XIII. Notes on Other Ancestors
This chapter contains miscellaneous information
about families of intermarriage with the Oregon Shortridge family, more
particularly those who are closest to my own genealogical tree because
this happens to be information that I've collected (RDS).
Button
Nettie Belle Button married
Harold Clinton Shortridge in Oregon on June 13, 1931. The Button family
came from Connecticut and Vermont in the late 1700's. This particular
genealogical line of Buttons is sometimes referred to as the
“Glass Buttons” due to being descended from the New England
couple of Joseph Button (born 1753) and Sarah Glass. Their descendants
were said to have held reunions in Panama, NY (west of Jamestown), for
many years.
A son of Joseph Button and Sarah
Glass, Rufus Button (born 1775), moved with his family to the town of
Harmony, NY, which is near the the city of Westfield on modern maps (SE
of Dunkirk, NY). It is here that Rufus acquired (abt 1842) an Inn which
later became known as “Buttons Inn”. What follows is a
historical narration about Button's Inn (1):
'BUTTONS INN
In 1823, halfway between
Barcelona Inn on Lake Erie and Mayville, the famous Buttons Inn was
built. Throughout a period of almost 20 years, the Inn gained the
reputation as a prosperous tavern through which many travelers passed.
The Inn was located on a hill
on S. Portage St., appropriately entitled "Buttons Hill." In good
weather, an excellent view of Lake Erie was available for about five
miles in either direction. The Inn welcomed many sailors whose boats
had docked at nearby "Portland Harbor," now known as Barcelona.
The Inn was built on land
purchased from the Holland Land company by Moses Chapman. He paid $2900
for about 102 acres of land. Later, Chapman sold the property to Rufus
Button in December of 1842. Afterwards, it became the property of his
son who ran the Inn until 184.
Ira
Button was the keeper of the Inn. It was built with the second story
overhanging the first, with front porches on both levels. The upper
porch was high enough so that one could view the countryside scenery
for miles around.
The
Inn was an important part of the community. The Town Board held their
meetings at the Tavern, and school children sometimes met there for
class. Preachers also spoke at the Inn.
The
Inn was also the scene of Albion Winegar Tourgees novel, "Buttons
Inn." Mr. Tourgee of Mayville, was a writer of fiction, and
centered his novel around a beautiful young maiden in the Button
family who becomes the heroine of his novel.
Buttons
Inn existed in the time of stagecoaches and sailing ships, shortly
before the railroad came into existence. As such, it was the social
center for the community for the first and second generations of its
existence. There was an immense ball room off the second floor porch,
and it was here that many of the dancing parties took place.
Access
to the Inn, however, was on unpaved roads, and often it presented
many problems. The history of the Inn tells of a true episode in
which a groom and bride were traveling up to the Tavern in the
spring. There were many holes in the road, and their wagon wheel fell
into one of them. The husband got out and tried to steer the horse
out, but the horse broke the harness and ran off, and his bride fell
off the wagon and into the mud hole.
After
Ira Button died in 1845, the Inn still continued. It was kept in the
family until 1932 when Dr. Arthur Cobb of Buffalo bought the
property. By the 1880s the Tavern had begun to fall apart, and later
many of the boards on the house were carried off.
Today,
nothing remains to mark the place where the Buttons Inn once stood,
although marks from the foundation can be found if one knows where to
look. The prosperous and flourishing days of an old-time Inn have
passed into history, but have left many memories behind.
(Submitted
by Loraine Smith, Ellery Historian)'
Samuel Page Button (born 1813, Vermont; photo in Chapter XIII ) moved to Wisconsin at some time in the mid 1800's, probably from Westfield, NY, where his family lived. It is from the NY and Wisconsin Button families that the Oregon Button's are descended. Samuel Edward Button (father of Nettie Belle Button) and his family, along with his parents (Edward Dealy Button and Sophia Cornell), appear to have moved from Wisconsin to Montana between the years of 1908 to 1912. He then moved his family to Idaho and Oregon between 1919 to 1924. Edward Dealy Button may have come to Oregon (where he died in 1944) separately from the Samuel Edward Button. Edward's wife, Sophia Cornell, died in Montana (1914) before the rest of the family went to Oregon.
Sometime near the early 1980's, I received from Button relatives (2) by mail a cassette tape recording of Nettle Belle Button telling part of her history. As far as I can tell, the recording was started in 1979, but never was completed before Nettie's death in 1981. I transcribed the recording as follows:
(voice of Nettie Button on cassette tape):
“...I
gave him my marble ... and they... Laura took it away and she will
keep it for our little Randy. Now I guess I am supposed to talk some
more about our history. History... every day, is a history.
