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FIRST GENERATION
1.
Oran Sherman Baker was born on 7 Feb 1930<EMAIL_ADDRESS>1-740-989-0005
1-740-440-0047
SECOND GENERATION
2.
Oran Franklin Baker was born on 12 May 1900 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co,
WV. He died on 18 Sep 1960 in Wood Co,
WV. He was buried in Knights of Pythias
Cem. He was married to Hazel Ernestine
Keck on 13 Aug 1923.
3.
Hazel Ernestine Keck was born on 28 Jun 1906 in Reader, Wetzel Co,
WV. She died on 4 Oct 1964. She was buried in Riverview Cem,
Williamstown, WV.
Oran Franklin Baker and Hazel Ernestine
Keck had the following children:
i. Bernice Elizabeth Baker was born on 2
Apr 1924.
ii. Lenora Ellen Baker was born on 9 Apr
1928.
1 iii. Oran
Sherman Baker.
THIRD GENERATION
4.
Isaac Thomas Baker was born on 7 Feb 1873 in Monroe Co, OH. He died on 18 Apr 1955 in Parkersburg, Wood
Co, WV.1 He was buried in River View
Cem, Williamstown, Wood Co, WV.
Living in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH in
1880. Lincoln, Tyler Co, WV in
1900. Oil field worker.
The online death records list his birth as
7 Feb 1873, in Monroe County, OH. It
further states that he is the s/o Isaac & Suley Baker.
5.
Nettie Irene Carpenter was born on 20 Jun 1872 in OH. She died on 19 Oct 1962 in Hocking Co,
OH. She was buried in River View Cem,
Williamstown, Wood Co, WV.
Isaac Thomas Baker and Nettie Irene
Carpenter had the following children:
i. Clyde H Baker was born in 1898.
2 ii. Oran
Franklin Baker.
iii. Nettie L Baker was born in 1903.
iv. Rev Wiley Baker was born on 13 Dec 1904
in Wood Co, WV.
v. Raymond A Baker was born on 7 Oct 1913
in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV. He died on
26 Jul 1981 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.
6.
George W Keck2 was born on 29 Dec 1839 in Tyler Co, VA. He died on 23 May 1918 in Reader, Wetzel Co,
WV. He served in the military in Civil
War, Co D 11th WV Inf. He was buried in
Milburn Cem, Eight Mile Rdg, Reader, Wetzel Co, WV. Enlisted at Elizabeth Courthouse, Wirt Co, VA
on 19 DEC 1861 in Co D, 11th WV Vol Inf.
He was involved in the following
battles: Cloyd Mountain; New River
Bridge; Lexington; Lynchurg; Snickers gap; Winchester; Berryville; 2nd
Winchester;
Fishers Hill; Cedar Creek; 2nd Cedar Creek;
Hatchers Run; Petersburg; and several others.
He was discharged 17 JUL 1865 at Wheeling, WV.
Farmer at Iuka, Tyler Co, WV.
"Presidents, Soldiers and
Statesman"
Born Tyler County, WV, Dec 29, 1839.
He was a son of Jeremiah and Cynthia (Garner) Keck, deceased. He has been married three times, first to
Martha E. Meneer, who died Oct 30, 1873, leaving one child, Ollie, who is now
also deceased. He was married secondly to
Nancy E. McWilliams, who passed away November 16, 1890, who bore him two children,
Minnie and Thomas H., both deceased.
April 25, 1892, he was married in Tyler County, WV, to Sarah E. Conley,
who was born in Monroe County, Ohio, August 10, 1865. She was a daughter of James and Christona
(King) Conley, still living. Three children
were the issue of this marriage: Lulu
C., Cora L., and Leslie L. Comrad Keck
enlisted to help defend the flag so near and dear to every soldier's heart. He had been engaged in farming when he was
enrolled in Elizabeth C. H., Wirt Co, WV, December 19, 1861, in Co D, 11th WV
Vol Inf, 3rd Brig, 2nd Div, 8th A. C. and in the winter of 1864 was transferred
to 3rd Brig, 2nd Div, 24th A. C. He was
confined in the hospital at Spencer C. H., four days; was then transferred to
Elizabeth C. H., five weeks, suffering with measels. He was given a leave of absence of thirteen
days and returned to duty at the end of time.
In 1865 he was detailed as guard of Major Ayers' Hd Qtrs. at Hatchers
Run.
The following are his battles:
Clyde Mo, New River Bridge, Lexington, Lynchburg, Snickers Gap,
Winchester, Berryville, 2nd Winchester, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, 2nd Cedar
Creek, Hatchers Run, Petersburg and several others, receiving an honorable
discharge July 17, 1865, at Wheeling, WV.
His half brother Simon served in the late war and was wounded at the
battle of Antietam.
His second wife's father served in an Ohio Regt. during the late
war. Comrade Keck is successfully
engaged in farming and his postoffice address is Iuka, WV. Provided by Oran S "Bud" Baker
He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Conley
on 25 Apr 1892 in Tyler Co, WV.
7.
Sarah Elizabeth Conley3 was born on 10 Aug 1865 in Monroe Co, OH. She died on 19 Oct 1934 in Sistersville,
Tyler Co, WV. She was buried in Milburn
Cem, Eight Mile Rdg, Reader, Wetzel Co, WV.
George W Keck and Sarah Elizabeth Conley
had the following children:
i. Lulu C Keck4 was born on 23 Aug 1892.
ii. Cora Lee Keck5 was born on 20 Nov 1894
in Wetzel Co, WV. She died in Jan 1966
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA.
iii. Leslie Lara Keck6 was born on 16 May
1897 in WV. She died on 16 Feb 1939 in
Monongalia Co, WV. She was buried in Mt
Calvery Cem, Monongalia Co, WV.
iv. Gladsie Keck was born on 8 Oct 1899.
v. Minnie Keck7 was born on 4 Feb
1902. She died on 21 Oct 1903. She was buried in Milburn Cem, Eight Mile
Rdg, Reader, Wetzel Co, WV.
vi. daughter Keck died on 26 Jul 1904. She was buried in Milburn Cem, Eight Mile
Rdg, Reader, Wetzel Co, WV.
3 vii. Hazel
Ernestine Keck.
viii. Georgia Keck was born on 17 Aug 1910.
FOURTH GENERATION
8.
Isaac Thomas Baker was born in Apr 1827 in Monroe Co, OH.
An Isaac Thomas Baker is listed in the
1890 Civil War Veterans census for Grandview Twp, Washington Co, OH. Pvt, Co C, 92nd Vol Inf, July 1862.
An Isaac T Baker died on 8 Mar 1913,
Butler County, OH.
Living Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH in 1860,
1870, 1880. Living Grandview Twp,
Washington Co, OH in 1900. Farmer.
#1055/1055 Woodsfield, Monroe Co, OH 1860
Baker, Isaac T 34, Arsula 27, Martha E 8,
George W 5, John W 3, Mary J 1
#153/153 Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH 1870
Baker, Isaac 44 carpenter OH, Arsula 32
OH, Martha E 17 OH, George W 15 OH, John J 13 OH, Mary L 10 OH, Harmon 9 OH,
Wilson 7 OH, Emory 4 OH, Louisa 2 OH
#123/125 Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH 1880
Baker, Isaac T 55 OH PA PA, Ursula 49 wife
OH PA OH, Jane 21 dau OH, Wilson S 16 son OH, Elmer E 14 son OH, Louisa V 12
OH, ?
9.
Ursala Moose was born in 1831 in Belmont Co, OH.
Isaac Thomas Baker and Ursala Moose had
the following children:
i. Martha E Baker was born in 1852 in
Monroe Co, OH.
ii. George Washington Baker was born on 4 Mar
1855 in Monroe Co, OH. He died on 9 Mar
1935 in Monroe Co, OH.
iii. John Jackson Baker was born on 22 Dec
1856 in Monroe Co, OH.  Mary Jane Baker was born in 1859 in
Monroe Co, OH.
v. Homer J Baker was born on 31 Jan 1861
in Woodsfield, Monroe Co, OH.  Wilson S Baker was born in 1863 in
Monroe Co, OH.
#67/68 Grandview Twp,Washington Co, OH
1900
Baker, Wilson S head Jun 1863 36 m12 OH OH
PA, Barbary A wife Jul 1867 32 6/6 PA IRE PA, Rose A dau Sep 1889 10 PA,
Blanche dau Apr 1892 8 WV, Nora dau Jan 1894 6 PA, William son nov 1896 3 WV,
Emily dau Nov 1898 1 OH
#78/78 ?  Elmer Emory Baker was born in 1866 in
Monroe Co, OH. He died on 20 Apr 1945 in
Morgan, Morgan Co, OH.
viii. Louisa V Baker was born in 1868 in Monroe
Co, OH.
ix. Abruna V Baker was born in 1871 in
Monroe Co, OH.
4 x. Isaac
Thomas Baker.
xi. Charles M Baker was born in Jan 1875 in
Monroe Co, OH.
xii. William T Baker was born in Jan 1880 in
Monroe Co, OH.
10.
Robert Carpenter was born on 6 May 1847 in Monroe Co, OH. He died on 20 Aug 1926 in Middlebourne, Tyler
Co, WV.
11.
Mary E Morris was born on 2 Mar 1841 in Monroe Co, OH. She died on 27 Dec 1932 in Paden City, Wetzel
Co, WV. She was buried in Long Cem.
Robert Carpenter and Mary E Morris had the
following children:
5 i. Nettie
Irene Carpenter.
12.
Jeremiah Keck was born on 4 Feb 1809 in PA. He died on 4 Aug 1885 in Tanner, WV.
#448 Tyler Co 1850
Keck, Jeremiah 41 PA, Sarah 22 VA, Sarah 18
VA, Mary 16 VA, Hannah 14 VA, George 12 VA, Simon 8 VA, Sinthey 7 VA, Mariah 5
VA, Martha 3 VA, Prissilla 0 VA
Middlebourne, Tyler Co, 1860
Keck, Jeremiah 51 PA, Sarah 38 PA, Simon H
18 PA, Sinthery 17 PA, Martha 13 PA, Maria M 9 PA , Nancy J 7 PA, John N 5 PA,
Sanford C 2 PA
He was married to Cynthia Garner.
13.
Cynthia Garner was born on 28 Feb 1811 in Lynn Camp, Ohio Co, VA. She died on 20 Sep 1840 in Tyler Co, VA. She was buried in Middlebourne, Tyler Co,
WV.
Jeremiah Keck and Cynthia Garner had the
following children:
i. Sarah Keck was born on 1 Feb 1832 in
Tyler Co, VA.
ii. Mary "Polly" Keck was born on
20 Oct 1833 in Tyler Co, VA.
iii. Hannah Keck was born on 11 Oct 1835 in
Tyler Co, VA. She died on 27 Feb 1914 in
Friendly, Tyler Co, WV.
6 iv. George
W Keck.
v. Margaret Keck8.
14.
James Conley was born on 28 Mar 1833.
He died on 19 Jan 1902. He was
married to Christina King on 13 Apr 1854 in Monroe Co, OH.
15.
Christina King was born on 17 Dec 1834 in Ozark, Monroe Co, OH. She died on 11 Nov 1919 in Columbiana Co,
OH. She was buried in Riverview Cem,
East Liverpool, OH.
James Conley and Christina King had the
following children:
7 i. Sarah
Elizabeth Conley.
FIFTH GENERATION
16.
George Washington Baker was born in 1801 in Belmont Co, OH. He died before 1880 in Lawrence Co, OH.
#105/105 Rome, Lawrence Co, OH 1850
Baker, George W 48 OH, Nancy 46 OH, Isaac
24 OH, Alenzre E 18 OH, Lawretta C 12 OH
#1125 Rome, Lawrence Co, OH 1860
Baker, George W 50 VA, Sarah E 46 VA,
Joseph A Nash 19 OH, Rebecca Nash 10 OH, Johnson Nash 8 OH
#162 Rome Twp, Lawrence Co, OH 1870
Baker, George 68 OH, Sarah 43 OH, Sofronia
McComas 14 OH, Joseph Nichols 7 OH
He was married to Nancy Floyd in Mar 1821.
17.
Nancy Floyd was born in 1803. She
died in 1859 in Lawrence Co, OH. d/o
Thomas Floyd
George Washington Baker and Nancy Floyd
had the following children:
8 i. Isaac
Thomas Baker.
ii. Almira Elizabeth Baker was born on 8
May 1832 in OH. She died on 14 Nov 1921.
iii. Loretta C Baker was born in 1838 in OH.
iv. Urena Baker was born in 1840.
18.
George Moose was born on 8 Sep 1802 in PA. He died in 1880 in Wayne Twp, Monroe Co,
OH.
#156/156 Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH 1870
Moose, George 66 PA, Martha 63 OH, George
R 25 OH, Rachel 27 OH, John M 2 OH, Jasper 3/12 OH
#126/128 Wayne Twp, Monroe Co, OH 1880
Moose, George 76 PA VA VA, Martha 71 OH PA
PA
He was married to Martha in 1832 in Monroe
Co, OH.
19.
Martha was born in 1806 in OH.
She died in 1880.
George Moose and Martha had the following
children:
9 i. Ursala
Moose.
ii. Joseph Moose was born in 1838.
iii. Mary Ann Moose was born in 1841. She died in 1928.
iv. George Ransome Moose was born in
1833. He died in 1916.
20.
Reason Carpenter was born on 27 Jul 1820 in Monroe Co, OH. He died on 1 Jul 1895 in Ritchie Co, WV. He was married to Rachel Porter in 1841 in
Monroe Co, OH.
21.
Rachel Porter was born on 26 Feb 1825 in Monroe Co, OH. She died on 5 Apr 1910 in Ritchie Co,
WV.
Reason Carpenter and Rachel Porter had the
following children:
10 i. Robert
Carpenter.
22.
Charles Morris.
Charles Morris had the following children:
11 i. Mary
E Morris.
24.
Dr Jacob Keck was born about 1779.
He was married to Eleanor.
25.
Eleanor was born in 1782. She
died on 10 Jan 1866 in Tyler Co, WV. Dr
Jacob Keck and Eleanor had the following
children:
12 i. Jeremiah
Keck.
ii. Eleanor Keck was born on 29 Oct 1814 in
PA. She died on 4 Aug 1868 in Proctor
Ck, Wetzel Co, WV. She was buried in
Antioch Cem, Proctor Dist, Wetzel Co, WV.
d/o Dr Jacob Keck & Eleanor
26.
Joshua Garner was born in 1784 in PA.
He died on 27 Jun 1867 in Putnam Co, WV.9 He was buried in Bethel Cem, 18 Mi Ck, Putnam
Co, WV. He has reference number
210.
1810 Ohio Co Census Index
Garner, Joshua
1820 Ohio Co Census Index
Garner, Joshua
pg 31 Marshall Co 1840
Garner, Joshuway 50-60, wife 50-60, male
10-15, male 15-20, female 5-10, female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, female 20-30
#326 Marshall Co 1850
Garner, Joshua 66 PA, Mary 63 VA, Mary
Cake 10 VA, William Lytle 5 VA
Pg 1678 TCR
The home of Joshua Garner is located about one mile up the creek from
the Lynn Camp bridge, on the side of Fox's store. There is a little road and
several families living on it, the Garner
place being the last one. It is now out
of the family and the original home burned.
In a field a short distance from the house and near the road is a small
family cemetery under a large tree.
Since this area is not fenced the stones are broken by cattle. There are signs of several graves marked with
fieldstones. One has part of the name
Mary on it and the family say this is where Mary Yoho Garner was buried. Joshua is buried near Redhouse, Putnam Co as
that is where he and Hester lived.
