Sayre Family: Another 100 Years, Volume V

By Ralph Hall Sayre

Thomas Sayre came with his family from England to Lynn, Massachusetts, in the early 1630's. Among descendants of Thomas were clergymen, surgeons, attorneys, ambassadors, and representatives of almost every profession. Francis B., cowboy, professor of law, and ambassador, was son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson. Zelda was the wife of American novelist, F. Scott Fitrzgerald, and subject of one of his books. David A. was a silversmith, banker, and founder of Lexington's Sayre School. Many Sayre descendants were taken by wars in service to America and never had the chance to win recognition for their abilities.
SAYRE FAMILY another 100 years, in a large part, focuses on the early pioneers who came to or passed through the Ohio Valley of West Virginia and Ohio. At least three direct descendants of Thomas had made settlements in that area by the Nineteenth Century. One, David Sayre, came from New Jersey about 1778, and left many descendants who still lived in that area at the beginning of the Twenty-first Century. The bulk of this genealogy covers those, while other Sayre families whose ancestral links were not discovered are also included. The three generations of ancestors above each family block makes tracing easier.

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Ralph Hall Sayre

Ralph Hall Sayre, native West Virginian, was born in the hills of Upshur County. He attended West Virginia University, afterwards serving in the U.S. Army 1962-1966. In 1979, he published Some Branches of THE WORKMAN TREE. He has worked as Quality Control Inspector, Genealogical Records Specialist, and Fingerprint Examiner.

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Information used in the preparation of this book has been collected and assembled by humans. Humans are prone to make mistakes. I have found conflicts in dates by the same persons given to me at different times. I have had different names and/or dates for the same person given to me by different contributors, and in some instances, from the same family. Having no personal knowledge of the individual families or means of confirming all data given to me, I used what I was given in most cases. I tried to be consistent and not change anything. I always requested that data be written and mailed to me, however, some things were given me by phone. Of material received both ways, I could have misunderstood.

Some information, even if correct and appropriate at the time of writing, could seem incorrect when read years later. Divorce, job changes, births, death, etc. cause changes. Dates recorded in family bibles often disagree with dates on tombstones and in the courthouses. There are typos where the fingers misspell and make a number wrong. For instance the date, 1820 may appear as 1920, and 1920 may appear as 1902, etc. I must apologize for my lack of skill, knowledge and use of established standards. Especially to those who were wrongly affected, I apologize.

Particular attention was given to the material compiled for this work to avoid invasion of privacy. I have assumed that everyone who contributed data to me intended me to use it in this genealogy. It will be the responsibility of each reader to respect the privacy and rights of all people named herein. I made every attempt to obtain permission to use information from all sources whether or not a copyright was registered. In the text and with illustrations, I have attempted to credit all contributors and sources, published and unpublished. Any credits that have been overlooked were unintentional, and I offer my most sincere apology. Special care was taken to avoid copyright infringement.

I had no formal training in book writing and computers. In completing this book using computers, I became self-taught and compiled everything using my own logic.

ISBN: 0-595-28066-8

ISBN: 978-1-4759-6781-4 (ebk)

DEDICATION

HILDA, ALAN, LeANNA,

DALTON, and REBECCA SAYRE

for patience, understanding, forgiveness

and companionship on many research expeditions.

ADA RUTH and FRANK SAYRE

without whose commitment, interest and generosity,

this work would not be so complete.

ARNOLD WESLEY SAYRE

who has been there and supported me all my life,

and the best brother any man could have.

WHY-A GENEALOGY-WHY?

"There is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart.

"It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of their ancestors, and of their posterity, who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future, in the transmission of life from their ancestors to their posterity, do not perform their duty to the world.

To be faithful to ourselves, we must keep both our ancestors and their posterity within reach and grasp of our thoughts and our affections, living in the memory and retrospect of the past, and hoping with affections and care for those who are to come after us. We are true to ourselves only when we act with pride for the blood we inherit, and which we are to transmit to those who shall soon fill our places. Daniel Webster

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume V completes the descendants of (#199) David⁵ and Hannah (Frazier) Sayre and includes records of other branches some of which were traceable to the immigrant ancestor, Thomas, while others were incomplete.

Additional notes are given on the allied families of Kinney, Davis, Philson, Hughes, Grim, Thorn, and Darby.

DESCENDANTS OF (#554) BENJAMIN⁶ AND NANCY (TUCKER) SAYRE

DESCENDANTS OF (#555) THOMAS⁶ AND MARTHA (SAMS) SAYRE

DESCENDANTS OF (#556) SARAH⁶ (SAYRE) AND BENJAMIN THORN

DESCENDANTS OF (#557) REBECCA⁶ (SAYRE) AND JEDEDIAH DARBY

DESCENDANTS OF (#558) MOSES⁶ AND GRACE (INGLES) SAYRE

DESCENDANTS OF (#200) BENJAMIN⁵ SAYRE

DESCENDANTS OF (#4) JOSEPH² SAYRE SON OF THOMAS¹

DESCENDANTS OF (#2) FRANCIS² SAYRE SON OF THOMAS¹

NOTE: Some of the numbers at left of names and those enclosed in parenthesis are person numbers assigned by Theodore M. Banta in his SAYRE FAMILY published in 1901. Superscript numbers (raised and smaller) indicate the American generation as descended from the immigrant ancestor, Thomas¹.

