county, W. Va.; vii.
Alexander-J., settled in Tucson, Ariz.); 7. Susanna; 8. Mary;
9. Jesse; 10. Thomas-L.; 11. Joseph-C.; 12. Jonathan-S.
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JESSE DE LONG
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DANIEL DEWEY
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ASA DICKERSON, b. 1814; d.
1864; a native of Washington county, Penn., probably of the immediate family of
John and Henry Dickerson removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where he m.
Jane Dunlap, b. in Harrison county, 1814; d. 1873; had issue: 1. Samuel-D.;
settled at Peabody, Kan.; 2. William-H.; 3. Sarah-J., m. Adam
Dunlap; 4. Lydia-E., m. J. E. Carnahan, and settled in Pawnee
county, Neb.; 5. Dunlap, d. in the army during the Civil War; 6.
Granville, settled at Maryville, Mo.; 6. Granville, settled at
Maryville, Mo.; 7. Rebecca-Caroline, m. Joseph McFadden
Hamilton; 8. Adam-J., settled in Lyons, Kan.
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JOHN DICKERSON and HENRY DICKERSON
settled in Amwell (now Franklin) township, Washington county, before 1780,
John apparently having come from Dunbar (now Tyrone) township, Fayette
county, where his name appears on the tax-list in 1772, and where Joshua
Dickerson (1740-1827) had settled about 1770; Joshua and John
were doubtless brothers, and Henry ay have been a third brother, although
more probably the son of John.
John Dickerson d. in Washington county in 1785
(before March), leaving a widow, Ruth (d. before December, 1807), and
children of whom the following were mentioned in his will, written more than
seven years before his death: 1. Susannan; 2. Henry (may have been
the Henry mentioned below); 3. Gideon, d. unm. September-November,
1789; 4. Baruch; 5. Asa, d. January, 1794; m. Lydia____(had
issue: 1. John; ii. William, d. 1860; m. (1st) Sarah
Jolly; m. (2d) Martha Clark); 6. Drusilla.
Henry Dickerson, of Morris township, d.
before Aug. 13, 1825; m. Ann ___; had issue; 1. Joshua, b. in
Washington county, May 3, 1781; d. Apr. 30, 1853; m. (1st) Margaret
McPherson; m. (2d) Cornelia Craig (had issue: i. Joshua-D.;
ii. Nancy; iii. Alexander; iv. John, b. Apr. 13, 1810; d.
Apr. 10, 1865; m. (1st) Mary Adams, daughter of Robert; m.
(2d) Mary Johnson; v. Jane, m. Samuel Walters;
vi. Ruth, m. Lewis Barker; vii. Henry; viii.
Lydia, m. Howard Trusell; ix. Margaret, m. William
Hazlett; x. Matilda); 2. George; 3. Gideon, m.
Eliza Gunn, and removed to Ohio; 4. Henry m. Catharine
Beck and removed to Illinois; 5. Leonard, m. Susan Wolf,
and removed to Ohio; 6. Asa; 7. Margaret, m. ____ McLaughlin;
8. Ruth, m. ____ Reynolds.
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JOSHUA DICKERSON, b. 1740;
d. in Fayette county, Penn., Oct. 10, 1827; came from New Jersey; settled on
what is now called Dickerson's Run, in Dunbar township, near East
Liberty, Fayette county, Penn., about 1770; here, in 1780, he built a grist mill
on the site of the mill now owned by the Oglevee brothers; from this
settlement and its vicinity emigrated to Harrison county the families of
Dunlap, Oglevee, Barricklow, Rankin, and others; Joshua Dickeson had
six sons, Thomas, William, John, Joshua, Levi, and Eli, all of whom
removed to Ohio near the beginning of the present century. Joshua
Dickerson also had, among other daughters, one, Sarah, who
m. Samuel Dunlap; of the sons:
Eli, b. 1768; d. in Harrison county, Nov. 24,
1834; m. Mary _____, 1776; d. Apr. 28, 1831.