Joshua Garner was appointed a Supervisor
of Marshall County in 1835. pg 380, "History of the Pan-Handle, West
Virginia"
He was married to Mary Yoho about 1805 in
Ohio Co, VA.
27.
Mary Yoho was born about 1787 in Ohio Co, VA. She died in 1851 in Lynn Camp, Marshall Co,
VA. She was buried in Garner Cem, Lynn
Camp, Marshall Co, WV. She has reference
number 211. Mary (Polly) Yoho was born
in what is now, Wetzel Co, WV. . Problem: Mary (Polly) Yoho appears on the
Ancestral File more than once: JGGV-LM, 1QDK-NK. . She is buried in the
unfenced neglected Garner Cemetery which is upstream a short distance from Lynn
Camp, Marshall Co., WV.
Joshua Garner and Mary Yoho had the
following children:
i. Martha Garner was born in 1806 in Ohio
Co, VA. She died in Jun 1886 in Savanna,
Gittsburg Co, OK.
#223 Marshall Co 1850
Goddard, Samuel 20 VA, Martha 42 VA,
Joshua 18 VA, Mary 13 VA, Rachel 7 VA, Patterson 5 VA
#151 Meade Dist Marshall Co 1870 living
with son, Joshua Goddard, Martha 64 VA
ii. Rachel Garner was born on 29 Feb 1808
in Lynn Camp, Ohio Co, VA. She died on
25 Dec 1868 in Rines Rdg, Marshall Co, WV.10
Liver Complaint She was buried in
Antioch Cem, Proctor Dist, Wetzel Co, WV.
She has reference number 105.
(This is my G-G-G-G-Grandmother, who married George Yoho, the gs/o Peter
Yoho, TVA)
iii. Sarah Garner was born in 1809. She died on 23 Mar 1881. She was buried in Kirby Cem, Kausooth,
Marshall Co, WV.
13 iv. Cynthia
Garner.
v. Henry Garner was born on 15 Sep 1812 in
Lynn Camp, Ohio Co, VA. He died on 13
Mar 1901 in Proctor, Wetzel Co, WV. He
was buried in Antioch Cem, Proctor Dist, Wetzel Co, WV. Henry owned much land on Garner Run where
they found oil and gas making him a wealthy man. He donated half an acre of land for a church
and had built a log house which later burned when a field fire got out of
control. A new building was erected
which is now being used (1975).
#59-64 Proctor Dist Wetzel Co, WV 1880
Garner, Henry 67 VA NJ VA farmer, Nancy J
wife 40 VA PA VA, Friend son 9 WV, Albert son 2 WV, Junia V Kelly 20 VA VA VA
housekeeper, Squire West 19 VA PA VA farm labor (Furnished by Clarice Stanley)
#111 Proctor Dist Wetzel Co, WV 1900
Garner, Henry Sep 1812 87 30 yr WV WV WV
retired farmer, Nancy J wife Jul 1839 60 9/4 WV PA WV, Albert son Apr 1878 22
WV, Mardotha gdau Feb 1893 7 WV WV WV
vi. Hannah Garner was born on 22 Feb 1816 in
VA. She died in Dec 1880 in Marshall Co,
WV. She was buried in Gray Cem, Fish Ck,
Marshall Co, WV.
vii. Rebecca Garner was born on 22 Feb 1816 in
VA. She died on 23 Mar 1906 in Lynn
Camp, Marshall Co, WV.11 She was buried
in Richmond Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.
viii. Mary Ellen Garner was born on 31 Jul 1818
in Ohio Co, VA. She died on 30 Mar 1890
in Graysville, Marshall Co, WV.12 She
was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.
ix. Margaret Garner was born on 19 Feb 1819
in VA. She died on 27 Dec 1897 in Lynn
Camp, Marshall Co, WV. She was buried in
Richmond Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.
x. Elizabeth Garner was born in 1821.
xi. Joshua Garner was born on 13 Sep 1823 in
Ohio Co, VA. He died on 13 Feb 1907 in
Earnshaw, Wetzel Co, WV. He was buried
in Garner Cem, Earnshaw, Wetzel Co, WV.
pg 41 APR 1997 TCR, Hardesty's History of Wetzel Co, WV.
#1105 Marshall Co 1850
Garner, Joshua 24 VA, Mary 22 OH, Thomas 2
VA, Washington 8/12 VA
Kith & Kin
"Came to Earnshaw with a grown family
of six or seven sons and no daughters. I
have found record of all eight of his children and the youngest was born in
1863 so I estimate they came to Wetzel Co about 1870 or near that as their
eldest son, Thomas married in 1870 to a local girl. This family is written up
in Hardesty's History of Wetzel Co listing these children and their birth
dates."
"Joshua
came from Putnam Co near the community of Redhouse. He bought up a lot of land around Earnshaw
and was well liked and respected by all who knew him. They became members of the Earnshaw Church of
Christ and when it burned down about 1898 the whole family showed up with tools
to help rebuild it."
"The
sons liked to talk in church and would come each Sunday prepared to speak and
had their notes critten on pieces of white flour sack as paper was scarce then
and everything came in cloth sacks.
Flour sacks were in 5, 10, 20, and 100 pound sizes and made into many
useful items after being bleached in lye water to remove the lettering. Sugar, salt, meal, and etc. were also in
cloth sacks of various sizes."
"As
Joshua's sons married he either sold or gave them pieces of the farm as their
own and they lived nearby, or some of them did.
Three of them, William C, Washington, and Henry lived on parts of the
old farm and Henry established a large family cemetery on his farm."
Joshua
Garner, son of Joshua and Mary (Yoho) Garner, and Mary Hendershot, daughter of
Joseph and Hanna (Rush) Hendershot, were united in marriage in Wetzel County,
March 26, 1847, and their home in in Church district, where he is carrying on a
good farm. He was born September 13,
1823, in what is now Marshall County, W.Va. and her birth was in Monroe County,
Ohio, the date March 12, 1827. Her
parents made their home in Wetzel County in 1832.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Garner are seven sons: Thomas H., Washington H., William H., William
C., Jacob L., Henry D., Solomon D., and John H.
Thomas H. was born February 16, 1848, married Harriet A. Woodruff June
27, 1870, and their children were: James
H., Mary I., Lelia E.M., William Robert
(deceased) and Noah E. Washington H. was born February 11, 1850,
married Matilda J. Stoneking May 15, 1878, and their children are: Mary J.,
Junia V.C., and Lucinda C. William C.,
for whom this sketch is compiled, was born March 7, 1852, and was united in
wedlock February 18, 1883, with Catharine Grim, who was born October 12,
1858. Her father, Joseph Grim, is a
resident of Church District, and her mother, Elizabeth (Styles) Grim, died July
10, 1864. Jacob L., fourth son of Mr.
and Mrs. Garner, was born August 11, 1854.
Henry D., born January 18, 1859, married Martha J. Higgenbothem January
3, 1882, and they have one son, Friend George.
Solomon D. was born August 19, 1861, and John H. was born September 22,
1863. The family postoffice address is
Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Page 216.
(Source:
Hardesty's History of Wetzel County, published in 1883 - furnished by
Denver C. Yoho)
xii. Drucilla Garner was born in 1824 in VA.
xiii. Nelson Garner was born on 18 Dec 1827 in
Ohio Co, VA. He died on 6 Nov 1896 in
Wetzel Co, WV. He was buried in Cherry
Grove Cem, Wetzel Co, WV.
#85 Marshall Co 1850
Garner, Nelson 23 VA, Lavina 18 VA,
Elizabeth R 1 VA living with John Covey
xiv. Infant Garner.
xv. Katherine Garner was born in 1830. She died on 10 Feb 1913 in Marshall Co,
WV.13 She was buried in Richmond Cem,
Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.
28.
William Conley. He was married to
Mary Long.
29.
Mary Long.
William Conley and Mary Long had the
following children:
14 i. James
Conley.
30.
Peter King was born on 2 Oct 1807 in Greene Co, PA. He died on 11 Jun 1898 in Monroe Co, OH. He was buried in Greenwood Cem, Paden City,
WV. He was married to Sarah Hickman on
24 Oct 1830 in Monroe Co, OH.
31.
Sarah Hickman was born on 27 Jan 1812 in PA. She died on 17 Aug 1875 in Monroe Co,
OH.
Peter King and Sarah Hickman had the
following children:
15 i. Christina
King.
SIXTH GENERATION
32.
Isaac Baker14 was born on 13 Jan 1782 in Wheeling Ck, Ohio Co, VA. He died in 1865 in Boynton Twp, Tazwell Co,
IL. He was married to Ruth (Brock)
Perkins on 6 May 1802 in Bakers Station, Ohio Co, VA.
33.
Ruth (Brock) Perkins14 was born on 13 Jan 1785 in Bakers Station, Ohio
Co, VA. She died in 1844 in Monroe Co,
OH. She was buried in Moose Rdg Cem,
Monroe Co, OH.
Isaac Baker and Ruth (Brock) Perkins had
the following children:
16 i. George
Washington Baker.
ii. Joseph Baker was born in 1802. He died in 1860.
iii. Jacob Baker was born in 1804 in OH. He died in 1880 in IL.
iv. John A Baker was born on 12 Apr 1806 in
Piney Creek, Belmont Co, OH. He died on
18 Mar 1887 in Graysville, Monroe Co, OH.
He was buried in Ch of Christ Cem, Graysville, OH.
v. Daughter Baker was born in 1810 in
Belmont Co, OH. She died in 1810.
vi. Isaac Baker was born in 1811 in Belmont
Co, OH.
vii. Vincent Baker was born in 1816 in Belmont
Co, OH. He died on 12 Nov 1903 in
Antioch, Monroe Co, OH.
viii. Sarah Baker was born on 20 Nov 1817 in
OH. She died in Jul 1860.
ix. Girl Baker was born in 1820.
x. Lavina Baker was born in 1821 in
OH. She died on 26 May 1861 in Wetzel
Co, VA.15 She was buried in Macedonia
Cem, Pleasant Rdg, Proctor Dist, Wetzel Co, WV.
xi. John Nelson Baker was born on 8 Mar 1823
in Monroe Co, OH. He died on 1 May 1907
in Graysville, Monroe Co, OH.
xii. Nancy Baker was born in 1828 in Monroe
Co, OH.
36.
John George Moose was born on 16 Sep 1778 in PA. He died on 10 Aug 1841 in Woodsfield, Monroe
Co, OH. He was married to Mary Ann Rinesmith
in 1799 in Monroe Co, OH.
37. Mary Ann Rinesmith was born on 13 Feb 1776 in
PA. She died on 1 Jan 1835 in Center
Twp, Monroe Co, OH.
John George Moose and Mary Ann Rinesmith
had the following children:
18 i. George
Moose.
40.
Robert Carpenter was born in 1763 in Montgomery Co, VA. He died in 1850 in Senaca, Monroe Co,
OH. He was married to Mary Ball on 20
Oct 1812 in Guernsey Co, OH.
41.
Mary Ball was born in 1787. She
died in 1838.
Robert Carpenter and Mary Ball had the
following children:
20 i. Reason
Carpenter.
42.
John Porter was born about 1799.
John Porter had the following children:
21 i. Rachel
Porter.
52.
Benoi Garner was born on 25 Mar 1752 in Stonington, New London, CT. He died in 1819 in NY. He has reference number 420. He was married to Silence Grant between 1775
and 1779 in Stonington, New London, CT.
53.
Silence Grant16 was born on 22 May 1758 in Stonington, New London,
CT. She has reference number 421.
Benoi Garner and Silence Grant had the
following children:
26 i. Joshua
Garner.
54.
Henry Yoho17,18,19,20,21,22 was born in 1752 in nr Winchester, VA. He died on 12 Mar 1845 in Tyler Co, VA. He has reference number 422. Listed as a private in Lieutenant William
Cross' Company of Monongalia Militia at Fort Pitt in 1777.
Private, First Battalion, Captain John
Guthrey's Company, Washington County Militia in 1782, recruited in Whiteley and
Greene Townships.
Ohio Co, VA Land Records 1784 & 1786
lists Henry Yoho.
1810 Ohio Co census index
Yoho, Henry 45-up, wife 45-up, male 16-26,
2 females 16-26
1820 Tyler Co census
Yoho, Henry, Sr 45-up, female 10-16,
female 45-up
Was in Monongalia Co, Va in 1830 census?
1840 Marshall Co census pg 32
Yoho, Henry 80-90, wife 70-80, Rev Vet -
Henry Yoho 88
"West Virginians in the American
Revolution" by Ross B Johnston Henry Yoho
Service Virginia VA No 122222, S No7996
Enlisted in Greene County, PA, in 1776, served until 1778 as a private
under Lt Swingler and Cross, Captains Minor and Wetzel. Colonel John Evans,
Colonel Laughlin and General Clark, while
guarding the western frontier settlements.
No man except possibly Lewis Wetzel, encountered so many hardships or
risks of life," said Thomas R Ray of Morgantown, VA September 25, 1832 in
seeking adjustments of this man's case.
Yoho received a pension while living in Monongalia County, VA in
1833. His claim was supported by
Peter Haut and Stephen Gaspen.
On
the 28th day of September, 1832, personally appeared before the County Court of
Monongalia now sitting Henry Yoho a resident of this county, age
eighty years, who being duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That
he believes it was the year 1770, he served in the Virginia Militia at a
station on Whitely Creek, now in Greene County, PA, then callled Virginia under
Lt Swingler for two months.
That in the month of June 1777 he marched as a volunteer of the Virginia
Militia under Lt William Cross, in Captain John Minor's Company from Whitely
Creek to Fort Pitt where he encamped on
Grant's Hill for one month. Thence
placed in the command of Colonel Gibson.
That he remained at Fort Pitt for three months and then descended the
river in keel boats to a Fort at the mouth of Wheeling Creek for the purpose of
burying Captain Foreman and his Company who were killed by the Indians about
eight miles below Wheeling. That he
remained in Wheeling the residue of his time and was discharged by a general
discharge after having served four months.
That during the year 1778 he served as a spy under the celebrated
Captain Wetzel three months and during all this time was engaged on the waters
that empty into the Monongahela and Ohio rivers in this part of Virginia. That he served as a soldier in Captain Cross'
Company attached to Colonel John Evan's Virginia Militia and marched to Big
Beaver on the Ohio and to the head waters of Muskinton at which place he
assisted to build Fort McIntosh. He was
absent in service six months.
That about the month of July in the year 1779 he turned out as a
volunteer under Lt Jacob Cline in a regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by
Colonel
Laughlin to go on an expedition against
the Indians and under General Clark. That he went with about three hundred
regulars and three hundred Militia from
Redstone Fort (now Brownsville, PA) in
keel boats, that Wetzel and himself went before the troops as spies. That he went to the falls of the Ohio at Louisville
where he was stationed and in the following winter remained about forty or
fifty miles above the falls. That
himself, Wetzel and others during the spring and summer of 1780 spied the
surrounding country and was discharged in the fall after eighteen months
service.