SAYRE GROUPS NOT PLACED IN AN ANCESTRAL LINE:

HIRAM SEARS (OR SAYRES)

NANCY (SAYRE) CHAPMAN

WILLIAM HENRY SAYRE

GEORGE SAYRE OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY

CARRIE SAYRE

ZIBA PARKER SAYRE

HENRY K. SAYRE OF OHIO

JEDEDIAH AND CLARINDA SAYRE OF OHIO

HENRY SAYRE OF TENNESSEE

SAYRES IN EARLY MICHIGAN

SAYRE PIONEERS IN KENTUCKY

SAYRE FROM ENGLAND TO IOWA

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

(#1363) DANIEL AND SARAH (STANFORD) SAYRE

(#2801) THOMAS McCORMICK SAYRE

DANIEL S. AND MARY SUSAN (McMILLEN) SAYRE

DANIEL S. SAYRE AND FAMILY

EDWARD A. AND HUGH F. SAYRE WITH FAMILY

HUGH F. SAYRE; LAWRENCE H. SAYRE

(#2809) JONAS W/CHARLES HARVEY SAYRE AND FAMILY

EARLY THORN AND SAYRE SETTLEMENTS (MAP)

(#556) SARAH (SAYRE) THORN TOMBSTONE

THORN REUNION

KEY TO THORN REUNION PHOTO

CARRIE SAYRE’S JOURNEY (MAP)

I began genealogical research about 1960 as my own project. A scrap of paper with birth, marriage, and death dates for my Grandmother Sayre’s family was found in an old trunk that my dad kept. I thought, How neat! I’ll just do that for as many of the family as I can. For more than twenty years I did genealogy for my own pleasure, seldom giving thought that my work would pass on to someone who would want to know where I got my information. About 1980, I became acquainted with Ada Ruth Sayre who had collected an enormous amount of Sayre Genealogy mostly from the Jackson-Mason County, West Virginia area. We combined our research materials.

In 1995, when my employment was taken away, I decided that I would like to be a certified professional genealogist. When I started studying for certification, one thing quickly became clear. I had been lax in citing my sources over all those years. It turns play into work, but in the end, source citations are something nice to have. I went back and tried to locate sources that were not originally recorded, but I was unsuccessful in many cases. So take a tip from someone who learned late, CITE YOUR SOURCES!

In this genealogy, I never used footnotes, but attempted to cite sources in the text. I included three ancestral generations above each family block, then listed up to three generations of descendants under each family block. Where there were more than three generations on one or more of the descendants, I used a plus (+) symbol and moved forward to start a new family block for that descendant. I tried to keep these in order, but in cases you find some out of order, it may be because of my error, or because of the way I received the information. Please take the time and patience to try to understand.

I attempted to write this entire work in past tense. One of the strongest influencing factors for that was the picture of The Old Sayre House opposite page 18 in SAYRE FAMILY by Theodore M. Banta where the caption included the words still standing. That book was reprinted several times, and many descendants made an effort in the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s to go to Southampton to see that house. The book was published in 1901, the house was torn down in 1912, so many visitors to Southampton were somewhat disappointed. Once something is written, circumstances which made it true and factual at the time often change, but the printed words remain unchanged.

Conflicting concerns have arisen from including adopted children. Some have said, Don’t include me if you must identify me as adopted. Others have asked that their adopted children be included without condition or reservation. Others are critical of including adopted children in families other than their own. Some raise eyebrows and point a wicked finger at the illegitimate links. I tried to please as many as possible. I tried to remove the families who asked to be removed. While dealing with the importance of genealogy in its strictest sense, I tried to be accurate in reporting. I compiled this genealogy in the spirit of family and integrity."

Where known, I tried to include cause of death. I consider the most accurate source to be from a person’s death certificate. In many cases, however, it was simply reported by a family member.

Many years and efforts of many people have gone into compiling, proofreading and correcting this material, yet, there will be errors. Once a book is in print, errors cannot be corrected in that print. However, when you find errors you can make notes in your own book, and you can tell other people. A good sharp No. 2 pencil is the best tool I have found for entering notes into books. Ink often bleeds into the paper fibers and becomes unsightly and sometimes unreadable.

APPRECIATION-To all who provided moral support, information, and finances, I express my sincere appreciation. If I were to list all, the list would surely be enormous and someone would surely be missed. When you read this, those of you who contributed will know, but also know that others reading this for the first time will appreciate you most. Those of you who are reading for the first time, know that we tried to accurately provide you a record and lasting memorial to the Sayre family.

Ralph Hall Sayre, 2003

DESCENDANTS OF (#554) BENJAMIN AND NANCY (TUCKER) SAYRE

554. BENJAMIN⁶ SAYRE was born 21 April 1774 in Elizabethtown Township, Essex County, New Jersey. At an unusually young age, for some unknown reason, Benjamin received a land grant of 400 acres situated on Middle Island Creek, part of which was included in the formation of Tyler County recorded at Richmond, Virginia 30 July 1786. Benjamin married (by Rev. James Fleming) in Monongalia County 12 March 1795 NANCY ANN TUCKER who was born about 1779 in Virginia. She was a daughter of Henry Tucker who was born in Maryland about 1744. She may have been a sister to a William Tucker who married in Harrison County 1808 Margaret Ash, and had land on Booths Creek. He, reportedly, had a sister, Nancy Ann, and he died 1843 in Meigs County, Ohio.

The surname Tucker is believed to be English occupational—a fuller, or walker of cloth (Bardsley, DS, 768). The noun is derivative of the Old English verb, tucian meaning to torment. Of the surnames deriving from the work of the fuller, Tucker apparently came from southwest England. Lands were claimed on the waters of Booths Creek by Henry Tucker to include his settlement made in the year 1775. (Taylor County, Brinkman, chaper 1) Ref.: The Monongalia Story, Volume I, Earl L. Core, p. 291.

District Court Monongalia County, Virginia, Thomas Laidley was summoned to answer Benjamin Sayre in a plea of debt of $20 due by note 11 January 1798. Demand note was signed 7 October 1797. Ref. Envelope 54.

Tyler County was formed in 1814 from Ohio County. Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from Harrison, Lewis, and Wood Counties. Doddridge County was formed in 1845 from Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties. On several trips into the areas of Tyler and Doddridge counties, I failed to locate cemetery markers for Benjamin and Nancy.