“OK.
Grandpa said he was going to the shop, so I had to say 'OK'.
“I
got a tape the other day from my sister Pearle. She had told about
the big fire in Montana. It was in 1910. Of course, I wasn't born
until '12', so I don't remember very much about it. But, you can
take it... I will send you the tape and you can take it off of
there.” (note
by RDS - I never received the tape).
“It was really, truly, a living hell. Mama and Daddy and my two
older sisters and my little brother, Eddy. There was seven kids in
our family. There was Pearle, Edris, Eddie, Nettie, Ruth, Lloyd, and
Nellie. Some of us have already passed on. There's just three of
us left. Myself, Ruth and Nellie. Seems like heart problems run in
our family. Lloyd, he had heart surgery... he come out of the
surgery fine, and then passed away. Edris, she had dropsy and heart
failure. Eddy had... he got hit, after going through the War and
all, he got hit by a train. He was driving an ambulance here, out
from Eugene. He was killed instantly. And Pearley, she had
hardening of the arteries and had heart failure....and other
troubles... I never did get it cleared up about what the autopsy
said. But, it doesn't really matter, she's gone. Then, uh, let's
see...“ (tape turned off
here, then resumed later)
“...The
field on this dump, there was these two birds. I walked up as close
as I could get to them, thinking they would be scared and start
flying away. But, they held their ground. And they were eagles.
Big bald eagles. My, they had such wicked looking eyes and big, ol'
curled, beaks. Well, I got cold feet before they did, so I turned
and left them alone. I don't suppose they would have hurt me, but it
scared me anyway.
“When
we would find the cows, when we would go out in the open range and
find our cows, we'd always get upon one old milk cow named Rose and
ride her home. We had about two miles to two and a half miles to walk
to school. It wasn't too bad in the spring and the early fall, but
in the winter time, sometimes the snow got terribly deep and if we
had a blizzard and it would blow and pack, it wouldn't be so hard to
walk on, but when it was all fluffy, we'd go clear down to our waist.
And Mama used to take old long stockings and put on up over our
shoes and then pull them on up and we'd fasten them up around our
waist and we'd wear them to keep the snow out of our shoes. We
didn't mind it though, because we were used to all of that.
“Then
we, uh, we had a lot of coyotes around there. Oh, just a terrible
lot. I like to listen to them now, but I never get to hear them very
often, but there we... there were so many, we couldn't keep chickens.
Build up as good a pen as we could... they'd get through some
way... they always managed to clean out all the chickens.
“Then
we did have a few rabbits, but we turned them loose. Then the place
was overrun with rabbits, but we soon got rid of that.
“We
moved about when I was nine years old. We left Montana and moved to
Idaho. To Oraphena (sp?) Idaho. We lived there about three months.
Then we moved to Aloha, just outside of Portland. We lived there
with Aunt Eva and Uncle Ed. Finally we found a little house of our
own and lived there... went school. We lived there about a year
and a half and then we moved to Eugene. Well, it was a little
different than what we were used to... right from the hills and all,
right into a town. But, we made it fine.
“In
the fall, we would all go hop-picking up by Independence. It was
kinda fun... we really didn't have to do it... but, we had to do it
to make a little money. So, Mama set all of us kids to picking hops.
“We
finally found us a little house out of Eugene, in the country. And
it had a little, uh... well, you couldn't really call it a house...
even a shacky-shack. It had a little stream of water that ran under
the house and us kids used to look down the knot-hole and drop pieces
of paper down there and play like they were our boats sailing away.
“It
was pretty hard for us then. Very little money, but kids with big
appetites.... not pleasant at all... but, we made it.
“We moved again out on Second Street and, uh, I got me a job
cleaning up peoples houses and things like that. I saved up enough
money to go, um, to see Pearl, my oldest sister. I hadn't seen her
for ten years. So, every time I'd earn a dollar, I would put it in a
bank. I finally got enough for my ticket there and back.... 'cause I
sure wanted to get back to my Mama and Daddy.
“They
got... so I went there and I stayed with them, oh, about eight
months. Had a lot of fun there... they lived on a big, 2100 acre
ranch. Lots of horses and cows... and pigs. Used to ride a horse
back... I thought I was a pretty big shot... I'd get to going real
fast on the horse when I see anybody coming down the highway...
'cause I was always the one who had to go to town to get the mail.