That during the year 1781 he was stationed at Mason Fort on Buffalo
Creek, now Brooke County, VA. That
whilst there he left Mason Fort to go to Wheeling Fort in company with Henry
Baker and Peter Starnater on horse back and in passing through a very narrow
path Starnater was shot with four balls that Baker and himself wheeled their
horses and seven Indians faced them and shot at him and Baker. His horse received two wounds and fell, he a
wound through the hip. That the mare
sprung up and he forced his way through the Indians without further
injury. Although the Indians reloaded
and fired at him.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever in a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any
state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and the year aforesaid.
his
Henry X Yoho
mark
page 3990 Abstracts of Rev War Pension
Files
Yoho, Henry VA Line, S7996, Sol was born
about 18 Miles from Winchester, VA and at age 11 he moved with his fathers
family to western VA and lived there during the Rev, he appl 25 SEP 1832 in
Monongalia Co, VA aged about 80, in 1835 Sol had moved to Tyler Co, VA and in
1836 had moved to Marshall Co, VA.
Revolutionary War Veteran, Scout and
Spy. Indian Fighter. Listed in PA militia in 1782 First Battalion,
Wash Co, PA. Listed in Company commanded
by
John Guthery. Henry and brother John listed company
commanded by John Mills, Lieutenant.
Henry received a pension #S7996 issued 4 NOV 1836.
In the year 1781, Captain John Baker went to where Washington, Pa., now
stands, then known as Catfish Camp.
About this time the country about there was very much alarmed, and the
people were on the lookout for the Indians, who were reported to have crossed
the river near Holiday's Cove, and were expected to make inroads upon the
settlements. An express was sent to
Wheeling fort to give the alarm concerning it.
The party sent consisted of Henry Baker, my father (then eighteen years
of age,) Henry Yoho, and ------Starnater.
They traveled in safety until they came to the Narrows, on Wheeling
creek, near where Col. Woods lived and died.
Here they were ambushed by a party of Indians. Starnater shot the Indian nearest him and in
return he and his horse
were immediately killed. Yoho's horse was shot and fell but arising
almost immediately it dashed through the Indians, carrying him away in safety
to Wheeling fort. Baker's horse was shot
but ran some hundred yards when it fell on him.
Extricating himself as soon as possible, and throwing away his arms to
lighten himself, he ran for about a quarter of a mile, when seeing a very large
red skin approaching him directly in front with a pistol in one hand and a
tomahawk in the other, he saw that escape
was impossible and stopped.
Excerpt from 'History of The Panhandle,
1879"
According to Denver Yoho he was a soldier
in the Revolutionary War and Indian Scout.
His Revolutionary War service is recorded under VA No. 12222. His pension file is S-7996 - Book, West
Virginians in the Revolution, p. 316.
Revolutionary War Service.
According to DAR member, Estella (Gunn) Stone,
Henry Yoho's services in assisting in the
establishment of American Independence during the War of the Revolution were as
follows: . 1776, 2 months, private, Lt. Samuel Swingler, VA June 1777, 4 months,
Capt. Cross, Capt. John Minor, Col. Gibson 1778, 2 months, Lieut. Swigler 1778,
3 months, spy, Capt. Whetzel 1778, 4-6 months, spy, Capt. Cross, Col John Evans
July 1779, 18 months, Lieut. Jacob Cline, Col. Laughlin 1781, stationed at Fort
Mason and wounded by Indians Was in General McIntosh and General Clark's Indian
Expeditions.
The Indian Wars By Denver Yoho April 1995. We have records of at least four, and
possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and
the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry
Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are
believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa
1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records
evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian
Wars. Henry Yoho, who was born in 1752
and died March 12, 1845, lived in and around the Fish Creek, Marshall County,
West Virginia area. Several records of
Henry's services have been found. Henry
made application for a pension when he
was eighty years old and had to renew the application at the age of
eighty-five. He received a pension of
forty dollars a year. The DAR Patriot
Index, 1966 printing, states, "Henry Yoho born 1752, died March 12, 1845;
married Catherine; Pvt. Spy Virginia (pension)." The information about Henry Yoho that follows
is from the "West Virginias in the Revolution," page 316: "Henry Yoho, Service Virginia, VA no.
12222, No. S 7996; Enlisted in Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1776 under
Lieutenant Swingler and Cross, Captians Minor and Wetzel, Colonel John Evans,
Colonel Laughlin and General Clark.
While guarding the western frontier settlements, "No man except
possibly Lewis Wetzel encountered so many hardships and risks of life, said
Thomas P. Ray, of Morgantown, West Virginia, September 25, 1832 in seeking
adjustment to Henry's pension. Henry
Yoho received a pension while living in Monongalia County, Virginia in
1833. His claim was supported by Peter
Haut and Stephen Gapen. In his two
pension requests Henry recites his entire service as he remembered it after
nearly sixty years. He was shot in the
hip while on horseback at Fort Henry at the same time his future brother-in-law,
Henry Baker, was captured by Indians. He
made at least one spy trip with the famed Lewis Wetzel, a famous regional
Indian fighter. They were in the army of
General George Rogers Clark when he had such sucess in Illinois. Wetzel and Yoho were detailed at Point
Pleasant to scout the Great Kanawha Valley and when they returned Clark had
moved on so they missed Clark's western campaign. Henry Yoho told his grandson, Samuel Goddard,
that he was an associate of Lewis Wetzel, Simon Gurty, Adam Poe and other
Indian fighters at their headquarters at Fort Wheeling. Samuel had said, "that he would be
afraid to go to bed after hearing the stories told to him about the exploits of
the Indian fighters." (Source: The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4,
No. 1).
Henry Yoho was a land owner and
farmer. He lived in the Fish Creek area
of Marshall Co., WV and in Monongalia Co., VA and Tyler(Wetzel) Co. VA(WV).
Henry Yoho made an affidavit for
application for Revolutionary War Pension on 25 Sep 1832 at the County court of
Monongalia, State of Virginia. He gave
another statement of his service, about 5
years later, before A. Caldwell, Judge of the W.D. Virginia at a place referred
to as Winchester in the statement.
DAR Record for Henry Yoho: Revolutionary War Soldier - Pvt. VA State
Troops 1776-77 1st. Batallion Washington Co., PA - 1782 in PA Militia with
brother Peter Yoho, Capt. John Guthrie.
Also Company commanded by Capt. John Mills PA Archive Series VI Vol. 2, p. 18, 19, 271.
1778-79 Served as Spy against the Indians.
Pension #S-7996 Eff. 4 Mar 1831. DAR Patriot Index . The DAR PATRIOT
INDEX lists two men by the name of Yoho who had Revolutionary Service: Henry Yoho, born 1752, died 1845, wife,
Catherine, Private, Spy, Virginia and Peter Yoho, b. circa 1745, died in 1817
also a private from PA. Henry Yoho
applied for a pension from Monongalia Co., VA when he was 82 years old, but
Peter never applied for one. However,
both Henry and Peter show up on the First Battalion, Wasington Co., [PA]
Militia recruited in Whiteley, Greene and Dunkard Townships in what is now
Greene Co., PA in 1782. Ref. PA
Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp. 18-19, pp. 271. I sent for the pension file of Henry Yoho and
found it interesting reading. File No. S-7996.
Henry was placed on the roll of the Wheeling Agency at the rate of Forty
Dollars per Annum under the law of 7 Jun 1832.
His application reveals that he was born in Virginia about 18 miles from
Winchester. He did not recollect the
year, but he stated he was 85 years old.
His father's family moved to Western Virginia when he was 11 years old
and he resided there ever since. He
first served in the Revolution in a company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Singles
who was stationed on Whiteley Creek, now in Monongalia Co., [WV] at the house
of a settler named Duncan. The Company
was composed of 18 men, some drafted, although he had volunteered. They marched to Garrett's fort on Whiteley
Creek and remained there. . (Source: undated column of Catherine Foreaker
Fedorchak - furnished by Vivian Yoho). Record from "Soldiery of W.
Va." by Virgil A. Lewis, M.A. State Historian and Archivist. General
Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1972.:
Monongalia Co. - Henry Yoho, PVT, $80.00 annual; $240.00 received, VA
Militia, April 10, 1833, placed on Pension Roll March 4, 1831, at age 82. Due to Act of Congress passed 7 June
1832. Catherine Lemley and Stephen
Gapen, who lived in Whiteley Twp., Greene Co., PA made affidavit as to Henry
Yoho's Revolutionary War Service. Henry
Yoho made affidavit of the service of 2 members of the Morris family who lived
in that locality. Ohio Co., VA Deed Book
7, page 208, June 5, 1804, Peter Yoho bought 170 acres of land, at Gully
Bottom, Fish Creek, near (Graysville, WV) from Abijah McClain for $502.00. This land adjoined the land of his brother,
Henry Yoho, who bought 192 acres on Fish Creek from Abijah McClain, June 5,
1804, Deed Book 7, page 205, for the sum of $525.00.
LAND: Lazarus Rine - Deed for Property on
Rine's Ridge, Marshall Co., VA/WV (Ohio Co., VA), 7 Jul 1818
This Indenture made this 7th day of July
in the year of our Lord 1818, between Henry Yoho & Catherine his wife of
the one part and Lazarus Ryan of the other part (Witnesseth) That the said
Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of $196
dollars and 87-1/2 cents to them in hand paid do give grant bargain and sell to
the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs one parcel of land in the county of Ohio
containing 150 acres, being part of a tract of 389 acres granted to said Henry
Yoho by Patent bearing date, the first day of August 1804, being the same more
or less, contained within the following bounds, (to wit) beginning at an elm
and ash of the south bank of Fish Creek opposite the lower end of a small
island in the creek, corner of Samuel Owings and Richd Nichols, then down the
creek according to the several meanders thereof and binding thereon 123 ps. to
a beech and hickory on the bank, thence S. 86 W. 58 ps. to a small beach [sic]
on the top of a narrow ridge, then W. 209 ps. to a stone between two sugar
trees and a dogwood on a line of Robert Woods, thence with said line S. 72-1/2
poles to an ash on Richd Nichols line, thence with said line E. 360 ps. to the
beginning; together with all its
appurtainances, to have and to hold, said
parcel of land with its appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs
to the Sole use and behoof of the said Lazarus Ryan and his heirs and the said
Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife, do covenant with the said Lazarus Ryan and
his heirs, that the said Henry Yoho and Catharine his wife and their heirs the
said parcel of land with the appurtainances to the said Lazarus Ryan and his
heirs, against all persons whatsoever, will forever warrant and defend. In witness the said Henry Yoho & Catharine
his wife have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their Seals the day
and year above written.
His Her
Henry X
Yoho Catharine X Yoho
Mark Mark
Acknowledged 30 January 1891, etc.
She relinquied land, 18 Oct 1819
(Source: Deed Book 10, p. 122, Ohio Co.,
WV - "The Rine (Ryan) Family History,"
p. 13)
Henry Yoho Sells Land to his son-in-law
Joshua Garner 21 Feb 1828. This
indenture made this twenty-first day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight between Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine
his wife of Tyler County and State of Virginia of the one pare and Joshua Garner
of Ohio County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Henry Yoho Sr. and
Catherine his wife for an in consideration of the sum of three hundred and
twenty five dollars lawful money of Virginia to them in hand paid at and before
the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant
bargain and sell and convey unto the said Joshua Garner a certain piece or
parcel of land situate in Ohio County on Fish Creek being part of an original
survey of three hundred and sixty-three acres made April 8th, 1784 for Abijah
McClain and conveyed in part by said McClain to the said Henry Yoho Sr. also
one other piece or parcel of land adjoining the above of twenty-one acres
surveyed April 11th, 1802 for the said Henry Yoho. Beginning at a gum and beech on the creek
bank in the original line and corner to land conveyedby said Abijah McClain to
Peter Yoho deceased thence with said Peter Yoho line North 34 degrees East
forty-five and a half poles crossing Fish Creek to a hickory on the bank of the
creek thence North 23 degrees West one hundred and fifty poles to three beeches
in the forks of a drean thence leaving said Yoho line North 1 degree East twenty
poles to two small elms in a drean corner to George Baker and on the original
line of said McClain's survey then with the same South 79 degrees East one
hundred and twenty-eight poles to a white oak corner to the aforesaid 21 acres
thence with and including the same North 43 degrees East forty poles to a
sycamore thence South 67 1/2 degress East one hundred and twelve poles to two
sycamores thence South 20 degress West twenty two poles to a poplar in the line
of survey made for Thomas Buffington thence with the said line North 76 degrees
West sixty poles to a stone where said survey of 21 acres calles for a walnut
on the bank of the creek thence leaving the line of said 21 acres and crossing
the creek South 82 degrees West fifty-six poles to the south abutment of a mill
dam thence down the south side of the creek South 27 1/2 degrees West one
hundred and thirty poles thence South 50 1/2 degres West sixty-three poles to
the beginning one hundred and twenty-nine acres more or less together with all
and singular the tenements here ? and appurtenances to the same belonging or in
any wise appertaining to have and to hold the said described piece or parcel of
land within the aforesaid bounds together with all the tenements here ? and
appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said
Joshua Garner and his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use and
behoof of the said Joshua Garner his heirs and assigns forvever and the said
Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife for themselves and their heirs doth
covenant promise and agree to and with the said Joshua Garner his heirs and
assigns that they the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife in and to the
said described piece of parcel of land aforesaid is seized ? of and entitled to
a good sure and perfect and indefesible state of inheritance in fee simple and
that they have good right and lawful authority to sell convey and assure the
same to the said Joshua Garner his heirs and assigns forever and further that
they the said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife the said described piece or
parcel of land aforesaid together with the tenements ? and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wide appertaining unto the Said Joshua Garner and
his heirs and assigns forever free from the claim or claims of all persons
whatsover shall and will warrant and forever defend . In Testimonry whereof the
said Henry Yoho Sr. and Catherine his wife have hereunto set their hands and
seals the day and year first written. . Henry Yoho His Mark . Catherine Yoho
Her Mark
(Indenture furnished by Hugh L. Yoho) . .
Problem:
Did he die in Wetzel Co., WV or Ohio (Marshall) Co.?
Denver Yoho writes: This person was called Henry Yoho Sr. to
distinguish him from his nephew who was called, Henry Yoho Jr. Source:
Daughter of American Revolution Patriot Index 1990, page 3323. Source:
Soldiery of West Virginia by Lewis, 1967, pg 97, 109, 123. DAR Membership: DAR
National #592263, Eloyce Parsons Trader, 1991.
Denver believes Henry Yoho would be buried
around Slippery Ford, on Fish Creek, in Marshall County. I am not sure why he believes this. Others believe
he is buried in different locations in
Wetzel County.
Milo Floyd Cooper States:
Due to the fact that Henry Yoho bought a farm from Abijah McClain April
8, 1784 on Fish Creek next to his brother, Peter, which at that time was still
Ohio County, VA, I am positive that he lived there. But I have definite proof that in 1828 Henry
& Catherine lived in Tyler (Wetzel) County, VA. I also
have authentic information that in 1832 and 1833 that they lived in
Monongalia County, VA. I have been told
that shortly after this time they moved back to their house in Tyler (Wetzel)
County, VA. Their house was in that part
of Tyler County that on July 10, 1846 became Wetzel County, VA.
They lived here until death and are buried beside a trail that led from
where they lived to the vicinity of where Antioch Church is now located, which
is on WV St Rt 89 a distance of 6 1/2 miles east of Proctor, WV. This is also near where Henry and Catherine
's son George Yoho lived, on what is now known as Paugh Ridge, Proctor
District, Wetzel County, WV.
I
recently received a copy of a paper written by Samuel Goddard, son of Jared
Nelson and Polly Martha Garner Goddard, and also a great-grandson of Henry and
Catherine Baker Yoho. He lived in
California. In this article he named the
children of Henry and Catherine Baker Yoho and told who they married. Six dauthers and one son. This article was written by Samuel Goddard in
the year 1899 at which time he was 69 years of age.