Benjamin Sayre and wife, Nancy conveyed to Solomon Sayre, a tract or part of 400 acres granted to Benjamin in 1786. The land (partial on which he lived was reserved) was situated upon waters of Middle Island Creek. Tyler County Deed Book 1, page 432, 10 June 1822. Benjamin Sayre filed on 200 acres in 1825 situated on the left fork of Arnold’s Creek, a branch of Middle Island Creek.

His story was erroneously recorded in T. M. Banta’s SAYRE FAMILY in 1901. Historians for the reunions of descendants of Jedediah Sayre, Benjamin’s brother, recorded that Benjamin was drowned when dragged under by a water wheel of a grist mill on which he was working. Public land records indicate that his death occurred about or during the year 1829. 1830 and 1840 census reports indicate an older woman, (Nancy) was in the household of Hiram Sayre. It is believed that Nancy died sometime after 1846 in Doddridge County, (West) Virginia.

Tyler County DEED BOOK #2, Page 463 dated 10 June 1829 mentions Nancy Sayre, widow and five other surviving heirs of Benjamin: Snoden and Mary (Sayre) Kinney; Squire and Lydia Sayre; Manuel and Hannah (Sayre) Dotson; John and Susannah (Sayre) Dotson; and Hiram and Mary Sayre conveyed land where Benjamin Sayre resided at his death to Solomon Sayre. Children of Benjamin and Nancy (Tucker) Sayre:

1.   MARY SAYRE married 1st, JAMES JARVIS; 2nd, SNOWDEN SLATER KINNEY. +

2.   SOLOMON MOSES SAYRE married LYDIA DAVIS. +

3.   SQUIRE C. SAYRE married LIDDIA DAVIS. +

4.   HANNAH SAYRE married EMANUEL D. DOTSON.+

5.   HIRAM T. SAYRE married MARY J. SMITH.+

6.   SUSANNAH SAYRE married JOHN DOTSON. +

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[1830 and 1840 Virginia Census records show the families of Snowden Kinney, Hiram, Squire, and Solomon Sayre in Tyler County. John and Manuel Dotson families were in Harrison County. Counties were being formed from this area after 1840. In 1843, Ritchie was formed from parts of Harrison, Lewis, and Wood. Then in 1845 Doddridge was formed from parts of Ritchie, Tyler, Harrison, and Lewis. Therefore, establishment of new county boundaries could have placed these families in the different counties without them actually moving. RS]

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MARY⁷ SAYRE was born about 1796 in Monongalia County, Virginia. She married 1st, in Tyler County about 1816 JAMES JARVIS who died about 1827 or 1828. Mary Jarvis married 2nd, 17 February 1829 SNOWDEN SLATER KINNEY, who was born 11 August 1803 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Census records (1880) in some cases indicate a Virginia birth place for Snowden; others give Pennsylvania. Mary died 8 March 1875 and Snowden died 21 August 1889 West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Burial was in Coleman Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

KINNEY

It is possible, but not certain, that the Kinney surname descended from McKinney. There is evidence that the Kinney family of Doddridge County and Snowden descended from one David Kinney, born about 1755 in New Jersey. David served in the Revolutionary War from Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. He moved first, about 1793 to George’s Creek, Maryland, then to Greene County, Pennsylvania about 1797. He died there in Aleppo Township 28 November 1835. His wife, Elizabeth, whom he married in March 1782, was born about 1761 and died between 1845 and 1850. Their children were John, David, George, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, James, Anna, Margaret and Christney.

Sources: Family Info from J. David Kinney; Will of David Kinney, Sr., Greene County, PA Will Book; Revolutionary War Pension File (both for David and his widow); Cornerstone Clues, 11/1985 Greene Co Genealogical Society Newsletter; Marriage Data of David, Jr., George and James: from Kelvin Buchanan;

Last Will and Testament of John Kinney Doddridge County, WV, Will Book 1, page 15; and Marriage Data of John: from Pat Pulasky.

John Kinney was born the 28th of January 1783 or 1784. He married 1st Elizabeth White and 2nd Eleanor Tucker. He married 1st 29 March 1803 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth White who was born 18 May 1785 to Israel and Sarah (Slater) White. After Elizabeth died, John married 2nd Eleanor Tucker who was born 26 February 1792 in Monongalia County, (W) Virginia to Henry and Mary Tucker. She died in Doddridge County in 20 October 1855. John died in July 1855 in Doddridge County, (W) Va. Burial was in the Kinney Cemetery, Doddridge, West Virginia. John and Elizabeth had children: Snowden; Israel; James; David.; Sarah; Mary; John; George; Isaac; Elizabeth; Nancy; Eliza and Elmina. (Names in Kinney Family Bible).

I would like to quote a couple of entries from The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Nutter’s Fork Community, 1927, by Lily Smith Corathers. "John Kinney, Sr. was another old time resident of Nutter’s Fork. There were three sons: George, a carpenter; Israel, a farmer, and a third son, Snowden (also a farmer).

"The older residents of this community now tell the story of Rock Run Billy Davis and Snowden Kinney who killed an enormous wolf with an axe. There was some kind of neighborhood gathering, a log-rolling perhaps, at what is now known as the Ford farm. (Snowden Kinney, Sr., lived there at that time.)

"The wolf came along and was at once set upon by all the dogs that were present. They soon brought it to bay in a corner of the worm fence. In spite of all they could do, the dogs failed to dislodge the wolf, but were severely slashed every time they got in reach of its murderous fangs. At last Davis noticed the animal’s tail protruding from a crack in the fence, whereupon he proceeded to get a firm handhold on that member, while Kinney got an axe and started to help the dogs.

After having one leg badly lacerated, Kinney dealt the blow which brought Sir Wolf to his untimely end."

In the 1861 formation of the Statehood of West Virginia, on the list of delegates from Doddridge County was one S. S. Kinney. Ref. #6.

Tyler County personal property appraisement of the estate of James Jarvis, deceased, dated 11 November 1826, names Benjamin Sayre as administrator. Personal property sale of the same James Jarvis estate, dated January 1826 lists Benjamin and his sons as some of the purchasers and Benjamin as administrator.