And if I'd see anybody on the highway, why I would just spur my horse
up good and away we'd go.
“Well,
one time I really played it big. I stepped on... gave the horse a
spur... and away we went. It stubbed it's toe and fell. I did have
sense enough to take my feet out from under so it wouldn't break my
leg if she turned over. But, she didn't. She hit on her nose.
Skinned her nose all up... and her legs all up. And I knew I was
going to get a ol' good talking to... or a switching when I got
home... so I stopped at one of the neighbors to give my horse a
drink, I pretended, and I washed her face all off, or his face all
off, and his legs all off.
“Went
moseying home. Well, it so happens that this horse I was riding was
a little stud. So, they said 'Oh my, I wonder how Captain got all
skinned up? He must have been fighting those horses again.”
Well, I didn't say he was fighting them or I didn't say he wasn't
fighting them. I just kept still. So, it all blew over and I never
got my good talking-to which I really deserved. Wonder I didn't get
my neck broke.
“And
then... let's see... I went, uh, to Portland and stayed with a lady
and worked for my room and board while going to high school and I
wanted to get me a job where I could make more money. Well, I went
down to this.. it was called the Apostolic Faith Church. So, on the
way out of the church... it was down on Burnside... I'd seen a sign
in the window, 'A Girl Wanted'. Well, I figured they wanted a
dishwasher or something to that effect. But, the good Lord was with
me. I decided I wouldn't go in that day... I'd go in another day.
Well, you know what kind of a place it was... it was a house of very
ill fame. So, if God hadn't been watching over me then, God help me
now. But, I kept on going to Sunday school there, but I never did
stop in at any more of those places.
“Then,
oh, the people were very nice to me. They helped me a lot with my
school work and watched out for me as if I was their own kid. And
then, I stayed there a year and went to school and then Mama needed
me at home to help her, so I went back home. (recorder turned off).
“Well,
I'd better go on with my little Dealy here... If I can find
the...paper. Let's see. Oh yeah... I was going to start back at
Montana again. Uh... where we had to get our water. We had to haul
it from the side hill... from a spring... a nice big spring... nice
tasting water. Sometimes Dad didn't have the horse and the barrel
on a sled so we had to carry it. And that was some job. As little
as I was, I had to take a... I carried a little five pound bucket.
Every little bit helped. And we'd done that in the summertime when
all of the little holes and the draws were dried up.
“One
time, Daddy dug a well. It wasn't very deep. But, it had enough
water to last a little while in it. Went down there and he thought
it tasted a little funny. And he raised up the board and looked in
there and, shucks, there was a big ol' skunk. It kinda put the
sy-wash on drinking that water so we had to go back to the spring.
“One
thing we liked to do there so much in Montana... we had what we
called a crust on the snow. It would snow real deep... thaw a little
bit during the day... and then freeze hard at night. Next morning,
we'd have a real thick crust. Mama would wake us up real early in
the morning and then we'd get out our sleds... take turns hauling
each other around on it. Sometimes we'd all pile on and slide down
the hills. We'd do that till we'd about got starved out and go home
to eat some breakfast.
“One
time we went up to the spring to get some water and, Oh my, it was
muddy.... we couldn't get any to drink at all. A bear had got in
the spring and ....” (recording
side ends)
(second
side) “...took
a bath. And he was awful clean, I'm sure, because the water was so
darned dirty. Then in the wintertime when we had to wash clothes,
that was when it was work. We'd, uh, have to gather up icicles along
the house and put them in the boiler on the stove, heat 'em, melt 'em
and heat 'em up until they got hot enough to do our clothes. Then,
oh, it was just lots of work on the homestead, just work, work.”
(tape turned off here)
“We
always had to save the water, our wash water, for us kids to wash our
feet in. It seems like we always had dirty feet, going bare footed.
Mama always made us clean up before we went to bed, or else that
meant washed bedding and that was really a chore. But, it was fun,
really, on the homestead. We didn't have any of this hustle-bustle
and rat-racing that we have here. I think it's a good place to raise
kids.
“I,
uh, didn't ever tell ya about the time my sister and I were out with
the cattle picking wood ticks off of 'em. I think I already told you
about that, so I won't repeat it.
“Anyhow,
when Daddy sold the homestead, we got ready to move into Idaho. Us
kids was all happy, but seeing the rest of the world... didn't hardly
realize there was any other world except our own little world right
there... a little one-room school house where we had our plays ...
everybody in the school was in the plays. Everyone exchanged gifts,
perhaps it was only a little bag of candy, but it was something... or
an orange, and an orange really was a treat.