"I was born January 3, 1830 on Fish Creek three miles above it's
mouth."
"I wish to state that I was personally acquainted with Henry Yoho,
Sr. herein mentioned. I boarded at his
house three months while going to school when I was about 10 years of
age." (at that time Henry was 88 years of age)
"The old gentleman would tell me Indian stories till I was afraid
to look out the window. The story in
particular I wish to relate here is as follows:
When he was a special associate of Lewis Wetzel and Adam Poe, many other
Indian fighters had their headquarters in Wheeling Fort, where the city of
Wheeling now stands. (The fort was
located at 11th and Main Streets) Henry
and five other Indian fighter or scouts started from Wheeling Fort one morning
and rode
down to Grave Creek or Moundsville as it
is now called on a hunt for Indians.
They hunted all day and on their return in the evening about 3 or 4
miles above Moundsville they were attacked by about a dozen Indians. The man that was riding in front was shot
down and Henry who was next was riding a black mare which was shot through the
neck and fell with her rider and falling on his foot, held him fast till the
Indians were within ten steps of him. the other four riders having fled. All at once his horse rallied and sprang to
her feet and saved her rider, as the mare rose several tommy hawks flew past
Yoho's head but he escaped unhurt. The
old gentlemen, my Great-Grandfather, told many
other stories too numerous to
mention."
Henry and Katherine (Baker) Yoho were my Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
on both my paternal and maternal side.
Milo F. Cooper
Henry Yoho, Sr died March 12, 1845.
He was married to Catherine Baker about
1780 in Tyler Co, VA.
55.
Catherine Baker was born about 1761 in Shenandoah Valley, VA. She died in 1847 in Tyler Co, VA. She has reference number 423.
Henry Yoho and Catherine Baker had the
following children:
i. Elizabeth Yoho was born in 1783 in
Ohio Co, VA. She died before 1850 in
OH. Elizabeth Yoho was born in what is
now, Wetzel Co, WV. Denver Yoho writes:
This could be Elizabeth Yoho Brown. From
Fedorchak records, Journal 3, page 5, Monroe County Ohio Court of Common Pleas,
August term 1840. Court orders Elizabeth
Brown, widow of James Brown, to appear at the next term of court to take out
letters of administration, or the court will make such an appointment. According to Denver Yoho the 1850 census of
Monroe Co., OH does not have an Elizabeth Brown that seems to be Elizabeth
(Yoho) Brown.
ii. Rebecca Yoho was born in 1784 in Ohio
Co, VA. She died before 1848. Rebecca Yoho was born in what is now, Wetzel
Co, WV. . Census: 1810, age 16-26. She died before 1848. She was not in the 1830 census. .
27 iii. Mary
Yoho.
iv. George Washington Yoho was born on 30
Apr 1789 in Ohio Co, VA. He died on 31
Jan 1881 in Paugh Rdg, Wetzel Co, WV. He
was buried in Antioch Cem, Proctor Dist, Wetzel Co, WV. George Yoho appears in the Ancestral File
more than once: 1QDK-HP, JGGM-JB. .
George W. Yoho was born in VA/WV. George
W. Yoho was a farmer. . Problem: Was he
born, 30 Apr 1789, Abt. 1784, 1790, or Abt. 1794? .
1820 Tyler Co Census
Yoho, George 26-45, 2 males 0-10, 2
females 0-10, female 16-26
Census 1850 in Wetzel Co, WV
Yoho, George 60 VA, Sarah 43 PA, John 23
VA, Rachel 21 VA, Mary Ann 19 VA, Rebecca 16 VA, Eliza 14 VA, Margaret 11 VA,
Kathrine 9 VA, George 8 VA, Nancy 4 VA
Census:
1860, in Wetzel Co., WV 749
George Yoho 66 VA Farmer, Sarah (Cook) 52
VA, Margaret 21 VA, Catherine 19 VA, George 16 VA, Nancy 14 VA .
CENSUS: 1880, in Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV,
FHL File 1255425, Natl. Archives Film T9-1415, Page 76C
George Yoho, 96, VA VA VA, Sarah, wife,
72, PA MD MD (Furnished by Larry
McCullough)
George W. Yoho lived on Paugh Ridge near
the Antioch Church in the area of Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV. He is buried in the Antioch Church Cemetery.
.
Source:
"Ohio Valley Richmonds" - Millard Dunham sketch Wetzel Co., WV
History 1983 - Goddard family history.
Denver
Yoho writes: There are two men named George Yoho buried in the Antioch
Cemetery. This George Yoho was called,
George Sr. to distinguish him from the other George Yoho who was called, George
Jr. George Jr. was the son of George
Yoho senior's cousin, Henry Yoho and Annabelle Buchanan.
Some
Confusion . Denver Yoho writes: Millard
Dunham says there was another daughter, Polly, who married Daniel Finch. But other reliable records show that Mary
Yoho, daughter of Jacob Yoho and Margaret, married Daniel Finch. George Yoho of this family, and Jacob above,
were first cousins. The Mary Yoho who
married Daniel Finch is said to be buried on the George Yoho farm and this
would give credence to Millard Dunham's statement. Daniel and Mary's son, Jacob Finch, married
Mary Yoho the daughter of Lewis Yoho and Eleanor Cooper. There also could have
been a third Mary (Polly) Yoho who married a Finch. Sarah Yoho (mother of Alva
and Elizabeth Goddard) and Mary Yoho (who married Daniel Finch) were daughters
of Jacob Yoho and Margaret. All this
inter-marriage may have confused Millard Dunham as he remembered his
ancestors.
v. Nancy Ann Yoho was born in 1790 in Ohio
Co, VA. She died in 1841 in Louisa Co,
IA. Some say she was born in what is
now, Wetzel Co, WV. Her father bought
land there as early as 1802.
vi. Rachel Yoho was born in 1794 in Ohio Co,
VA. She died on 15 Apr 1866 in Marshall
Co, WV. She was buried in Montgomery
Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV. Rachel
Yoho was born in what is now, Wetzel Co, WV.
Problem: Was the date of birth, Abt. 1789 or in 1794? The Ancestral File lists, 1794. Rachel (Yoho) Buchanan left a will which was
found by Carice V. Stanley in Sep 1988. Source:
Marshall Co., WV Will Book 1, page 332, dated 9 Apr 1866, proven 9 Jul 1866. Henry B. Yoho was named Executor. Rachel
Buchanan signed with her mark. The witness were: John F.V. Kelly and Jesse Parsons. Problem:
If the will is dated 1866, how did she die in 1856?
 TVA
vii. Margaret Yoho was born on 20 May 1797 in
Tyler Co, VA. She died on 24 Jun 1864 in
Blackford Co, IN. She was buried in
Twible Cem, Harrison Twp, Blackford, IN.
Born on 20 May 1797 in what is now, Wetzel Co, WV. Margaret (Yoho) Twibble stated in a
application for land grant that she married David Twibble in Belmont Co., OH 6
Feb 1817. So states Mrs. Harold
(Dorothy) Gay, Route 1 Box 238, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 74873. Dorothy is the 3rd great-granddaughter
of David Twibble and Margaret Yoho. See
"Tri-County Researcher," p. 385 for the David and Margaret Twibble
family. She lived to be 67 years, 1
month, 4 days. Problem: There appears to be some disagreement on the
date of death. If she died on 24 Jun 1864 her calculated date of birth would be
20 May 1797. If she died on 24 Jun 1866
her calculated date of birth would be 20 May 1799.
60.
John King Sr was born on 1 Aug 1784 in PA. He died on 24 Dec 1864 in Mason Co, WV. He was buried in Old Smith Ch Cem, Mason Co,
WV. He was married to Christena Yeager
on 14 Feb 1804 in PA.
61.
Christena Yeager was born on 16 May 1785 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland
Co, PA. She died on 31 Dec 1877 in Mason
Co, WV. She was buried in Old Smith Ch
Cem, Mason Co, WV.
John King Sr and Christena Yeager had the
following children:
30 i. Peter
King.
62.
William Hickman was born on 10 May 1791 in Greene Co, PA. He died on 28 Dec 1858 in Monroe Co, OH. He was buried in hickman Cem, Monroe Co,
OH. He was married to Mary Green.
63.
Mary Green was born about 1797.
She died on 29 Oct 1856 in Monroe Co, OH. She was buried in hickman Cem, Monroe Co,
OH.
William Hickman and Mary Green had the
following children:
31 i. Sarah
Hickman.
SEVENTH GENERATION
64.
Captain John Baker23,24,25 was born between 1737 and 1740 in
Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Prussia. He died in
1787 in Bakers Station, Ohio Co, VA.
Killed by Indians. He was buried
in Graveyard Run, Cresap, Marshall Co, WV.
He has reference number 834 & 846.
He served in the military in Revolutionary War.
The following is the history of the Baker family as remembered by
Theodore Baker, oldest son of Col. Samuel P. Baker.
John Baker, my great grandfather came to this country from Prussia in
the year 1755. He landed at Philadelphia
and in the year 1760 he married a lady by the name of Elizabeth Sullivan. Immediately after this marriage he moved to
the Shenandoah Valley Virginia, where he remained until 1767 when he removed to
Dunkards Creek, Greene Co, PA.
At the breaking out of the Dunmore war he took refuge with his family in
what was then called Redstone Old Fort now Brownsville, PA. In 1781 he went to where Washington, PA now
stands, then, known as Catfish camp, and soon after emigrated to Round Bottom,
VA (now WV) where in 1780 he built what was long known as Bakers Station, where
he spent the remainder of his life.
John Baker had six children, Henry my grandfather, born in 1763. Martin, George, John and two daughters who
married Henry Yoho and Christian Gatts.
The sons were all famous in border warfare. John the youngest was killed at the battle of
Little Captina. Martin was one of the
first settlers in Belmont Co, Ohio.
George on Fish Creek, Marshall Co, VA (WV).
Henry was taken prisoner by the Indians at Wheeling in 1781 and was
carried away to Sandusky, where he escaped the horrible fate of being burned at
the stake, through the inter-position of
Simon Girty an officer in the British army on being released he went to Detroit
where he himself to an Indian trader
by the name of Isaac Jane. He remained with him some time, trading with
the Indians, at length he started with two for Virginia, and after a long and
tedious march reached Wheeling after an absence of about three years.
In 1785, Henry Baker married Elizabeth Parr,
daughter of Nathan, another famous pioneer who lived at Grave Creek Flats (now
Moundsville). This union resulted in
nine children. John, Stephen, Jacob,
Samuel P, Henry, James, Jackson, and two daughters Mary and Rebecca.
After his marriage my grandfather settled at Fort Tomlinson where he
remained until Waynes treaty in 1791, when he moved to the Round Bottom. Here
he lived until sometime in the thirties
when he moved to Little Captina, Belmont Co, OH, where he died at an advanced
age. After the death of my grandmother
my grandfather married Nancy Swaney by whom he had a numerous family.
My father Samuel P was born Jan 10, 1798. In 1840 he moved on a part of the Tomlinson
estate near Benwood, WV where he lived until his death which
occured Jan 1st, 1887. His children are Theodore, Adolphus, Adaline
wife of J J Parriott, Josephine deceased wife of J W McCarrier, Caroline
deceased, Eunice wife of E H Picket, Eugene and Lynn and Samuel.
(This story was a hand written document
shared with me by Donald V Baker, II, in 2001.
TVA)
Came to America 1740-1750, Philadephia, on
the ship Neptune from Rotterdam. German, Revolutionary War Veteran, Killed by
Indians. It is believed John had a bro
Jacob who died unmd in 1836 and a sis Beulah who md a Philpot. There may have been another bro Michael, some
believe all came to America together, no proof has been found. John is believed
to have served a six year service for his passage and that he first married before
leaving for America and that she died at sea following birth of her first
child. Abt 1760 he md Elizabeth Adams,
some say Elizabeth Sullivan, could been Elizabeth Adams Sullivan. She was born 1744 and died 1836 in Monroe Co,
OH bur on the old Matz farm. It is
believed John served as a Captain in Col Silas Hedges 11th Reg of drafted
militia for the Colony of VA, but some think this is a different John Baker
In his book, "That Dark and Bloody
River", Allan W Eckert claims that Captain John Baker was killed on 22 AUG
1777. If this is true then who was the
father of the last two children.?
"History of the Panhandle",
1879, pages 361-3
INDIAN TROUBLES--EARLY REMINISCENCES.
From an article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer, of May, 1866
(probably published in the year 1876, the US centennial, which would agree with
the age of 79 for Col Samuel Parr Baker), the following is obtained:
Colonel Samuel P. Baker, from whom these facts were ascertained, lives
near Benwood, Union district. He is the second
son of Henry Baker, and was born in the year 1798. In the year 1825 he married Caroline, oldest
daughter of Samuel Tomlinson. He now
lives on a part of the 600 acre tract of land formerly owned by Tomlinson, and
is now in his eighty-first year, and is the oldest native born citizen living
in Marshall county. He is a very
intelligent old gentleman and what he relates is authentic. The following was written nearly verbatim:
"John Baker, my grandfather, was a Prussian, and he came to the
United States in the year 1755. He
landed at Philadelphia, where he married a German lady by the name of Elizabeth
Sullivan, in the year 1760. Immediately
after his marriage he moved to the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, where in the
year 1763 Henry Baker, my father, was born.
In the year 1767 he emigrated from there to Dunkard creek, Greene
county, Pa., and settled among the Indians, four
tribes of whom were then living there in
peace with the whites, viz: the
Delaware, the Wyandots, the Swanees, and the Mingoes. He remained there until
the breaking out of Dunmore's War, when he
took refuge with his family in what was then called Redstone Old Fort, now
Brownsville, Pa.
In the year 1781 he went to where Washington, Pa., now stands, then
known as Catfish Camp. About this time
the country about there was very much alarmed, and the people were on the
lookout for the Indians, who were reported to have crossed the river near
Holiday's Cove, and were expected to make inroads upon the settlements. An express was sent to Wheeling fort to give
the alarm concerning it. The party sent
consisted of Henry Baker, my father (then eighteen years of age,) Henry Yoho,
and ------Starnater. They traveled in
safety until they came to the Narrows, on Wheeling creek, near where Col. Woods
lived and died. Here they were ambushed
by a party of Indians. Starnater shot
the Indian nearest him and in return he and his horse were immediately killed. Yoho's horse was shot and fell but arising
almost immediately it dashed through the Indians, carrying him away in safety
to Wheeling fort. Baker's horse was shot
but ran some hundred yards when it fell on him.
Extricating himself as soon as possible, and throwing away his arms to
lighten himself, he ran for about a quarter of a mile, when seeing a very large
red skin approaching him directly in front with a pistol in one hand and a
tomahawk in the other, he saw that escape was impossible and stopped.
He was taken back to the body of the Indians, among whom was a brother
of the one killed by Starnater.  They came rapidly down this ridge where I
live, no doubt thinking they would be pursued.
They struck the river at Kate's Rock, where they found several canoes
filled with Indians, who seemed to be waiting
for them.
From this point, after rowing a short distance down the river, they left
the stream, and going back of the Grave creek flats they crossed the creek near
where the water station now is and struck the river again at the lower end of
the Round Bottom. Here they crossed the
river and encamped for the night at the head of Captina Island.  He was tied to a sapling
and passed the night without food.
They started early next morning and traveled three days and three nights
without stopping to camp, or with scarcely anything to eat. At the end of this time they arrived at
Chillicothe. Here, thinking they were
out of danger of pursuit, they traveled more leisurely and killing some deer,
they had plenty to eat. Arriving at
Sandusky they found a band of at least three hundred warriors, and there were
nine other men from Kentucky as prisoners.