Children by James Jarvis:

1.   SOLOMON JARVIS, b. about 1826.

2.   (female) JARVIS, died before 1850.

Children by Snowden Slater Kinney:

3.   BENJAMIN J. KINNEY, twin, married 1st, ADALINE ALMEDA THORN; married 2nd, LEONA WELCH.+

4.   JOHN SNOWDEN KINNEY, twin, married DEBORAH BOND.+

5.   DAVID W KINNEY married HARRIET GATRELL. +

6.   SUSAN KINNEY, b. 1836 on Middle Island Creek in Tyler County, (West) Virginia. She married 1st, 8 September 1856 in Doddridge County, (West) Virginia, JOSEPH SMITH. She married 2nd, 24 June 1862 JOHN C. WAGGY who was born about 1829 in Ohio. Child:

i. JOSEPH SMITH, b. about 1857.

7. RUSSELL J. KINNEY, b. in August 1842; married 25 December 1866 AMANDA L. HULL who was born in February 1841. The 1880 Census listed Russell’s occupation as carpenter. Children born in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

i.   ELLSWORTH KINNEY, b. 30 May 1868.

ii.   LUCY KINNEY, b. 28 June 1870.

iii.   FRANKLIN L. KINNEY, b. 25 September 1872; married about 1903 AGNESS () who was born about 1878 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

a.   VIRGINIA KINNEY, b. about 1908.

b.   JOSEPH KINNEY, b. in March 1910.

iv.   SALLIE KINNEY, b. in July 1875.

v.   SARAH JENNIE KINNEY, b. 16 October 1877.

vi.   GUY KINNEY, b. 1880; d. 16 October 1881.

vii.   GUSSIE KINNEY, b. 5 December 1883.

8. ISRAEL J. KINNEY, b. about 1843; married 23 October 1862 VIRGINIA GATRELL who was born about 1846. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

i.   AMANDA L. ROSANA KINNEY, b. 29 April 1866.

ii.   BYRON B. KINNEY, b. about 1869.

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BENJAMIN J. ⁸ KINNEY, twin, was born 5 November 1829 on Middle Island Creek, Tyler, (West) Virginia. He married 1st, 7 September 1852 ADALINE ALMEDA THORN who was born about 1836 in Virginia. She died 8 May 1867. Benjamin married 2nd, 23 September 1867 in Doddridge County, West Virginia, LEONA WELCH who was born about 1846 in Virginia. Other sources gave her name Lenore and Leonora. Benjamin died 23 March 1879 West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children of Benjamin J. and Adaline A. (Thorn) Kinney:

1.   JOHN S. KINNEY married SARAH JANE TUCKER. +

2.   MARY VIRGINIA KINNEY, b. 23 March 1856.

3.   DAVID H. KINNEY, b. 29 July 1858; d. September 1859.

4.   ELIZABETH KINNEY, b. in April 1862; married 6 April 1880 JEFFERSON LEE DAVIS who was born 29 October 1862 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia to Stephen Tharp and Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Davis. He died 3 January 1929 in Denver, Colorado. Burial was in Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia. Children born in Doddridge County, West Virginia:

i.   DELPHIA DAVIS b. 17 January 1881.

ii.   CLAUD T. DAVIS, b. March 1883; d. 21 Aug 1916, buried: Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison, WV.

iii.   PEARL VIRGINIA DAVIS, b. in July 1885.

iv.   ELLA C. DAVIS, b. in September 1887.

v.   JAMES BERNARD DAVIS, b. August 1890.

5.   BENJAMIN W KINNEY, b. 25 December 1865. Children of Benjamin J. and Leona (Welch) Kinney:

6.   JAMES S. KINNEY, b. February 1869; married 29 August 1894 in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia MONA L. McCLAIN who was born in September 1871. He died in 1917. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Child:

i. WILDRED KINNEY, b. December 1899.

7.   AMOS W KINNEY, b. about 1871; d. 5 October 1873, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

8.   LEWIS T. KINNEY, b. 1 December 1872.

9.   BIRDIE V. KINNEY, b. 23 September 1874.

10.   CHARLES C. KINNEY, b. 1 February 1877.

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JOHN S. ⁹ KINNEY was born at West Union, Doddridge, (West) Virginia in June 1854. He married 26 March 1874 in West Union, West Virginia, SARAH JANE TUCKER who was born in January 1856 at West Union. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

1.   MARY A. KINNEY, b. about 1876; married 7 March 1896 CHARLES BENJAMIN SPURR.

2.   LLOYD KINNEY married MARY JANE GAINS. +

3.   HARVEY HENRY KINNEY, b. 17 June 1882; married 13 June 1932 NAN LONGSTIETH. Harvey died 16 June 1951.

4.   EMMA JANE KINNEY, b. 16 October 1883; married 13 December 1907 ISAAC GAINS who was born 1 February 1883 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

5.   MINNIE MAGDALINE KINNEY, b. 26 April 1886; married 28 June 1902 ISAAC HENRY CARRICO. Minnie died 21 July 1958.

6.   LUCY O’NEIL KINNEY, b. 17 March 1889; married 16 November 1909 JAMES SCOTT. Lucy died 17 September 1980.

7.   RALPH CLAUDE KINNEY, twin, b. 10 July 1891; married 6 December 1913 BEULAH CARROL. Ralph died 6 August 1951.

8.   ETHEL MAUDE KINNEY, twin, b. 10 July 1891; married CLEVELAND WEAVER.

9.   ROY GLENN KINNEY, b. 6 May 1896.

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LLOYD¹⁰ KINNEY was born at West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia 23 January 1879. He married 8 April 1898 in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, MARY JANE (MOLLY) GAINS who was born 21 April 1881, Arnold’s Creek, West Virginia. Lloyd died 15 (or 17) February 1941 at West Union. Burial was 17 February 1941. She died 10 August 1964 at Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia. Burial was 14 August 1964 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children:

1.   RALPH McCLELLAND KINNEY, b. 24 September 1899, Blandville, Doddridge, West Virginia. Ralph died 4 February 1966.

2.   MARIE KATHERINE KINNEY, b. 12 February 1901, Blandville, Doddridge, West Virginia; married 19 September 1919 OLIN FURT. Marie died 13 September 1972.