Thomas, b. May 19, 1764; d. Dec. 24, 1852; m. in
Fayette county, Mary Curry, b. Jan. 16, 1766; d. Mar. 30, 1853;
emigrated to Harrison county about 1802, and settled at the present site of
Dickerson's church; had issue:
I. Baruch, b. May 21, 1786; d. Oct. 2, 1824; m.
in Harrison county, Elizabeth Holmes, b. near Wellsburg, w. Va.,
daughter of William Holmes and sister of Joseph Holmes; served as
a captain in the War of 1812; had issue:
1. Joshua, b. Nov. 9 1808; m. (1st) 1834, Elizabeth Crumley (d.
1839), whose parents removed from Western Virginia to Harrison county early in
the century; m. (2d) Mary Elliott, b. Dec. 10,1820, daughter of Samuel
(d. 1828) and Nancy Grimes (d. 1830) Elliott, of Belmont
county (had issue by second wife: i. Aaron-M., b. 1845; d. 1875; ii.
Baruch, b. 1846; d. 1864; iii. Thomas; settled near Flushing,
Ohio; iv. Sarah; v. Elizabeth; vi. Theodore; vii. Samuel
d. in infancy; viii. Hiram settled near New Athens; ix. Charles,
settled in Colorado); 2. Susanna, m. Edward Lafferty; 3.
Mary, d. in infancy; 4. Thomas; 5. Mary, m. Arrison
Shotwell, and settled at Glenville, Ohio; 6. Jane, m. Ira
Crumley, and settled in Washington township; 7. William-Wilson,
b. Apr. 12, 1818; settled in Athens township; m. Oct. 17, 1839, Susan
McCoy, daughter of Thomas McCoy, of Athens township (had
issue: i. Baruch, d. in infancy; ii. Thomas, d. in infancy; iii.
Hannah; iv. Granville; v. Winfield; vi. William;
vii. Elizabeth; viii. Clara; ix. Alvin); 8. Elizabeth,
m. Daniel Clemens; 9. Baruch, d. in infancy.
II. Joshua, b. in Fayette county, Penn.; d. Apr.
12, 1850; m. Sarah Dunlap, b. 1779; d. Feb. 25, 1871; had issue:
1. Rebecca, m. Samuel Porter; 2. Joshua; 3. Adam;
4. John, b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Feb. 20, 1878; m. Elizabeth
McFadden, d. Mar. 21, 1887, daughter of Samuel McFadden, of
Cadiz township (had issue: i. Joshua; b. Dec. 15, 1832; ii. Elizabeth,
b. Mar. 2, 1834; m. Thompson McFadden; iii. Sarah, b. Sept.
24, 1836; m. Jacob Webb; iv. Jane, b. Apr. 24, 1838; m.
Hiram Lafferty; v. Samuel C., b. May 19, 1840; vi. John J.,
b. Apr. 29, 1842; vii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 16, 1843; m. Joshua
Dickerson; viii. Margaret, b. Mar. 20, 1845; m. Samuel b. Porter; ix.
William N., b. Dec. 3, 1846; settled near New Athens; m. Oct. 14,
1880, Mary B. McFadden, b. July 19, 1857, daughter of Robert
and Rebecca Dunlap McFadden; x. James M., b.
Dec. 2, 1848; xi. Susan C., b. Dec. 26, 1851; m. Gilmer
Richey; xii. Mary A., b. May 2, 1853; m. Watson Dunlap);
5. Susan; 6. Sarah; 7. William, b. Oct. 7, 1815; m. (1st)
1838, Jane Lafferty, b. 1817; d. Sept. 11, 1864; daughter of
Samuel Lafferty, of Moorefield township; m. (2d) Mary
McMillan; m. (3d) 1881, Margaret Bartow (had issue by first
wife: i. Samuel; ii. Joshua, b. Sept. 2, 1842; m. 1864,
Rebecca Dickerson, daughter of John and Elizabeth
McFadden Dickerson; iii. William, settled in Moorefield
township; iv. John, settled in Illinois; v. Joseph B., b. Oct. 30,
1848; m. 1874, Mary Barrett, daughter of Erasmus Barrett,
of Cadiz township; vi. Margaret, m. John Dickerson, and
settled in Kansas; vii. Sarah, m. ___ Scott; viii. Mary, m.
John Lafferty; ix. Edward); 8. Mary, m. William
Knee; 9. Jane, twin sister to Mary.