They were all compelled to run the gauntlet. My father being young and active ran it
easily, which so enraged a young Indian that he knocked him down with his club
after he had entered the house. He
witnessed the burning of the nine Kentuckians, one being burned each day, all
the time being warned that his fate was to be the same as theirs. On the tenth day he was ordered to be taken
out and tied to the stake by an old Indian.
He resisted somewhat, and tried to parley with them, but on starting out
toward the stake he saw a horseman rapidly approaching. When the horseman came up he saw a man
dressed in the uniform of a British officer.
He immediately ran to the man. He
told him that the Indians were about to burn him, and he wanted him to save
him.  My father always supposed that Girty
anticipated making an attack on Wheeling and expected him to be useful to him
as a guide, for he took him aside and asked him all manner of questions
concerning Wheeling and vicinity.
Through the interposition of Girty he was sent to Detroit and reported
to the Governor. He was then set at
liberty. Hiring himself to an Indian
trader, he remained with him some time trading with the Indians.
At length he started with two others for Virginia, and after a tedious
march, getting lost at one time for near three weeks, they arrived at the point
where Bridgeport now stands. The
inhabitants of Wheeling were some of them on that side of the river, making
sugar and selling it. They supposed them
to be
Indians and fled to the fort and gave the
alarm. Finally, when the inhabitants of
the fort found out who they were, they welcomed them within its walls.
Baker here found that during his absence his father had moved to the
Round Bottom, whither he went, and when summer opened they all went to Fort
Tomlinson.
In the year 1784 my father built what was long known as Baker's station,
near Cresap's grove. In the same year a
family by the name of Parr settled in
the Flats, and a short time thereafter
Henry Baker married one of his daughters.
After marriage he settled at Tomlinson's fort, and in the year 1786 his
first son, John Baker, was born. (He was
the father of Captain A.O. Baker, present clerk of the circuit court). He lived at the fort until Wayne's treaty in
1791, when he moved to Round Bottom, where he bought a tract of land at the
lower end of the bottom, including also Captine island. Here he lived and died. His oldest son, John, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Jonathan Roberts.
DEATH OF CAPT. JOHN BAKER BY THE INDIANS
Captain John Baker, who located here in the early settlement of the
country, was captain of a company of men fighting the Indians, and about 1787
met with his death. He was in company
with the Wetzels, three in number, in a block house that had been erected at the
head of Cresap's bottom. They were watching
Indians who sauntered around on the opposite banks of the Ohio river, evidently
waiting an opportunity to kill the whites that had taken refuge in the
fort. Baker seizing the first chance
fired and killed an Indian that was in range of his gun. The Indians pretending they were frightened,
scattered and ran in different directions, leaving their bleeding and dying
brother upon the ground. Baker seeing at
once that his shot had proven fatal, and being somewhat daring, suggested to
the Wetzels to cross the river and examine their dead foe. No Indians then, of course, were in
sight--all tranquil and every appearance of safety. But the savages were using strategy. They had secreted themselves not far from
their dead companion. He was left there
for a bait, and Baker was thus decoyed.
A canoe was secured and they crossed to the opposite bank to take a look
at their dead victim. Whilst
reconnoitering him, several shots from the Indians were unexpectedly fired, and
one taking effect on Baker, who fell and was captured by the Indians. The Wetzels recovered the body shortly
afterwards--they found he had crawled partially under a log, lying insensible,
with both eyes gored out--and he was carried across the river on the canoe,
only surviving but a short time after reaching the fort, or block-house. he was buried at that place. The following named persons attended the
funeral: Henry Baker, the old Indian
warrior, and family; Reuben Roberts, and family; George Baker, Leonard Raigor
and two brothers; Aaron Hughes, and Capt. Roberts. There were three canoe loads went from the
Round bottom to Baker's Station, where the block-house stood. Col. S. P. Baker and Capt. Roberts are the
only two persons now living that attended on that occasion.
"History of Marshall County, West Virginia" by Scott Powell,
gives this account: "Captain John
Baker was born in Prussia and came to America about
1760.
He arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and five years latter married
Elizabeth Sullivan of that city, and from there the young couple moved to the
Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where they lived two years and from there they
removed to the waters of Dunkard Creek, now in Greene County, Pennsyvlannia, in
the year 1767 and remained there seven years.
At the time they lived on that creek there were a number of Indians
residing on it and they and the whites were very friendly. At the breaking out of Dunmore's War he
removed his family to Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville. The American Revolution breaking out soon after
the close of Dunmore's War, Indian hostilities soon followed the breaking out
of the war. He remained at the fort a
number of years, and was in the service of that Colony of Virginia much of the
time during that war, but there is little record of him.
He went from Redstone to Catfish Camp in 1781, where he remained a short
time and then removed to Round Bottom and in 1784 Captain Baker built a
blockhouse near the upper end of Cresap's
Bottom. This place was generally known
by the name of Baker's Station. (Near what is now Moundsville, West
Virginia.)
While two of the Wetzel men were at Baker's Station in 1787, they and
Captain Baker noticed some Indians on the opposite shore of the Ohio River
walking about leisurely. Baker getting
an opportunity shot at one of them and killed him. The others ran away as if badly frightened,
leaving the dead Indian where he fell.
They did it evidently to deceive the whites, as it was proved later by
their actions. Baker and the two Wetzels
crossed over the river and were viewing the dead Indian when several shots were
fired and Baker fell mortally wounded.
The Wetzels treed and commenced to fight and some other men crossed the
river and reinforced them and drove the Indians off and recovered the body of Baker. He had crawled a short distance from where he
fell and was alive when recovered but died soon after arriving at the
station. He was buried on a flat near a
stream called Grave Yard Run at the upper end of Cresap's Bottom."
There is a stone at Riverview Cemetery in
the military section. It says: Captain John Baker, 11 VA Reg, Revolutionary
War, 1738 - 1788. This stone must
have been moved here when the highway was
moved for the construction of the Mitchell Plant. Joel Robinson told me his grandfather, Oran
Vane "Jack" Baker, had the stone moved to Riverview Cem when St Rt 2
was moved for the construction of Mitchell Power Plant. He also said they dug up the graves and did
not find much except some wood from the caskets. This is probably when they had a picture of
John Wetzel's tomahawk in the "Moundsville Daily Echo". I would assume whatever they found was buried
in the military section of Riverview Cemetery.
He
was married to Elizabeth Adams Sullivan in 1760 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co,
PA.
65.
Elizabeth Adams Sullivan was born on 14 Feb 1744 in Germany. She died on 22 May 1836 in Monroe Co,
OH. She was buried in Steed Cem, Matz
Farm, Monroe Co, OH. She has reference
number 835 & 847.
Elizabeth Ann Sullivan was the farm wife of Captain John Baker the famed
founder and defender of "Baker Station" at Cresap, VA opposite
Powhatan Point, Ohio. They were married
in Philadelphia, PA circa 1860 (sic), some five years after John had emigrated from
Bingham on the Rhine, Prussia. This
marriage triggered a long but determined westward migration of fifty-five years
terminating on a came in Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
Elizabeth and John first moved to the beautiful Shenandoah Valley where
their twin daughters, Catherine and Margaret were born in 1761, followed by
George, Henry and Mary. These were happy days for she and John in
this bountiful land.
Seven years later they moved over the "Warrior Trail" to
Greene County, PA. At the the confluence
of Dunkard Creek and the Monongahela River there were several friendly Indian
settlements and it was decided to remain at this frontier. They lived here for another seven years where
Elizabeth and John Jr. were born.
This deserving patriot encountered extensive hardships on her journey to
the Ohio Territory. The friendly Indians
were becoming unsettled and restless by the treatment from the government. Lord Dunmore was also instigating Indian
removal to the Northwest Territory. This
caused a large exodus of settlers to Old Redstone Fort including Elizabeth and
her family.
Here life went on and sons Joseph and Jacob were born. Henry joined the First Battalion of
Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia with his brothers-in-law, Peter and
Henry Yoho.
The next move was to Catfish Camp, now Washington, PA, where Martin was
born. In the spring of 1781 her son
Henry and Henry Yoho, husband of daughter, Catherine Baker, were dispatched to
Fort Henry, Wheeling, VA to warn of an Indian uprising. During an Indian attack, Henry Yoho's horse
was shot but managed to get him to the Fort.
Henry Baker's horse was shot and killed and he was taken prisoner. A third man by the name of Stalnaker was
killed.
The Baker family next moved to Wheeling Creek near Fort Henry where
Elizabeth bore her last son, Isacc, in 1782.
Shortly afterwards she moved to Round Bottom and on to Cresap a few
miles down the river where John built a blockhouse or fort in 1784. It was not considered a true fort as it was
not a
full-time garrison.
These were trying times with continuing Indian skirmishes throughout the
Ohio Valley. Household duties took on
the added dimensions of looking after the needs of the Indian scouts that
visited the blockhouse. The Ohio County
census of 1787 show the family owning seven cattle, indicating she was
providing food for these boarders.
In 1787 her husband, Captain John Baker, was mortally wounded by Indians
at Powhatan Point. Her son, John Jr.,
was killed by Indians in 1794 at the
"Battle of Captina Creek."
After the marriage of her youngest son, she migrated to Washington
Township, Belmont County, Ohio around 1804 with her son Martin.
Elizabeth next moved to Monroe County where Martin had purchased the North
West quarter of Section Twenty-seven in Township four, Range Five on September
3, 1813. On September 16, 1815 Martin
purchased an adjacent 109 acres in Section 33, Township 4, Range 5. It is presumed that Elizabeth resided on this
acreage as the 1820 census lists her as living in a separate household with one
boy and two girls under sixteen and one girl over sixteen. It also shows her as foreign, not
naturalized, that gives credence to her being English.
Elizabeth, my fourth great-grandmother was bestowed the honor of burial
at the highest point on a hillside plot in the center of the "Old
Baker" cemetery on the farm where she lived. With a pointing hand, reaching to the Lord
her tombstone reads, "DIED; May 22, 1836; Aged 92 yrs. 3; mos. & 8 Dy." She rests next to her son Martin and wife
Sarah Farnsworth in the Stead (sic) Cemetery on the "Matz" farm south
of Woodsfield, [OH].
Elizabeth has the "honor" of being a Patriot of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the First Families of Ohio and the First Families
of Monroe County, Ohio.
(Source:
Monroe County Ohio Families, page 69 - submitted by Virginia L. Baker
Bininger)
Captain John Baker and Elizabeth Adams
Sullivan had the following children:
i. Margaret Baker26 was born about 1761
in Shenandoah Valley, VA. She died in
1830 in Fish Ck, Ohio Co, VA. She was
buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV. She has reference number 417. Was Margaret living with her son, Lewis in
the 1840 census, or was the female 80-90 years old his mother-in-law?
Margaret
Baker was the twin of Catherine Baker.
Denver Yoho states: I have found no record of her after 1823. A great grandduaghter told her family that
Margaret lived to be an old woman and died about 1848. Problem:
Did she die in 1825, 1838 or 1848?
55 ii. Catherine
Baker.
iii. George Baker was born in 1762 in
Shenandoah Valley, VA. He died in 1845
in Graysville, Marshall Co, VA. He was
buried in Graysville, Marshall Co, VA.
1810 Ohio County census
Baker, George
1820 Ohio County census
Baker, George
pg 26 Marshall Co 1840
Baker, George 70-80, female 70-80, female
5-10
#313 Marshall Co 1850
Baker, Sarah 84 MD, Susan I 14 VA
iv. Henry Baker27,28,29 was born in 1763 in
Shenandoah Valley, VA. He died in 1847
in Cresap, Marshall Co, VA.
1810 Ohio County census
Baker, Henry
1820 Ohio County census
Baker, Henry
From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY," Vol. I, pages
669-671. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
John
Baker was the eldest son of Henry and Mary (Parr) Baker. They were married in
1787, on the what is now J. B. Hix farm (Parr's Run and Parr's Point are named
for this respected old pioneer settler.)
The Parrs lived there at the time of said marriage. This flat surrounded
by hills was known as the Flats of Grave creek.
Henry Baker was an old Indian hunter, also a farmer. He died in 1847, aged about one hundred
years. His wife died in Round Bottom at
the age of sixty-one years.
Private
in Captain John Guthrey's Company of First Battalion, Washington County, PA, in
1782, recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships.
v. John Baker was born in 1765 in
Shenandoah Valley, VA. He died on 22 May
1794 in Captina, Marshall Co, WV. He was
buried in Graveyard Run, Cresap, Marshall Co, WV.
In
the spring of 1794 a bloody battle took place in what is now Belmont county,
Ohio, in the valley of Captina Creek at the mouth of what is now called Cove
run. About 30 Indians were commanded by
Charley Wilkey, a chief of the Shawnees.
There were only 14 whites commanded by Cap Abram Enochs. The following description of the battle is in
the words of John's brother, Martin, who was then a little boy at Fort Baker.
"One
mile below the mouth of Captina, on the Virginia side, was Baker's Fort, so
named for my father. One morning in May
1794, four men were sent over, according to the custom, to the Ohio side to
reconnoitre. They were Adam Miller, John
Daniels, Isaac McCowan and John Shoptaw.
Miller and Daniels took up stream, and the other two down. The upper scouts were soon attacked by
Indians, and Miller killed. Daniels ran
up Captina about three miles, but being weak from the loss of blood issuing
from a wound in his arm, was taken prisoner, carried into captivity and
subsequently released at the treaty of Greenville.
"The lower scouts having discovered signs of the Indians, Shoptaw
swam across the Ohio and escaped, but McCowen, going up towards the canoe, was
shot by Indians in ambush. Upon this he
ran down to the bank, sprang into the water - pursued by the enemy, who
overtook and scalped him. The firing
being heard at the Fort they beat up for volunteers.
"There were about fifty men in the Fort. There was great reluctance
among them to volunteer. My sister said
she would not be a coward. This aroused
the pride of my brother, John Baker, who before had determined not to go. He joined the others, fourteen in number,
including Captain Abram Enochs. They
soon crossed the river, and went up Captina a distance of a mile and a half,
following the Indian trail.
"The Indians had come back on their trails and were in ambush on
the hillside awaiting their approach, when sufficiently near they fired on our
people, but being on an elevated position, their balls passed harmlessly over
them. The whites then treed.
"Some of the Indians came up behind and shot Capt. Enochs and Mr.
Hoffman. Our people soon retreated and
the Indians pursued but a short distance.
On their retreat, my brother was shot in the hip.
Determined to sell his life as dearly as possible, he drew to one side
and secreted himself in a hollow with a rock at his back offering no chance for
the enemy to approach but in front. Shortly afterwards, two guns were heard in
quick succession; doubtless one of them was fired by my brother, and from the
signs afterwards it was supposed he had
killed an Indian.
"The next day, the men returned and visited the spot. Enochs, Hoffman and my brother were found
dead and scalped.  The dead were wrapped in white hickory bark, brought over
to the Virginia side and buried in
their bark coffins. Seven skeletons of their slain were found
long after secreted in the crevices of rocks.