3.   CURTIS MONROE KINNEY, b. 23 May 1903, Blandville, Doddridge, West Virginia; married 15 June 1929 YNEZ CELINA SUGGS. Curtis died 19 June 1961.

4.   RUSSELL KINNEY, b. 30 June 1905, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia; married 25 October 1932 RUTH NICKELSON.

5.   IREVA KINNEY, b. 7 October 1907, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia; married DAVID STANSBURY. Ireva died 13 July 1978.

6.   DENNISON KINNEY, b. 27 February 1910, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. He died at West Union, Doddridge in 1915.

7.   SARAH KINNEY, b. 18 January 1912 West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. She died 18 June 1933.

8.   JOHN KINNEY, b. 24 September 1914, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. He died 24 September 1914.

9.   GEORGE KINNEY, b. 12 March 1915; m. 1st MARGIE SICKMAN; m. 2nd MARGOT MARIAKUMZI.

10.   GLADYS KINNEY, b. 20 March 1918, Doddridge County, West Virginia; married EDWARD WILLSON.

11.   LLOYD KINNEY, b and d. 8 March 1921, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

12.   OPAL VIRGINIA KINNEY married CARL ALEX LEE SIX. +

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OPAL VIRGINIA¹¹ KINNEY was born 17 June 1922. She married CARL ALEX LEE SIX who was born 15 September 1921 to Oscar and Sarah Belle (Crihfield) Six at Hundred, Wetzel, West Virginia. Children: 1. JERRY LYNN SIX, b. 29 April 1947, Salt Lake City, Utah; married 14 February 1968 in Belton, Texas, HAZEL FENN. Children born in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio:

i.   SHIRLENA MARIE SIX, b. 11 January 1970 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.

ii.   DEBBIE LANETTE SIX, b. 4 July 1972 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; married PAUL HORNBECK. Children:

a.   STEVEN PAUL HORNBECK, b. 10 September 1992, Athens, Athens, Ohio.

b.   DARREN HORNBECK, b. April 1994, Athens, Athens, Ohio.

iii.   ANTHONY LAMAR SIX, b. 24 December 1974, Logan, Hocking, Ohio.

iv.   JARED LEE SIX, b. 6 October 1978, Athens, Athens, Ohio.

v.   KRISTY LAUREEN SIX, b. 17 October 1981, Athens, Athens, Ohio.

vi.   CINDY DARLING SIX, b. 7 July 1984, Athens, Athens, Ohio.

2.   MARY CARLENE SIX, b. 4 March 1951; married HERBERT WRIGHT.

3.   CONNIE SUE SIX, b. 24 June 1954; married JAMES CARDER.

4.   SARAH DIANE SIX, b. 4 February 1955; married STEVE LAMBERT.

5.   TOMMY LLOYD SIX, b. 8 August 1956; married 16 September 1978 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, ROSE MARIE JACKSON.

6. DONNA MARIE SIX, b. 30 September 1960; married 19 June 1982 TIMOTHY ALAN LISTER, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.

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JOHN SNOWDEN⁸ KINNEY, twin, was born 5 November 1829 on Middle Island Creek, Tyler, Virginia. He married 14 August 1855 in West Union, Doddridge, (West) Virginia DEBORAH BOND who was born 14 October 1839 to Benjamin Barney and Mary (Smith) Bond. John Snowden Kinney died 5 May 1907. Burial was in Coleman Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children:

1.   LAURA ALICE KINNEY, b. 3 January 1858; married in Doddridge County, West Virginia 3 August 1878 NOAH EDWARD DUCKWORTH. Laura died in 1913. Children:

i.   HARRY T. DUCKWORTH, b. 23 August 1887.

ii.   FRANK DUCKWORTH, b. 28 May 1890.

2.   SYLVESTER B. KINNEY, b. 18 November 1859; married 1882 in Doddridge County MARIA ELIZABETH SMITH who was born about 1861. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

i.   AUDRY KINNEY, b. 1893.

ii.   NANCY KINNEY, b. 1896.

3.   LINNA LEOTA KINNEY, b. 19 September 1861; married 2 August 1887 in Doddridge County, West Virginia ANDREW DAVISSON. Linna died 15 January 1946 at Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia.

4.   THOMAS G. KINNEY, b. 23 June 1863.

5.   WILLIAM DEAN KINNEY married 1st, AMANDA JENNIE BROWN; married 2nd, SAMANTHA WISE.+

6.   ELIZABETH SUSAN KINNEY, b. 16 August 1867 West Union

7.   OTHA WAGGY KINNEY, b. 12 March 1870 West Union

8.   EMZY E. KINNEY, b. 2 August 1873, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia; d. 7 August 1873. Burial was in Coleman Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

9.   SAMUEL WESTFALL KINNEY, b. 16 February 1874, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia; [may have married Camilla Childers]. He died 27 April 1955.

10.   IDA FRANCES KINNEY, b. 26 October 1876; married in March 1898 at Marietta, Ohio, ERNEST OZRO FORD who was born 26 March 1869 at Buckeye Run, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children:

i.   HAROLD HERBERT FORD, b. 24 December 1898, Middle Island Creek, Doddridge, West Virginia.

ii.   IRENE FAYE FORD, b. 29 September 1901, Big Battle, Doddridge, West Virginia.

iii.   HADSAL M. FORD, b. 22 June 1904, Middle Island Creek, Doddridge, West Virginia.

11.   (male) KINNEY, b. in October 1879.