III. Thomas, settled in Harrison county
IV. John
V. Joseph, b. 1796; d. in New Athens, 1877; m.
(2d) Mrs. Sarah Ann Cannon Mills, b. July 27,
1820.
VI. Eli
VII. Levi
VIII. Hiram
IX. Jane
X. Susan
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JOHN DOWNS
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ADAM DUNLAP,
b. 1752; d. Jan. 10 1830; removed from Dunbar Township, Fayette county, Penn.,
to Athens township, Harrison county, before 1809; m. Rebecca Work,
b. Dec., 1745; d. Mar. 9, 1846; had issue:
I. Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1772; d. Oct. 2, 1839;
settled in Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1805; m. about 1800,
Sarah Dickerson, a native of Fayette county, Pa.; d. Nov. 11,
1858; daughter of Joshua Dickerson; had issue, among others; 1.
____, m. Nelson Pearce, and settled in Cadiz township; 2. Adam,
b. Apr. 8, 1805; d. Feb. 20, 1883; m. (1st) Margaret Thompson; b.
1824; d. 1863; daughter of David Thompson; m. (2d) Elizabeth J.
Sprott, b. 1829; d. 1871 (had issue by first wife: 1. Sarah, m.
John Porter; ii. Martha, m. Samuel Porter; iii.
Mary, m. J. D. Barricklow; had issue by second wife: iv.
Nancy, m. A. Farrell, and removed to West Virginia; v. Samuel,
d. Jan. 4, 1859; vi. Elizabeth J., m. Robert Holliday, and
settled in Moorefield township; vii. Amanda Adaline, m.
Henry Barto; viii. John A., b. Dec. 11, 1859; m. Mary
H. Chaney, daughter of James and Margaret Chaney;
ix. William S.; x. Clara B., d. young).
II. William, b. 1780; d. Feb. 24, 1865; settled
on the Brushy Fork of Stillwater Creek about 1812-13, later returning to Fayette
county, Penn., and thence removing to Belmont county, Ohio; m. Margaret
Rankin, b. in Fayette county, Penn., 1787; d. May 19, 1838; had issue:
1. Adam, settled in Missouri; 2. James; 3. William,
settled in Missouri; 4. Samuel, b. June 25, 1825; removed to
Belmont county, Ohio; m. (1st) 1844, Elizabeth Jane Bethel,
b. 1827; d. 1858; daughter of James and Mary Brock Bethel, m. (2d) 1859,
Mary E. Bethel; d. 1872; daughter of John and Elizabeth Oglevee Bethel
(had issue by first wife: i. William J.; ii. Margaret, m. A.
Dunlap; iii. Lycurgus M.; iv. Thomas A.; v. Joseph C.;
had issue by second wife: vi. O. E.; vii. Eliza J., m. ____
Compher; viii. Isaac E.; ix. Samuel A.;
x. Cora B.); 4. Margaret; 5. Rebecca.
III. John, b. Jan. 28, 1787; d. Feb. 24, 1874;
m. Nancy Dickerson, a native of Fayette county, Penn.; had issue:
1. Adam; 2. Susan; 3. Mary; 4. Rebecca; 5. Joshua,
b. 1822; d. Sept. 4, 1879; m. 1847, Nancy G. Watson; d. 1884; daughter of
Robert S. Watson (had issue: i. Watson, b. Oct. 13, 1849; m.
sept. 4, 1874, Mary A. Dickerson; ii. Adam C.; ii. Rachel
A., m. J. L. Scott, and removed to Missouri; iv. Mary J.,
m. Winfield Scott, and removed to Missouri; v. Louisa B.,
m. John Webb; vi. Susan, m. John P. Dunlap); 6.
John.
IV. Adam, b. Sept. 15, 1790; d. Sept. 20,
1863; m. 1817, Jane Patterson; had issue: 1. Joseph, b. June 29,
1818; m. February, 1846, Julia Ann Hayes, d. Sept, 3, 1878;
daughter of John and Hannah Hayes, natives of Pennsylvania (had issue:
i. Adam B.; settled in Freeport township; ii. John A.; iii.
Harriet J., m. Israel Howells; iv. Patterson; v.
William H.; vi. Harriet F., m. Israel Shepard; vii.