(Source: The History of Belmont and
Jefferson County, Ohio by J. A. Caldwell - furnished by Anne Rast)
vi. Mary Jane Baker was born in 1765 in
Shenandoah Valley, VA.
vii. Elizabeth Baker was born in 1768 in
Dunkard Crk, Greene Co, PA. Elizabeth
Baker was killed by Indians.
viii. Joseph Baker was born in 1773 in Dunkard
Crk, Greene Co, PA. He died in 1859 in
Pea Vine Ck, Belmont Co, OH.
ix. Jacob Baker was born in 1775 in Redstone
Fort, Brownsville, PA. He died in 1861
in Calais, Monroe Co, OH.  Jacob Baker related these stories to his
daughter, Sara, who in turn told her grandchildren. Sara Baker Ingraham was born in 1810 and died
in 1900 and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Jackson Co., W.Va. The information handed down in this manner
included the story that Jacob Baker was often bothered by nightmares and would
wake up screaming that the Indians were going to attack. When he died, a pound of gunpowder in a horn,
was buried with him, as per his last request.
With the burning of many records all proof of this relationship between
Jacob Baker and Sara was presumed lost, however, in Record Book 18, page 362,
in the Court of Common Pleas, we found a record of Jacob Baker's will, which
had been re-entered in the records of a civil suit. It shows that Jacob made his last will and
testament on the 13th day of Nov. 1852, and died in 1861, that he owned the NE
1/2 of S.11, T.7, R.7, which he ordered divided into four equal lots by running
lines north and south across this quarter section, and he left these equal lots
to his sons, Henry, John, Jacob and Andrew.
He also bequeathed items to his daughters: ELEANOR MARTIN, SARAH
INGRAHAM, MARGARET BAKER, ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, and to his grand-daughter, Mary
Ann Stephens, daughter of his daughter, Elizabeth Reynolds.
(Source: Family Research in
Monroe County, Catharine Fedorchak, 8 Feb 1968)
Copy of
Will
Exhibit
"A"
In the name of God, Amen, I Jacob
Baker of Monroe Co. being in tolerable good health of body and of sound mind
memory and understanding, thanks be to God for the same, but considering the
certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous
of settling my wordly affairs and therefore be the better prepared to leave
this world when it shall please God to call me hence, to therefore make and arrange
this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First, I commit my soul to the hands of the Almighty God who gave it and
my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian-like manner direction of my
executor hereinafter named, and after my debts and funeral expenses are paid I
devise and bequeath as follows, viz:
To my four sons, Henry Baker, John Baker, Andrew Baker, and Jacob Baker,
I give and devise the quarter section on which I now reside the same being the
NE 1/4 S.11, T.7, R.7, the said 1/4 section to be divided into 4 equal parts by
right lines running north and south, the said lots to be numbered from east to
west, the first or eastern lot to belong to Henry Baker, the second to John
Baker, the 3rd to Jacob Baker, and the 4th or western lot to Andrew Baker, each
to pay the sum of $125.00 to my 4 daughters and granddaughter hereinafter
named, 1/2 to be paid in 2 years and the remaining half within 3 years from my
decease.
I give and devise to my 5 (sic) daughters, Eleanor Martin, Sarah
Ingraham, Margaret Baker, Elizabeth Reynolds and Mary Ann Stephens, dau. of my
dau. Elizabeth Reynolds all my personal property.
To Mary Stephens 1 bed and bedding, a bureau and cow, and all the
dresser wares and the remainder of my personal property to my daughters and
granddaughter, share and share alike, or to as many of them as may be living at
my decease.
John Baker and Andrew Baker to be my executors - dated 13 Nov 1852, and
witnessed by James Atkinson and G.H. Hays.
(Source:
Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Monroe Co., OH, Record Book 18,
page 362-363 - 4 Sep 1871 found in Fedorchak, unknown volume, page 84-85 -
furnished by Ray Alfred Stewart)
LAND: Monroe Co., OH. court of Common
Pleas - Record Book, page 259 - 4 Sep 1871 - Case of Jacob Baker vs. Andrew
Baker and Herman Benninhaus: .....that said Jacob Baker deceased, devised to
said Andrew Baker, Henry Baker and john Baker the NE 1/4 S.11, T.7, R.7 and
said will and the record thereof is
destroyed, plaintiff asks that the contents of said will be established....
(Found in Fedorchak, unknown volume, page 84 - furnished by Ray Alfred Stewart)
Legal Notice - appearing in SPIRIT OF
DEMOCRACY - issue of Nov. 22, 1865
Notice to James Rucker and Margaret, his
wife, of the State of Iowa, John Baker, Samuel Carpenter adn Polly, his wife;
John Dailey and Nancy his wife; Alexander Baker, James Baker, Cain Baker,
Margaret Baker, Majora Baker, John Baker, Jr. and A.G. Beaber of the State of
Illinois. James Wells filed a petition
to obtain title to real estate in S.11, T.7, R.7, same land devised by Jacob
Baker, Sr. to Henry Baker and by Henry Baker sold to James Wells.
(Found in Fedorchak, unknown volume, page 85 - furnished by Ray Alfred
Stewart)
x. Martin D Baker was born on 10 Oct 1780
in Cat Fish Camp, Washington, PA. He
died on 27 Apr 1857 in Monroe Co, OH. He
was buried in Steed Cem, Matz Farm, Monroe Co, OH.
32 xi. Isaac
Baker.
80.
John Zimmerman Carpenter was born in 1735. He died in 1807. He was married to Drusilla Tomlinson in 1761.
81.
Drusilla Tomlinson was born in 1738.
She died in 1774.
John Zimmerman Carpenter and Drusilla
Tomlinson had the following children:
40 i. Robert
Carpenter.
82.
Joseph Ball was born about 1740 in Richland, Bucks Co, PA. He died in 1811 in Guernsey Co, OH. He was married to Mary Adamson.
83.
Mary Adamson was born on 7 Dec 1747 in Springfield Twp, Bucks Co,
PA. She died after 1820 in OH.
Joseph Ball and Mary Adamson had the
following children:
41 i. Mary
Ball.
108.
Johannes Yoho26,30,8 was born in 1712 in Sulzthal, Alsace. He died after 1795 in Graysville, Ohio Co,
VA. He was buried in Peter Yoho Cem,
Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV. We will never
know if Johannes Yoho was really buried in this cemetery. He has reference number 832 & 844. From the list of all the Palatine passengers
on board, the Snow "Two Sisters", James Marshall, Master, from
Rotterdam, last from Cowes in England. [Qualified September 9, 1738.] Joh Joho age 37, Susanna Joho age 44.
Lived Sulzthal, Alsace (Lembach Parish),
PA, VA. Emigrated in 1738 on ship SNO
TWO SISTERS, wooden shoe maker, Revolutionary War Veteran.
Johannas Yoho appears in the Ancestral
File more than once: JGGH-Z1, BFCG-J2.
Denver Yoho wrote: It seems, from family
traditions and records, that Johannas (Jonathan) Yoho was born in Alsace in
1712. Present day Yohos live in
Switzerland and pronounce the name, Yoho.
The name is spelled, Yoheaux in French and Joho in German and
Dutch. He migrated to Philiadelphia in
1738. In 1752 he was living near
Winchester, VA. In 1761 he moved to an
area of Virginia which would later lie in southwestern Pennsylvania (probably
Greene Co., PA). By 1795 he was living in Ohio Co., VA, which is now Marshall
Co., WV. He died there shortly after
1795. (22 Apr 1988) Johannas Yoho
(Joho) is aka Jonathan and John.
Johannas Yoho was confirmed in 1729.
Denver Clayton Yoho wrote: I
believe, although there is lack of proof for all but three children, that
Johannas Joho, (son of John Michael Yoho and Susanna Gelker of Sulzthal,
Alsace) and his wife, Susanna Catharine Lau, daughter of Theobald Lau, are the
parents of 11 children. I make this
assumption from records and family traditions that I have acquired during my
life time. Starting about 1958 I have devoted much of my time to research on
the Yoho family. Johannas and Susanna
had one or more children who were born and died before they came to America. Two daughters are recorded as being born in
America. I believe they had at least 7
more children born in America. Family
oral tradition from the descendants of brothers, John, Henry, and Jacob Yoho
all claim that 3, 5, or 7 brothers came from Switzerland, Germany or Holland to
Baltimore or Philadelphia and that they were wearing wooden shoes. Johannas Yoho was a wooden shoemaker in
Alsace. (22 Apr 1988)
Land Transfer Document from Lord Fairfax
to John Yoho 19 Aug 1766 . The Right
Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britian
called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. To all who this Present Writing shall come
sends Greeting Know Yee that for good causes for and in consideration of the
compostion to me paid and for the Annual Rent hereinafter reserved I have given
granted and confirmed and by these presents for me my heirs and assigns do give
grant and confirm unto John Yoho of Frederick County a certain tract of wood
and ungranted land on Cedar Creek in this county and bounded as by a survey
thereof made by Robert Rutherford .
Beginning on the North Westerly side of the creek near the bank of the
same at a locust and two young white oaks and extending N 42 W one hundred and
twenty four poles by two white oaks on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles
to a red oak and two chestnuts by a large rock stone on a high ridge then S 28
W fifty-six poles to a pine and white oak sapling by a steep bank of the creek
a corner to Thomas Perry then with line the course continues forty-six poles in
the line crossing the creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty-two poles to
the Beginning, containing two hundred and forty-six acres together with all
rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging Royal Mines Excepted and a
full third part of all lead copper tine coals iron mine and iron ore that shall
be found thereon to have and to hold the two hundred and forty-six acres of
land together with all rights profits and benefits to the same belonging or in
anywise appertaining except before excepted To him the said John Yoho his heirs
and assigns therefore yeilding and paying to me my heirs and assigns or to my
certain attorney or attornies agent or agents or to the certain attorney or
attornies of my heirs or assigns Proprietor of the Northern Neck yearly and
every year on the feast day of Michael the Arch Angel the fee rent of one
shilling sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so
proportionably for a greater or lesser quanity provided that if the said John
Yoho his heirs and assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual rent aforsaid
so that the same or any part thereof shall be ? and unpaid by the space of two
whole years after the same shall become due if legally demanded that then it
shall and may be lawful for me my heirs and assigns proprietors as aforsaid my
or their certain attorney or attornies agent or agents into the above granted
premises to enter and hold the same so as if this grant had never passed .
Given at my Office in the County of
Frederick under my hand and seal the nineteenth day of August, 1766. Fairfax
(Furnished by Hugh L. Yoho).
LAND:
22 Jul 1771, Joho Yoho sells land to Alexander Machir
THIS INDENTURE made the two and twentieth
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one
BETWEEN John Yoho of the County of Frederick and Colony of Virginia of the one
part and Alexander Machir of County and Colony of the other part, WITNESSETH,
that the said John Yoho for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings
in Current money of Virginia; to him in hand paid by the said Alexander Machir
at or before the sealing and Delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, hath granted, Bargained and sold and by these presents
doth Grant Bargain and sell unto the said Alexander Machir a certain Tract of
Land on Cedar Creek in the said County and Colony above mentioned and bounded
as by a survey thereof by Robert Rutherford; BEGINNING on the northeasterly
side of the Creek near the Bank of the same at a Locust and two young white
oaks & extending N 42 W one hundred and twenty four poles by two white oaks
on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles to a red oak and two Chestnuts by a
large Rock Stone on a high ridge then S 28 E fifty six Poles to a pine and
white oak sapling by a steep Bank of the Creek a corner to Thomas Perry then
with this line the course continues forty six poles in the line crofsing the
Creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty two Poles to the beginning
containing two hundred and forty six acres which said Land was given granted
& confirmed to the said John Yoho by the Right Honorable Thomas Lord
Fairfax by a Deed bearing the nineteenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand
and seven hundred and sixty six. Registered in the Proprietor's office in Book
W, page 141 and all Homes, Buildings, Orchards, ways, waters, water Courses,
Profits, commodities, Hereditaments and appurtenances whatsover to the said
Premises hereby Granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise
appertaining, and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents
issues and Profits thereof, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the lands hereby conveyed and
all and singular other the Premises hereby Granted with the appurtenances unto
the said Alexander Machir his Executors administrator and afsigns from the day
before the date hereof, for and during the full term and time of one whole year
from thence next issuing fully to be complete and ended, YIELDING AND PAYING
therefore the rent of one pepper corn on ? day next if the same shall be
lawfully demanded to the intent & purpose that by virture of these presents
and of the statute for transferring uses into pofsefsion the said Alexander
Machir may be in actual Pofsefsion of the Premises and be thereby enabled to
accept and take ? and Release of the reversion and Inheritance thereof to him
and his heirs IN WITNESS whereof the said John Yoho hath hereunto set his hand
and seal the day and year first above written.
(Source: unknown - extracted from a copy of the original by Hugh L. Yoho)
Virginia Tax Lists: Jonathan Yoho, 1795; Jacob Yoho, 1795; Peter
Yoho, 1785, 1790, 1795; Henry Yoho, 1785, 1795. . Denver C. Yoho wrote: I haven't found any later record of Jonathan
Yoho than the 1795 Virginia Tax List.
Johannas Yoho, born 1712 in Alsace would have been 83 years of age in
1795. Johannas Yoho was probably buried
in an unmarked grave at the Yoho Cemetery, near Graysville, Marshall Co.,
WV. This cemetery is on the farm that
was owned by Peter Yoho.
He was married to Susannah Catherine Lau
on 1 Mar 1735 in Sulzthal, Alsace.
109.
Susannah Catherine Lau26 was born about 1714 in Sulzthal, Alsace. She died in 1765. She has reference number 833 & 845. Was her first name, Susanna or Sussana? She is in the Ancestral File more than once,
2TKQ-JB and JGGH-KX.
Johannes Yoho and Susannah Catherine Lau
had the following children:
i. Marie Christine Yoho26 was born on 20
Oct 1735 in Mattsall, Alsace. She died
in 1736 in Mattsall, Alsace.
ii. Eva Cathrina Yoho26 was born on 18 Jun 1737
in Lemback Parish, Sulzthal, Alsace. She
died before 1741.
iii. Maria Christine Yoho26 was born on 14
Mar 1740 in Conewago Co, PA. She was
christened on 22 May 1740.
iv. Eva Catrina Yoho was born on 26 May 1741
in Conewago Co, PA. She was christened
on 25 Jun 1741. She died on 5 Nov 1825
in Greene Co, PA. She was buried in
Shriver-de-Frise, Greene Co, PA.
According to Denver Clayton Yoho, Catherine Yoho is thought to be the
daughter of Johannas Yoho who came to America in 1737. Catherine Yoho was the 2nd wife of George
Lemley. Denver Clayton Yoho wrote: Eva Catrina Joho/Yoho, born in Conewago, now
York and Adams counties, PA, in 1741, is likely the Catherine Yoho who married
George Lemley. Alvah J. W. Headlee of
Morgantown, WV has published, "George Lemley and wife Catherine Yoho and
their descendents for Two Centuries." He didn't know Catherine's ancestry
and only guessed she is the sister of Peter and Henry Yoho. (22 Apr 1988)
Broderbund Marriage Records, CD #403
There are 3 entries for George Lemley
& Catherine Yoho. The records state
she was born in 1745 and he 1741. The
marriage occurred in 1762.
Sources: 4781.004, 1194.000, & 8911.088.
v. Peter Yoho31,26,32 was born about 1745
in nr Winchester, Frederick Co, VA. He
died on 21 Oct 1823 in Fish Ck, Ohio Co, VA.
He was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV. He has reference number 416. DAR National #592263, Eloyce Parsons Trader.
Listed as a private in Lieutenant William
Cross' Company of Monongalia Militia at Forr Pitt in 1777.
Private, First Battalion, John Guthreys's
Company, Washington County, PA Militia in 1782, recruited in Whiteley and
Greene Townships.