12.   NANCY OLIVE KINNEY, b. 26 December 1880, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. She died 20 May 1975.

13.   LATON KINNEY, b. 9 July 1883, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

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WILLIAM DEAN⁹ KINNEY was born 20 July 1865 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. He married in Doddridge County, West Virginia 1st, 29 May 1889, AMANDA JENNIE BROWN who was born 9 February 1869. She died 29 May 1900 at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. William married 2nd, about 1902 SAMANTHA WISE who was born about 1865. William died 13 July 1948 at Bridgeport, Harrison, West Virginia. Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison, West Virginia. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, first marriage:

1.   EDNA MAY KINNEY married MARTIN ANCEL NATHANIEL KEARNS. +

2.   OTERBEIN WEAVER KINNEY, b. 20 June 1892; d. in October 1967 at Bridgeport, Harrison, West Virginia.

3.   CORLEY KINNEY, b. 4 July 1894; married about 1917 in Doddridge County, West Virginia ELIZABETH (), who was born about 1901 in West Virginia. Corley died in July 1972 at Weston, Lewis, West Virginia. Child:

i. ELMA KINNEY, b. in May 1918, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

4.   JOHN RAY KINNEY, b. in April 1897; d. 17 October 1902, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

5   HERBERT WILLIAM KINNEY, b. in May 1899; d. 1902, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

Child of second marriage:

6   CLYDE KINNEY, b. about 1903.

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EDNA MAY¹⁰ KINNEY was born 24 March 1890 West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. She married in Doddridge County, West Virginia 1st, 27 January 1908 MARTIN ANCEL NATHANIEL KEARNS who was born at Weston, Lewis, West Virginia 16 July 1889. Edna died 12 May 1964 at Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia. Martin died at Grass Run near Bristol, West Virginia 22 February 1965. Burial was at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. Children:

1.   HAZEL MAY KEARNS, b. 30 May 1909; married 27 April 1943 ROY SWIGER. Hazel died 3 November 1954 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.

2.   EDWARD ANCEL KEARNS married 1st, LORRAINE PEARL ADAMS; married 2nd, EVA MYERS PALMER. +

3.   JOHN DEAN KEARNS, b. 13 May 1913; married 1 April 1949, FREDA (). John died in February 1980 in Ohio.

4.   ELIZABETH JANE KEARNS married GLENN OTIS TAYLOR. +

5.   IRELAND REED KEARNS, b. 17 April 1917 Quiet Dell, Harrison, West Virginia; married 1st, 1938 JEAN COTTRILL. They were divorced. He married 2nd, 29 December 1950 in Richmond, Virginia LYIS BERYL ELLIOTT who was born 24 September 1914.

Children of first marriage:

i. FRENCH PATRICK KEARNS, b. 1940.

ii.   ROBERT IRELAND KEARNS

iii.   LANA JEAN KEARNS

Child by second marriage:

iv.   LYNN ELLEN KEARNS, b. 20 August 1959, Alexandria, Virginia; married 7 April 1989 DOUGLAS KENERSON.

6.   MARGARET LOUISE KEARNS, b. 17 October 1919; d. 18 October 1919.

7.   HAROLD LESTER KEARNS, b. 16 April 1923; d. 29 May 1979 Fairfax, Virginia. Burial was at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia.

8.   MARTHA JEAN KEARNS, b. 11 April 1929; married 19 February 1948 LEON ANDRE who was born 23 February 1929. They were divorced. Children:

i.   KAREN LEA ANDRE, b. 4 September 1950 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married ALBERT MARSHALL. They were divorced. Child born in Clarksburg, West Virginia:

a. TRACEY MARSHALL, b. 7 December 1970.

ii.   DEBRA JEAN ANDRE, b. 19 December 1952 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married GREG BLAIR who was born 4 August 1950. Children:

a.   ANREA GAIL TANGARO BLAIR, b. 3 August 1972 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia.

b.   JASON BLAIR, b. 23 November 1978 San Diego, San Diego, California.

iii.   BRENDA MAY ANDRE, b. 29 May 1958 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married BUDDY ALBERT JAGGIE. Child:

a. BRANDON ALBERT JAGGIE, b. 2 June 1981 Woodbridge, Virginia.

iv.   MARY BETH ANDRE, b. 6 March 1964 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia.

8.   MARTHA JEAN KEARNS, b. 11 April 1929; married 19 February 1948 LEON ANDRE who was born 23 February 1929. They were divorced. Children:

9.   PATRICIA LEE KEARNS, married 22 September 1951 JAMES ELWOOD SMITH who was born 23 April 1929 and died 1 November 1979. Patricia died in Virginia. Children:

i.   MARK ALLEN SMITH, b. 6 January 1956.

ii.   ERIC JAY SMITH, b. 24 June 1959.

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EDWARD ANCEL¹¹ KINNEY was born 18 October 1911 West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia. He married 1st, 25 December 1947, LORRAINE PEARL ADAMS. They were divorced. He married 2nd, 24 December 1948 EVA MYERS PALMER who was born 22 October 1927. Children:

1. DAPHNE MARIE KEARNS, b. 13 September 1949; married 1st, 11 May 1968 ROGER FLEMING DAVIS-SON. They were divorced. She married 2nd, about 1980 STEVEN KIDD. They were divorced. Children: i. PAUL EDWARD DAVISSON, b. 20 March 1972.

ii. GREGORY LEE KIDD, b. 22 June 1981.

2. JANET SUE KEARNS, b. 24 March 1954; married 22 June 1973 MARK ELERY CONRAD. Children:

i.   MARK NICHOLAS CONRAD, b. 4 May 1974.

ii.   LORI ANN CONRAD, b. 19 December 1978.

iii.   BENJAMIN MICHAEL CONRAD, b. 22 November 1982.