Mary, m. John Stephenson; viii. A. M., b. 1860;
m. Laura J. Moore, daughter of R. L. and Sophia Moore; ix.
James V.; x. Cora B.; xi. Robert S.; xii. LeGrand E.);
2. Hugh B., b. Feb. 15, 1820; m. Feb. 15, 1844, Elizabeth Dunlap,
daughter of Joseph and Sarah Gilmore Dunlap (had issue: i. Sarah
J., m. Samuel Clemens; ii. Joseph G.; iii. Mary E.;
iv. William A.; v. John P.); 3. Rebecca, d. in
infancy; 4. Nancy; 5. Mary J.; 6. Sarah A.,
b. 1828; 7. Adam, b. 1834; 8. Patterson; 9.
Samuel; 10. John; 11. Robert; 12. William.
V. Joseph, b. in Fayette county, Penn., Oct. 12,
1792; d. Mar. 23, 1878; m. (1st) 1819, Sarah Gilmore, b. Jan. 14,
1800; d. May 18, 1837; daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
Buchanan Gilmore; m. (2d) Mary Anne Robert, d.
1856; m. (3d) 1859, Susan Webb; had issue by first wife; 1.
Samuel, b. May 20, 1820; d. Oct. 19, 1889; m. Oct. 22, 1844, Mary
Rea, b. Dec. 14, 1821, daughter of Joseph and Jane McConnell
Rea, of Green township (had issue: i. Martha, m. J.
McKibben; ii. Sarah, m. ____ Dickerson; iii.
Mary, m. H. Dunlap, of Athens township; iv. Clara B.);
2. Joseph, b. May 30, 1834; m. 1855, Elizabeth Dickerson,
daughter of Adam Dickerson (had issue: i. Sarah, b.
1856; ii. Jane, b. 1858; iii. Lee D., b. 1861;
iv. Crittenden, b. 1862.)
VI. Robert, b. May 11, 1794; d. Mar. 2,
1860; m. 1819, Mary Patterson, d. Sept. 29, 1852; daughter of
Hugh and Nancy Patterson, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Pennsylvania,
where the father died; had issue: 1. Adam, b. Oct. 2 1820; d. 1895;
m. (1st) 1845, Margaret McFadden, d. 1863, daughter of Samuel
McFadden; m. (2d) 1874, Sarah Jane Dickerson, d. 1875 (had issue by
first wife: i. Robert, b. Nov. 14, 1845; m. Apr. 20, 1871,
Margaret McFadden, daughter of John J. McFadden, of Athens township;
ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1847; m. Mar. 16, 1876, Annie R. McFadden,
daughter of John J. McFadden; iii. Mary; iv. Elizabeth;
v. A. J., b. June 14, 1859; m. June 9, 1887, Annie McAdam);
2. Hugh Patterson, b. Oct. 17, 1822; d. Mar. 29, 1894; m. 1845, Sarah
Jane Kennedy, b. 1832; daughter of Napoleon B. and Mary Gilmore Kennedy
(had issue: i. Robert Kennedy; ii. Mary, m. William B.
Scott, and removed to Missouri; iii. John A., d. young;
iv. Joseph B. v. Amanda B.; vi. Samuel P.;
vii. Albert C.); 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1825; d. June 29,
1882; m. 1857, Mary J. Dunlap; d. 1900; daughter of Adam Dunlap
(had issue: i. William F. b. Aug. 2, 1858; m. Oct. 29, 1885, Mary H.
Dunlap, daughter of Samuel Dunlap, of Nottingham township; ii.
Emily J., iii. James P.); 4. Nancy; 5. Rebecca;
6. Mary; 7. Robert.
VII. Mary, b. 1788; d. Mar. 22, 1858;
m. John McFadden, son of John and Margaret Sharp McFadden (see
McFadden Family).
VIII. Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1779; d. Feb. 25, 1871;
m. Joshua Dickerson (see Family of Joshua Dickerson).
IX. Esther, m. ____ Rankin.
X. Rebecca, b. Mar. 31, 1786; d. Mar. 24,
1864; m. (1st) ____ Rankin m. (2d) Alexander (?) Hamilton
XI. Rachel, m. Baruch Oglevee.
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