On the Greene Township, Washington Co, PA
assessment roll in 1784.
Land Book, 1786, Tithables, Ohio County,
VA.
Farmer, lived Fish Creek, just past
Graysville, Revolutionary War Veteran, came to area in 1786. Lived Greene Twp, Wash Co, PA in 1784. Listed in militia for Wash Co, PA in 1780.
Will - Ohio County - Book 3 Pages 273 -
278
Lived Westmoreland Co, PA during the
Revolution. He was a private under
Captain John Gethery. Service record in
Vol 2 pg 19, 6th series, PA Archives.
Peter was said to be one of the first white settlers in what is now
Marshall Co, WV. He and his brother
Henry are believed to have come to the area along the Ohio River around
1792. Peter's name appeared on the 1810
Ohio Co, VA census list. He purchased
land on the waters of Fish Creek in 1804.
Recorded Ohio Co Deed Book 7 page 208.
Henry Yoho purchased an adjoining tract of land in 1803. Both brothers purchased land from Abijah
McClain.
Peter Yoho was on the assessment role,
Greene Twp, Washington Co, PA in 1784.
The
Ancestral File lists the birth as, 1745, probably Winchester, VA. Revolutionary
War Service. According to Denver Yoho he
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
He resided in Washington Co., PA, now Greene Co., PA, during the
war. He served in First Battalion,
Washington Co., PA Militia. In 1782, he
was recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA,
under Captain John Guthrey (Gethery).
This service was used by DAR member Elizabeth (Carson) Kramer in her
application. (PA Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp 18-19 and 271). The Indian Wars By Denver Yoho April 1995. We have records of at least four, and
possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and
the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry
Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are
believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa
1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records
evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian
Wars. Peter Yoho, who was born in 1745
and died in 1823, also served in the Revolutionary War. Peter died prior to the legislation that was
passed rewarding Revolutionary War soldiers for their service. Thus, military records for Peter Yoho are
scarce. In the Pennsylvania Archives Series
VI, Vol. 2, pages 18, 19, 271, the following in listed: "Year 1782 First
Battalion, Washington County. Recruited
in Whiteley and Greene Townships (now Greene County) a few miles from Dunkard. John Guthrey, Captain. Among the privates were listed Peter Yoho and
Henry Yoho. These men also served tours
with Captain John Guthrey and Captain Samuel Swindler, Captain John Minor,
Captain Cecil Davis and Captain John Shipman.
Service on the western frontier was not continuous. Soldiers would be discharged at the end of an
emergency and called back when an emergency would occur." Also, listed in the DAR Patriot Index 1966
printing, page 768, is the following: "Peter Yoho born 1745, died 1817-28,
MXPvt. PA." (Source: The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1).
DAR
Patriot Index . The DAR PATRIOT INDEX lists two men by the name of Yoho who had
Revolutionary Service: Henry Yoho, born
1752, died 1845, wife, Catherine, Private, Spy, Virginia and Peter Yoho, b.
circa 1745, died in 1817 also a private from PA. Henry Yoho applied for a pension from
Monongalia Co., VA when he was 82 years old, put Peter never applied for
one. However, both Henry and Peter show
up on the First Battalion, Wasington Co., [PA] Militia recruited in Whiteley,
Greene and Dunkard Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA in 1782. Ref. PA
Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp. 18-19, pp. 271. I sent for the pension file of Henry Yoho and
found it interesting reading. File No. S- 7996.
Henry was placed on the roll of the Wheeling Agency at the rate of Forty
Dollars per Annum under the law of 7 Jun 1832.
His application reveals that he was born in Virginia about 18 miles from
Winchester. He did not recollect the year,
but he stated he was 85 years old. His
father's family moved to Western Virginia when he was 11 years old and he
resided there ever since. He first
served in the Revolution in a company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Singles who
was stationed on Whiteley Creek, now in Monongalia Co., [WV] at the house of a
settler named Duncan. The Company was
composed of 18 men, some drafted, although he had volunteered. They marched to Garrett's fort on Whiteley
Creek and remained there. (Source: undated column of Catherine Foreaker
Fedorchak - furnished by Vivian Yoho).
According to the "History of the Panhandle West Virginia,"
"Old Peter Yoho settled on Fish
Creek, near Graysville, Marshall Co., VA/WV in 1792." Ohio Co., VA Deed Book 7, page 208, June 5,
1804, Peter Yoho bought 170 acres of land, at Gully Bottom, Fish Creek, near
(Graysville, WV) from Abijah McClain for $502.00. This land adjoined the land of his brother,
Henry Yoho, who bought 192 acres on Fish Creek from Abijah McClain, June 5,
1804, Deed Book 7, page 205, for the sum of $525.00.
Peter
Yoho Obtains Land from Abijah McClain 5 Jun 1804. This indenture made this 5th day of June Anno
Domini 1804 between Abijah McClain and Pamela, his wife, of Green County and
State of Pennsylvania of the one part and Peter Yoho of Ohio County in the
State of Virginia of the other part . Witnesseth that the said Abijah and
Pamela for and in consideration for five hundred and ten dollars to them in
hand paid by the said Peter Yoho before the ensealing and delivery hereof the
receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge (and ?? the said Peter) have granted
bargained sold ? released and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain
sell ? release and confirm to the said Peter Yoho part of a tract of land
situate in Ohio County in the State of Virginia on the waters of Fish Creek
called Gully Bottom. Beginning at a gum
and beech on the bank of Fish Creek on Abijah McClains original line thence by
land conveyed to Henry Yoho North thirty four degrees East 45 1/2 perches to a
small hickory North 23 degrees West 150 perches to three beeches in the forks
of a drean South 44 degrees West 46 perches to a linn South 74 degrees West 38
perches to a ? ash at the creek Sout 17 degrees East 92 Perches South 36
degrees East 57 perches to a beech and Spanish oak on the bank corner of the
original survey and with a line of the same North 86 degrees East 132 perches
to the Beginning. containing 170 acres of land strict measure (It is part of
the same tract of land which the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to the said
Abijah by Patent dated the first day of September Anno Domini 1795 in
consequence of a certificate of settlement from the commissioners for adjusting
the title to unpatented land) to have and to hold the above described tract or
parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Peter Yoho his Heirs assigns
??? proper use benefit and behoof of the said Peter Yoho His Heirs assigns
forever and the said Abijah and Pamela for themselves their heirs Executors or
Administrators do hereby covenant to and with the said Peter Yoho his heirs and
assigns the above described tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to
the said Peter his Heirs and assigns against all persons shall and will warrant
and forever defend in testimony whereof they have hereto set their hand and
seals the day and year first herein written. Abijah McClain (Indenture
furnished by Hugh L. Yoho). Peter Yoho
died in 1823 in Ohio Co., VA in the area of what is now known as Graysville,
Marhall, WV. It is thought that he is
probably buried in the Yoho Cemetery near Graysville. Estate Settlement, Ohio Co., VA/WV, 21 Oct
1823, Book 3, pp 273-278. The 170 acres
of land was bought by his son, Henry Yoho, Jr., from the other heirs (brothers
and sisters) on March 24, 1828, Ohio Co. Deed Book 14, pp 202-206 (9 shares),
and the 10th share on Sept. 26, 1834, Ohio Co., Deed Book 19, pp 379-380. There were 11 children, and the 11th share
went to Henry Yoho, Jr. as his inheritance right. (Furnished by Denver C. Yoho) He lived at: Washington Co., PA 1784;
Staunton, VA, 1787; Ohio/Marshall Co., VA/WV 1792.
1810 VA Census Index
Yoho, Peter Ohio Co
1820 Ohio Co Census Index
Yoho, Peter
vi. John Lau Yoho was born in 1746 in nr
Winchester, VA. He died in 1834. Served with his brothers Henry & Peter in
the Virginia Militia during Revolution @ Fort Pitt 1777.
Denver Clayton Yoho writes: I believe that this John Yoho, b. 1746,
served with his brother, Henry, under the command of Lieutenant William Cross
in the
Monongalia Militia in 1777. This belief is the result of sorting out the
family traditions and in some cases finding records that substanitated or
corrected those traditions and family kept records. Denver continues: A descendant of this John Yoho stated that
his great grandfather, John Yoho, b. 1799, and his two brothers helped eradicate
the Indians on the border. Records
indicate that it was this descendants great-great-grandfather, John Yoho, b.
1746, who was a Revolutionary War Soldier.
I thought, until records proved me wrong that, Henry Yoho, b. 1782, my
3rd great-grandfather was my Revolutionary War ancestor. It was actually my 4th great-grandfather,
Henry Yoho, b. 1752, and uncle of Henry, b. 1781. Brothers, John Yoho and Henry Yoho served
together in the Virginia Militia. Their brother, Peter, also served at the same
time. These are the three brothers mentioned by the descendant of John
Yoho. I
believe this is the John Yoho who bought
land near Winchester, VA in 1776 from
Fairfax and sold it to Alex Mechir. It
very well might have been Johannas
Yoho, the father of this John, as John's
brother, Henry, was born 18 miles from Winchester in 1752. (22 Apr 1988) . The Indian Wars By Denver Yoho April 1995. We have records of at least four, and
possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and
the American Revolution,
including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John
Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These
five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and
died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records
evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian
Wars. John Yoho, who was born circa
1746, lived in the Pennsylvania area.
Most of John's descendants are still living in and around Western
Pennsylvania. John also died prior to
the time that request for pensions or land grants for serving in the wars were
granted. John served in the same company
with his brother, Henry, in the Monongalia Militia under the command of Major
James Chew. John enlisted in October
1777. It is believed that John also
served in the Pennsylvania militia. The
preceding records were found on page 28 of "The Ten Mile Country and its
Pioneer Families," by Howard L. Leckley and on page 302 of "Frontier
Defence of the Upper Ohio." (Source:
The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1) .
vii. George Yoho26 was born about 1748 in nr
Winchester, VA. He died about 1795 in
Ohio Co, VA. Killed by Indians Denver Clayton Yoho wrote: A George Yoho patented 400 acres in Fayette
Co., PA, 4 Feb 1794, surveyed 312 acres, 16 Apr 1795, 312 acres sold for taxes
by Commissioner of Fayette Co., PA, 10
Dec 1882. If tradition of George Yoho
being killed by Indians is true, he didn't pay his taxes because he was
deceased. (22 Apr 1988). The Indian Wars
By Denver Yoho April 1995. We have
records of at least four, and possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as
soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George
Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the
sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine
(Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following
is information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of
these men in the Indian Wars. Traditions
in the families of both Peter Yoho and Henry Yoho have lead me to conclude that
George Yoho was a brother to Peter and Henry and that George was killed by
Indians in Ohio. From my research, I believe
that George Yoho did not have any children.
George Yoho is believed to have patented a four-hundred acre tract in
Saltlick Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1794. Then on April 16, 1795, a three-hundred and
twelve acre tract was surveyed.
Subsequently, on December 10, 1822, the three-hundred and twelve acre
tract was sold for taxes by the treasury to the land commissioners of the
county, who by deed sold the same property to Andrew Stewart on November 6,
1828. The preceding events have lead me
to believe that George was killed circa 1795, due to the fact that he failed to
pay his property taxes which caused the forced sale of his land. A George Yohe served in the Revolutionary
War, but later said that his real name was Adam Yohe. It is believed that he used this assumed name
when he enlisted because his father was opposed to his entering the army. It is also believed that he lived his entire
life in and near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Source: The Yoho Newsletter,
April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1).
viii. Anne Maria Yoho26 was christened on 9 Sep
1750 in York Co, PA.
54 ix. Henry
Yoho.
x. Prudence Yoho was born in 1743. She died after 1810. Parson's family tradition is that Prudence
Yoho was the wife of Vincent Parsons.
Records of many of their descendents can be found in Wetzel and Tyler
counties in West Virginia. Hugh L. Yoho
writes: I believe Vincent Parsons to be
father of Henry Parsons, but I doubt he married a Prudence Yoho. I also doubt that Prudence Yoho is a daughter
of Johannes.
xi. Jacob Yoho was born on 8 Jul 1765 in
Beaver Co, PA. He died on 24 Aug 1851 in
Guernsey Co, OH. He was buried in Yoho
Cem, Batesville, Noble Co, OH. Jacob
Yoho is in the Ancestral File more than once, JGFG-70, JGGV-ZJ. It is reported that he served in the
Revolutionary War and that a pension claim was denied. It has not been proved that Jacob Yoho is the
son of Johannes Yoho. Denver Clayton
Yoho wrote: Family tradition for Jacob Yoho, b. 1765, is that he brought his
family from Vinton Co., PA (probably Vintondale Boro of Cambria Co., PA. Note per Clarice V. Stanley: As we have never found a Vinton Co., PA) in a
covered wagon to Fort Henry, then went to Noble Co., OH (now Guernsey Co., OH)
where he settled on Wills Creek about 1808.
Jacob died in Guernsey Co., OH. (22 Apr 1988). The Indian Wars By Denver Yoho April 1995. We have records of at least four, and
possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and
the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry
Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are
believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa
1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is
information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of
these men in the Indian Wars. Jacob Yoho
was born on July 8, 1765, in Pennsylvania and died on August 24, 1851, in
Guernsey County, Ohio. Jacob also took
part in the Indian Wars and made a request for a pension. He enlisted at West Liberty, Virginia (West
Virginia) and served five years under Captain McMahon and John McCulloch, was
honorably discharged at Dillys Ferry, Ohio (now known as Grave Creek), and
appeared on the muster roll of said company. Jacob's pension request was denied
on the grounds that neither his name, nor the names of the officers mentioned,
could be found on the army rolls. He
made his request on November 11, 1850, at the age of eighty-six, when he was a
resident of Guernsey County, Ohio. He
stated that he was a soldier in the company of a Captain McMahon in the
regiment commanded by Benjamin Biggs.
His pension rejection does not necessarily mean that Jacob Yoho did not
serve, due to the fact that by the time the pension legislation was passed many
years had elapsed since the wars and many of the men who had served were well
advanced in age, making proof of service difficult to ascertain. (Source: The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No.
1). James Robert Yoho wrote: Jacob Yoho, Sr. was one of the first settlers
in the new state of Ohio. He settled on
the forks of Beaver and Wills Creeks, that is to say, where they joined,
Section 8, Range 8, Twp. 8. He purchased
160 acres of government land and built a log cabin, in 1805, that was still
standing in 1887. The brick chimney
remained standing long after the house was torn down. He also built a long barn in 1805. (See Noble County History by Watkins -
1887). Land records in Guernsey Co., OH
reveal that Jacob Yoho obtained a land grant there in 1811, Vol. B, p.
169. There is also a Jacob Yoho on the
1810 Ohio Co., VA census. Jacob Yoho
removed from Pennsylvania to Wills Creek, Noble Co., OH. Later, about 1805, he moved to Guernsey Co.,
OH. Census: 1820, in Guernsey Co., OH, Richland Twp.
Jacob Yoho with two sons [Note: He was
the only Yoho in Guernsey Co., OH for this census.] (Source: Census information from Catharine Fedorchak
column, 29 Jan 1974) .
Land Patent Record . Pat. 654, Vol. 64,
Page 403, Order# 225951-L .