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ELIZABETH JANE¹¹ KEARNS was born 27 March 1915 in West Union Doddridge, West Virginia. She married 27 January 1934 in Red House, Maryland GLENN OTIS TAYLOR who was born 14 August 1904, Bula, West Virginia. They were divorced. He died at Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia 31 January 1988. Burial was at Salem, Harrison, West Virginia 3 February 1988. Elizabeth died 12 October 1993 at Kankakee, Illinois. Children:

1.   GLEN DAY TAYLOR, b. 26 October 1934 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 8 November 1957 ROSE MARIE COOPER who was born in Wathena, Kansas 21 February 1938. Children:

i.   GLEN DAY TAYLOR II, bd. 6 February 1959 Phoenix, Mesa, Arizona.

ii.   JEFFREY WAYNE TAYLOR, b. 20 May 1960, S. Ruislip Air Force Base, England; married in DelRio, Texas 27 January 1987 BELINDA DEAN KARL who was born 23 May 1963 at Jackson, Mississippi.Children:

a.   WILLIAM ANTHONY KARL TAYLOR, b. 11 May 1981 DelRio, Texas.

b.   CASSIE ANN TAYLOR, twin, b. 17 April 1995 California.

c.   BENJAMIN RYAN TAYLOR, twin, b. 17 April 1995.

iii.   KIM RENEA TAYLOR, b. 27 October 1962 Edwards Air Force Base, California.

2.   FRANKLIN LEE TAYLOR, b. 18 October 1936, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married 17 August 1959 in Wilsonburg, West Virginia RHODA REBECCA HUSTEAD who was born 15 October 1941 at Wilsonburg, West Virginia. Children:

i.   MARK FRANKLIN TAYLOR, b. 11 October 1960, Gary, Indiana.

ii.   GLEN WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. 29 October 1961, Gary, Indiana.

iii.   MARSHA MAY TAYLOR, b. 8 February 1968, Joliet, Indiana. She married 1st, in Illinois, 29 June 1985 BROCK HUNT. They were divorced. She married 2nd, 16 June 1990 in Tampa, Florida, WILLIAM CALLAHAM who was born 20 September 1958. Children:

a.   RAQUEL HUNT, b. 16 January 1986.

b.   SHAWNIE LEE CALLAHAM, b. 19 May 1991, Tampa. Florida.

iv.   SARA ELIZABETH TAYLOR, b. 1 May 1970 Chicago Heights, Illinois; married 19 July 1991 in Momence, Illinois, DAN RUSSELL WOLDHUIS who was born 1 July 1970 in Illinois. Children:

a.   TREVOR RUSELL WOLDHUIS, b. 14 February 1992.

b.   JACOB ALLEN WOLDHUIS, b. 19 August 1995.

v.   LUANNA REBECCA TAYLOR, b. 17 April 1975, Chicago Heights, Illinois; married 15 November 1995 in Florida, ROBBIE JOE SOULE who was born 5 August 1970. Child:

a.   CORAY DAYNE TAYLOR, b. 20 March 1994 in Florida.

b.   KAITLYN JEAN SOULE, b. 9 April 1996 Englewood, Florida.

3.   JO ANN TAYLOR, b. 13 October 1939 Quiet Dell, Harrison, West Virginia; married 5 April 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland PATRICK GLEN ADAMS who was born at Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia 22 March 1936. Children:

i.   SONYA MARIE ADAMS, b. 28 March 1959, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married 23 May 1979 in Canton, Ohio MARK MANLEY DULABAHN who was born at Massillon, Ohio 6 January 1958. Children born Massillon, Stark, Ohio:

a.   JUSTIN DANIEL DULABAHN, b. 5 February 1981.

b.   NATHAN ANDREW DULABAHN, b. 31 December 1992.

c.   THOMAS EDWIN DULABAHN, b. 23 October 1994.

ii.   PATRICK CLIFTON ADAMS, b. 21 May 1963 Canton, Ohio; married 9 August 1990 in Japan FUMIE KOYAMA who was born 29 September 1960 in Tokyo, Japan. Children:

a.   ARISA W. ADAMS

b.   AKARI J. ADAMS

c.   ANNA H. ADAMS

iii.   JANA MICHELLE ADAMS, b. 29 May 1964 Canton, Ohio; married Canton, Stark, Ohio, 27 September 1986 FLOYD ARTHUR MORGAN who was born 21 January 1965 in Minnesota. Children of Floyd A. and Jana M. (Adams) Morgan:

a.   SCOTT ANTHONY MORGAN, b. 6 December 1987, Hampton, Virginia.

b.   MICHAEL STEVEN MORGAN, b. 27 December 1988, Canton, Stark, Ohio.

iv.   CRAIG STEPHEN ADAMS, b. 13 April 1979 Canton, Ohio.

4.   SHARON SUE TAYLOR, b. 17 October 1944 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married at Boron, California 12 October 1963 VIRGIL DALE DOBBS who was born at Twin Falls, Idaho 4 November 1940. Children:

i.   ELIZABETH ANN DOBBS, b. 2 August 1964 Ridgecrest, California; married 5 November 1988 in Glendale, California HECTOR OSVALDO PUJOL who was born 2 May 1965 Rosairio, Argentina. Children:

a.   CRISTINA LAUREN PUJOL, b. 21 January 1993, Verdugo Hills, California.

b.   ANNA ELIZABETH PUJOL, b. 12 November 1995, Glendora, California.

ii.   MICHAEL DALE DOBBS, b. 31 May 1967, Lancaster, California; married 26 June 1994 SUSAN JILL COMINE who was born 11 April 1970. Child:

a. JACOB CASURTO, (son of Michael Dale Dobbs), b. 11 November 1992 Pamona, California.

5.   PAMELA KAY TAYLOR, b. 14 July 1946 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married at Las Vegas, Nevada 17 February 1965 JOHANNES BARTHOLOMUE VANDENBURGH who was born 12 September 1943. They were divorced. Children:

i. MELISSA SUE VANDENBURGH, b. 24 September 1965; married 1st, 8 February 1986 CORKY BEUTIEN. They were divorced. She married 2nd, 20 August 1988 STEVEN BECHARD. They were divorced. She married 3rd, KEVIN STOLZENBACH who was born 1964. Children: a. ANDREW BEUTIEN, b. 24 November 1986 Kankakee, Illinois.

b.   DANIELLE BECHARD, b. 25 January 1985.

c.   SAMANTHA BECHARD, b. 7 June 1989.

ii.   DENISE RENEE VANDENBURGH, b. 24 December 1966 West Covina, California; married 1st RICHARD MERRILL who was born in 1959; married 2nd KENDALL COWGEN. Child:

a. TYLER RYAN MERRILL, b. 1995.

iii.   ELIZABETH LYNNE VANDENBURGH, b. 12 August 1971 in Florida.

6. JEFFREY LYN TAYLOR, b. 16 December 1953, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia; married in Florida, 7 July 1972 CAROL COOPER who was born 11 February 1954. Children:

i.   JUSTIN TAYLOR, b. 28 February 1982 Daytona, Florida.

ii.   ALEXANDRIA TAYLOR, b. 23 August 1988 Tampa, Florida.

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DAVID W. ⁸ KINNEY was born 17 November 1834 on Middle Island Creek, Tyler, (West) Virginia. He married twice. He married 2nd, about 1860 in Doddridge County, West Virginia, HARRIET GATRELL who was born May 1843 in Doddridge County. David died 9 November 1901, West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia. Children born at West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia:

1.   JOHN KINNEY, b. about 1852.

2.   MARY KINNEY, b. about 1855.

Children of David W and Harriet (Gatrell) Kinney:

3.   CHARLES P. KINNEY, b. 22 March 1861.

4.   HANNAH KINNEY, b. about 1863.

5.   WILLIAM H. KINNEY, b. about 1865. 4. MARY E. KINNEY, b. 17 October 1866.

6.   ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) KINNEY, b. about 1867.

7.   KATE KINNEY, b. about 1869.

8.   EDMAN JAMES KINNEY, b. 12 June 1871; married about 1900 in Doddridge County, West LENA () who was born about 1869 in Ohio. Children:

i.   MARIE KINNEY, b. about 1901.

ii.   DORSEN KINNEY, b. about 1902.

9.   WALTER KINNEY, b. about 1873.

10.   ALBERT KINNEY, b. about 1875, West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia; died 28 May 1934.

11.   LENORA A. KINNEY, b. 3 August 1878.

12.   EARL B. KINNEY, b. 15 May 1883. Married. Child:

i. LAWRENCE KINNEY, b. about 1908.

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DANIEL SAYRE-4 REBECCA BOND

DAVID SAYRE-5 HANNAH FRAZIER

BENJAMIN SAYRE-6 NANCY ANN TUCKER

SOLOMON MOSES⁷ SAYRE was born 30 March 1799 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia. He married (by Zebulon Maxwell) 15 August 1821 in Harrison County, Virginia, LYDIA DAVIS who was born 23 June 1799 at Salem, then Harrison County to James and Elizabeth (Davis) Davis. (Harrison County Marriage Book 1, page 123.) Benjamin’s brother, #553 Jedediah’s son born in May 1799 was also named, Solomon. In 1831, Solomon M. Sayre and family moved to Clark County, Ohio, and lived there through 1835. In 1836, they moved to Shelby County, Ohio and settled on section 17, Jackson Township, where they lived the remainder of their married lives. The Seventh Day Baptists organized their society at the home of Solomon Sayre on 3 September 1840. The Davises operated the first grist mill in Jackson Township known as Davis Horse-Mill.

DAVIS

The Rev. William Davis was born in Glamorganshire, Wales in 1663. He came to America in 1684 and settled in William Penn’s Colony. He married 1st about 1685, Elizabeth Brisley. He married 2nd, Elizabeth Pavior. He died late in the year 1745 at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Elizabeth (Pavior) Davis died at Middletown, New Jersey in 1760. William fathered at least eleven children.

James Davis, son of William, was born about 1720. He married at Westerly, Rhode Island, 10 January 1740 Judith Maxson who was born 17 September 1720 to Joseph and Bethia Maxson. She died 14 May 1773. He died 26 June 1778. They had six children.

William Davis, son of James, was born at Shrewsbury, New Jersey 11 March 1754. He married about 1773 Elizabeth Havens who was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey about 1754.

According to tradition, early in Revolutionary War time, William worked in his father’s shipyard. They had been Loyalists until their shipyard was burned by the British. After that incident, William took his family to his wife’s parents home, joined the colonists and fought for the American cause.

In 1789, they migrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania where they lived two and one half years, then in 1792 to Harrison County, Virginia, where they lived 38 years before going to Ohio. This was learned from a pension record. William bought all the bottom land east of Salem, (West) Virginia, where the settlement of Bristol formed, and by doing so acquired the nickname Bottom Billy. William served one time as Sheriff of Harrison County. William and Elizabeth had eleven children.

About 1833, William and his wife, and several of their children with families migrated to Clark County, Ohio. It was believed that she died in Clark County and he in Shelby County.

James Davis, son of William, was born 1 April 1774 in New Jersey. He married 8 September 1795 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia, Elizabeth Davis who was born 10 May 1781 in New Jersey to Rev. Jacob and Mary Davis. He died 13

June 1851 and she died 22 April 1857 at Jackson Center, Shelby, Ohio. James and Elizabeth had ten children. Their daughter, Lydia, married Solomon Sayre, son of Benjamin and Nancy (Tucker) Sayre. Ref. #3

Lydia’s father, James Davis, died 13 June 1851 at the age of 77. Lydia died 7 February 1866 in Jackson Township, Shelby, Ohio. In 1868, Solomon purchased 40-acres in Farina, Illinois and tried to farm it. After the death of his son, Lewis, he gave it up and returned to