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, President of the United
States of America, To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING: No. 656
Know Ye, That, Jacob Yoho of Guernsey County, Ohio having deposited in the
General Land Office, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at
Zanesville whereby it appears
that full payment has been made for the
North East quarter of section Twelve, in Township Eight of Range Eight,
containt one hundered and fifty-nie acres of the Lands directed to be sold at
Zanesville, Ohio by the Act of Congress, entitled "An act providing for
the sale of the Lands of the United States, in the Territory north-west of the
Ohio, and about the mouth of the Kentucky River," and of the acts
amendatory of the same, There is Granted, by the United States, unto the said
Jacob Yoho & to his heirs the quarter lot or section of and above
described: To have and to hold the said
quarter lot or section of Land, with the Appurtenances, unto the said Jacob
Yoho & to his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, I have
caused these Letters to be made PATENT, and the Seal of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE
to be herunto affixed. . GIVEN under my hand at the City of Washington, the
twenty third day of Jun in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty five and of the Independence of the United States the forty ninth. . By
the President, s/J.Q. A.... [Note: the characters after the "A" are
faint] J.G. Commissioner of the General Land Office . (Source: United States Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office, 7981 Eastern Avenue, Silver
Spring, MD 20910, April 16, 1974. I
hereby certify that this photograph is a true copy of the patent record, which
is in my custody in this office. s/Jesse
J. Felix, Certifying Officer. - copy of the patent furnished by Robert and
Vivian Yoho) . . 1832 Land Sale . On 7 Mar 1832, Jacob Yoho and his wife,
Margaret, sold a portion of the land purchased in 1811 to Benjamin Wilson.
(Source: Guernsey Co., OH records, Vol.
G, p. 486) . . War of 1812 Bounty Land Claim . State of Ohio; Guernsey County .
On this 11th day of November A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid Jacob Yoho aged eighty-six years a resident of Wright
Township, Guernsey Couny Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares
that he is the identical Jacob Yoho who was a soldier in the Company commanded
by Captain William McMahon in the regiment commanded by Benjamin Biggs. That he enlisted at West Liberty and served
five years and four months under Capt. McMahon and John McCullock and was
honorably discharged at Dilly's Ferry in Ohio (now called Holt's of Grave
Creek) as will appear by muster roll of said company. Jacob Yoho his x mark .
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land which he
may be entitled under the Act granting bounty lands to certain officers and
soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States ?
Sept. 28th 1850. Jacob Yoho his x mark . Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day and year above written. And I
hereby certify that I believe the said Jacob Yoho to be the identified man who
served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated. Daniel Sager ? Justice of the Peace for
County aforesaid [Note: Hugh L. Yoho
writes: This claim was rejected on the
grounds that the name of Jacob Yoho and the names of the officers mentioned
could not be found on the Army rolls.] . .
A Lost Township . It is generally known
that there are several lost towns in Guernsey County -- that is, towns that
were plotted and developed for a time, then permitted to decline and pass out
entirely. Their ambitious founders, no
doubt, had visions of thriving villages or cities. This is shown by their plottings, in some of
which ground was set apart for such public improvements as might be found in
the larger municipalities of their day.
Where some of
these towns were, nothing now remains but
the names. Back of the passing of each
of them there has been a cause that may not have been foreseen by its founder.
. That Guernsey county has lost a township is not generally known. It was one of the last to be formed. On
December 9, 1847, the county commissioners adopted a resolution ordering a new
township to be set apart in Guernsey county, to be composed of parts of
Richland and Seneca townships. This was
before Noble county was organized and the latter township was in Guernsey
county. . Township Described. -- The boundaries of the new subdivision, as
determined by the commissioners, were as follows: "Commencing at southwest corner of John
Thompson's; thence north to the northwest corner of Jacob Thomas' land
adjoining the Wills township line; thence east to the northeast corner of
William St. Clair's land, to the Millwood township line; then south to the
southeast corner of Jacob Yoho's land in Seneca township; thence due west to
place of beginning." It might
require an interpretation in terms of land ownership of the present day to
understand this description. However, as a general description, the new
township included land now a part of Richland and Millwood townships in
Guernsey county and Wayne township in Noble county.
(Source:
"Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio" by William G. Wolfe, 1943,
p. 688 (Mr. Wolfe was Superintendent of Guernsey County Schools, 1914-1935 -
furnished by William Herbert Yoho to James Robert Yoho) . .
Census:
1850, in Guernsey Co., OH Jacob Yeaho, 85, living with his son, William
H. Yoho (Yeaho) William lived next to Reuber Wilson, the son-in-law of Jacob
Yoho. . . Will of Jacob Yoho of Guernsey County, Ohio . In the name of the
benevolent Father of all, I Jacob Yoho of the County of Guernsey and State of
Ohio, being of perfect health, sound mind and memory, and understanding
considering the uncertaintly of life, do make this my last will and testament
in the manner following, that is to say, . First - My will is that the expence
of my last sickness and funeral expences be first paid. . Second is that all my
just debts be paid. . Third is give and bequeath unto my son John Yoho sixty
akrs of land of ove my farm of ove the North line in Section No. 12. The said John Yoho is to have said sixty
akers so long as he shall live for the use of his family and at his death said
tract of land is to go to his two sons, Peter and Benjamin Yoho. . Forth - My
will is that my daughter-in-law Eliza Yoho is to have said sixty akers of the
balance of my place just where her and my son Henry Yoho can agree upon it so
long as she does live and at her death said sixty akers is to go to my grandson
Jacob Morgan son of John Morgan. . Fifth - And the balance of my land is to go
to my son William H. Yoho and my grandson James William Yoho to be divided
equally as they can agree between them two selves, their heirs and assigns
forever. . Sixth - I do devise that my grandson James William Yoho shall not
inherit part of my land or the propriatory thereof until he shall come of full
age 21. . Seventh - I give and devise unto my son James Yoho the some of one
dollar. . Eighth - Also I give and devise unto my son Jacob Yoho one dollar. .
Ninth - I give and devise unto the heirs of Mary Carpenter my daughter the sum
of one dollar. . Tenth - I give and devise unto Elinor Watson wife of John
Watson the sum of thirty dollars. . Eleventh - I will and bequeath unto Eliza
Watson wife of James Watson the sum of thirty dollars. . Twelth - I give and
bequeath unto Barberry Hage wife of Joseph Hage the sum of one dollar. .
Thirteenth - I also will and bequeath unto Sarah Wilson wife of Ruben Wilson
the sum of thirty dollars. . Fourteenth - I will and bequeath unto Nancy Morgan
wife of John Morgan a not of hand I hold against the said John Morgan calling
for thirty dollars twenty five cents. . Fifteenth - I also devise that and unto
my Executors hereinfater named that they shall have all my personal property at
my decease and shall pay to my heirs the several sums annexed to their names at
or within one year from my decease. . Sixteenth - My will is that if my grandson
shall die before he comes of age the said Henry Yoho is to have his part of
land by paying James William Yoho's two sisters ten dollars each when they come
of age. . Seventeenth - Last by. I do hereby constitute and appoint William H.
Yoho and Ruben Wilson of the County of Guernsey and State of Ohio to be the
Executors of this my last will and testament Revoking and annulling all former
wills by me heretofor made. In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and
seal 25th day of July 1848. Jacob Yoho his x mark (Source: Gurnsey Co., OH
records - furnished by Hugh L. Yoho) . . Problem: Whose son was the grandson, James William
Yoho, mentioned in the will of Jacob Yoho? . . Location of the Yoho Cemetery .
The Yoho Cemetery at Batesville, Independence Co., OH is located at the upper
end of Seneca Lake. It is (or was)
located on a spit of land on the shoreline, between Routes 147 and 513 [Note:
Some say this is Noble Co., OH. REH].
The graves were being eroded away by the action of the lake waves. .
110.
Captain John Baker is the same as person number 64.
111.
Elizabeth Adams Sullivan is the same as person number 65.
120.
John King was born about 1762.
John King had the following children:
60 i. John
King Sr.
122.
Johann George Yeager was born on 12 Mar 1761 in Germany. He died in 1848 in Butler Co, OH. He was married to Elizabeth Gowers.
123.
Elizabeth Gowers was born about 1767.
She died on 14 Aug 1849 in Butler Co, OH.
Johann George Yeager and Elizabeth Gowers
had the following children:
61 i. Christena
Yeager.
EIGHTH GENERATION
128.
George Perilous Baker was born in 1715.
He has reference number 1668 & 1692.
He was married.
George Perilous Baker had the following
children:
i. Jacob Baker died in 1836.
ii. Beulah Baker.
iii. Peter Baker.
iv. Hannah Baker.
v. Henry Baker was born in 1733 in
Prussia. He died in 1807.
64 vi. Captain
John Baker.
vii. George Baker was born in 1749.
130.
Doctor Sullivan has reference number 1670 & 1694. He served in the military in Revolutionary
War. Was a doctor of American soldiers
during the
Revolutionary War. He was the first medical doctor west of the
Allegheny Mountains.
Doctor Sullivan had the following
children:
65 i. Elizabeth
Adams Sullivan.
162.
Joseph Tomlinson Sr was born on 12 Oct 1712 in Ireland. He died on 1 Dec 1797 in Grave Ck, Marshall
Co, VA. He was married to Rebecca
Swearingen on 21 Oct 1738 in Arundel Co, MD.
163.
Rebecca Swearingen was born in 1716.
She died in 1797.
Joseph Tomlinson Sr and Rebecca Swearingen
had the following children:
81 i. Drusilla
Tomlinson.
ii. James Tomlinson was born on 6 Nov 1742.
iii. Captain Joseph Tomlinson Jr was born on
12 Oct 1745 in MD. He died on 30 May 1825. He was buried in Mt Rose Cem, Moundsville, WV. He served in the military in Revolutionary
War. Ohio County, VA Land Records 1784
& 1786. Will written 24 OCT 1824, bk
2, pg 262, Ohio Co, VA.
From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY," Vol. I, page 742. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
Joseph Tomlinson, Jr., the first white settler where Moundsville now
stands, was born in Maryland, October 12, 1745, the son of Joseph Tomlinson,
who was born in Ireland, October 12, 1712. Joseph, Jr., married Elizabeth Harkness,
who was born in Maryland, March 2, 1754, and they emigrated and discovered
Grave Creek mound, and settled in the flats of that stream in the year
1770. About 1795 he laid out a town, and
named it Elizabethtown in honor of his wife, and this name was in use until the
town was consolidated with Moundsville in 1866.
The children of Joseph, Jr., were Robert; Drusilla, wife of Hezekiah
Bukey; Samuel, Joseph, Isaac; Mary, wife of John Kinnard; Lucy, wife of Samuel
Riggs, and afterward of Isaac Hoskinson; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph McMahon;
Nathaniel and Jesse. Nathaniel became a
farmer, enlisted in the war of 1812, and married Margaret Ransom, by whom
he had two children, Alfred Tomlinson,
now a prosperous farmer near Moundsville, and Ellen C., wife of William
Alexander. Margaret (Ransom) Tomlinson,
who died at the home of son-in-law, Judge Alexander, November 17, 1879, was one
of the most widely known and esteemed
ladies of the county. She was a daughter
of William Ransom, a native of county Armagh, Ireland, who married June 11,
1790, to Eleanor Carr, a native of Berkeley county, Va., born January 7,
1771. They came to Moundsville in 1799, and the father died here March 13, 1804,
and the mother, December 29, 1857. Alfred Tomlinson, above referred to, has
devoted his life to agriculture, and is one of the most highly regarded
citizens of this region. He was born
near Moundsville, October 5, 1822. He
was married in 1851 to Mary D., daughter of James D. Morris, and they have two
children, James M., and Mary, wife of Rev. M. F. Comptonm a Methodist minister,
of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. (Linda Fluharty)
iv. Samuel Tomlinson was born in 1747. He died in Fort Henry, Wheeling, WV.
v. Lucy Tomlinson was born in 1749. She died in 1837.
vi. Nathaniel Tomlinson was born in 1750.
vii. Benjamin Tomlinson was born on 11 Dec
1752. He died in 1838.
viii. Jesse Tomlinson was born in 1753. He died in 1840. He was buried in Mt Rose Cem, Moundsville,
WV.
ix. Rebecca Tomlinson was born on 14 Feb
1754. She died in 1825.
x. John Tomlinson was born in 1756.
166.
Thomas Adamson was born on 23 Dec 1717 in Camden, Haddonfield Co,
NJ. He was married to Mary Burson.
167.
Mary Burson was born on 9 May 1721 in Montgomery Co, PA.
Thomas Adamson and Mary Burson had the
following children:
83 i. Mary
Adamson.
216.
John Michael Yoho26,33,8 was born about 1678 in Switzerland. He died between 1729 and 1735 in Sulzthal,
Alsace. He has reference number 1664
& 1688. Meat Cutter, lived Sulzthal,
Alsace, served as a soldier in Alsace.
Yoho Family in America. For many years various members of the Yoho
family have been working to record the genealogy and family history of their
family. Among these researchers who have
published or shared their findings in one form or another are: Denver Clayton Yoho, Hugh Leymone Yoho,
Sullivan Blair Yoho, James Robert and Vivian Yoho, Ada (Smith) Finnicum and Ethel
L. Briggs, Alvah John Washington Headlee, Glen Allan Lincicome and others
including Eloyce Parsons Trader, Catherine Fedorchak, Dr Timothy P Yoho, Iven
Garner Yoho, Thomas Vernon Anderson, Richard Henthorn, and Clarice Eller Stanley.
23 Sep 1934
Family Reunion
Family reunions have been held many
times. From a hand written copy of a 23
p 1934 newspaper clipping we find: Yoho
Family has its annual reunion of the Yoho family, one of Marshall County's
largest and best known names. It will be
held in Paden Park, Paden City tomorrow.
Hundreds of members of the clan are expected to attend, including many
from distant points. Among the notables
who are scheduled to speak are: Governor
H.G. Kump, Robert G. Kelly, Chairman of the Democractic Executive Committee, Robert
L. Ramsay and Carl G. Bachmann Democratic and Republican nominees respectively
for Congress from this district. Earl
Francis Post No. 3 American Legion will send its Drum and Bugle Corps to the
event while the Citizens Band of this city will be on hand for a concert. A basket dinner will be enjoyed. Denver Clayton Yoho writes: The largest Yoho Reunion that I know of, was
held at Paden City, Wetzel County, WV in 1934.
There were a large number of descendants to Peter and Henry Yoho
present. My grandfather, Charles Yoho of Ona, WV was in attendance. He said that it was related at the reunion
that the family originated in Switzerland and migrated to Germany where they
lived a generation or so. Then they
moved to Holland for another generation before coming to Baltimore, MD. There were 7 brothers wearing wooden
shoes. Two of these brothers settled in
Pennsylvania, two went to Virginia/West Virginia, two went to New York, and one
went to Ohio and was killed by Indians before having any children. Tradition in
the Parsons family of Ohio Co., VA is that Johannas Joho (Jonathan Yoho)
settled on Fish Creek in what is now Marshall Co., WV. Clarice V. Eller Stanley attended the
1934 Reunion. She was with her father
and mother, Berrell and Florence Blake Eller and her 2 younger brothers,
Charles V. Eller and Ralph N. Eller.
Other
Reunions
A Yoho Reunion was held at the Bruce Park,
New Martinsville, WV on Saturday, 20 Jun 1992.
The 1993 reunion was held at the same location on Saturday, 19 Jun 1993. There has
been a reunion every year since 1992 on the 3rd Saturday in June.
There is a Yoho Family Association which
published "The Yoho Newsletter," Vol. 2, No. 1 in April 1993. This newsletter has been published once a year
since 1993. The association address at
that time was: Vicki Hodgeman, 10 Hickory Avenue, Moundsville, WV 26041