“But
mother, she was kind of sad. We had a little dog, a little fox
terrier dog we had to leave. Us kids all cried over that though.
But, things turned out.
“We
got into Idaho. When we come on into Portland, that wasn't a very
happy life at all... picking hops... did you ever pick hops?... it
can be fun, I guess, but when you have to do it to get something to
eat, it's not so much fun.
“We
used to have big bon-fires and everyone would gather around...
everyone would do their little bit... someone would sing a song...
someone would speak a piece... maybe someone would get up and dance.
But, as usual, anything that is good is mistreated and at the end
there would be a few drunks that would get out and spoil it all, so
all of us kids would have to go home to our tent houses with our
mother... bless her heart... she had an awful hard time with all of
us kids alone... as Daddy was out on the road... he was what they
called an organizer... he was organizing some political thing, I
don't really... I didn't really understand it then, I don't now. And
I know my mother was alone with all of us kids and it was really
quite a burden and really sad when I look back onto it.
“We
had no money to leave the hop-yard... cause they had a company store
where you bought your groceries... they took our hop-tickets and it
was like the song from the coal mine 'You owe your soul to the
company store.'
“But,
um, there was some kind people there... they gave us a dance, we got
the proceeds and we got into Eugene where Daddy was at then. We
lived in... that was when we lived in the little shack where the
water ran underneath it. (tape turned off)
" ...
on, and uh, one of my brothers was staying with friends and I was
staying with some friends and mother and the two little ones, that
was Lloyd and Ruthie... were working, she was working taking care of
a lady with diabetes.
“Uh,
they... mother worked for her and the two kids room and board and
thirty dollars a month. Twas a split up home and we weren't happy,
but kids have a way of letting things slide off of them... they don't
mind that near as much as you do when you get older.
“But,
then Daddy got some back pay and his pension. We bought a little
house out on second street... we moved out there. It was wonderful
to be together again. Us kids got to go to Sunday school. First
time, I didn't know what it was all about and here I was nearly ten
years old.
“Well,
my tenth birthday... I got a little purse for my birthday. I am
saving it for my first great granddaughter. I imagine it will be
Laura's and Randy's little girl.
“And
then I have my marble here... that was given to me when I was nine
years old... that is for little Randy... that... I have had that for
over fifty... almost sixty years. I hope he likes to play with it
and doesn't destroy it. Because grandkids are really something
special. But, I haven't come to my grandkids yet. I am still in
Idaho... and Portland and in Eugene.
“Well,
when we were in Idaho... when I was in Eugene rather, I worked and
saved my money and went back to Idaho and visited my sister, Pearle.
They had a grasshopper plague there and you won't believe what it was
like. The grasshoppers come down, imagine like the crickets did in
Salt Lake City. They eat the garden right down to the dirt... in
fact, they went down the stem of the onion and eat the insides of the
onions out. They'd eat the cattails right down to the water... eat
the bark off the trees, the paint off of the houses. When Pearly
washed, she hung out her clothes... the second they were dry, they
had to be brought in or they would eat holes in them.
“One
of the boys lost his handkerchief out on the grain field. The next
day he found it. It was nothing but holes.... absolutely worthless.
I can certainly sympathize with anyone... any country... that has
those plagues. It was wonderful that it didn't go any further.
“There
really isn't much in my life that is interesting to talk about. I've
had happy momments. I've had miserable moments. The most wonderful
moments in my life, I believe were when my children were born and
when my grandchildren were born and raising my grandchildren. They
stayed here when Bev worked... every summer, I had my
grandchildren... they were like my own. Little Randy, little Terry,
and little Susie. Now, they are big... they're adults... they have
wives and home places of their own. Now Grandma has completed her
work... I'm sick and I can't do much, but I still have wonderful
memories... and now I have a great-grandchild... whom I am hoping to
see in the not-too-distant future. But, I am sure that they'd get
along without me if I don't get to see it.
“Terry
worked so hard in the beans and in the hay and so did Randy.
“I
asked Terry one day if he had fun in college... that's where you are
supposed to be wild and have lots of fun and enjoy life. 'No
Grandma,' he said, 'It was nothing but work.' And work he did. He
made Phi-beta-kappa... honor at the university. It made us very
proud. Then he got accepted at the... the school in Portland. I
felt like climbing up a sign and shouting to the world, but then
every mother and grandmother feels that way. You don't know it now,
but you will when your kids get that age. Then he graduated... God
bless him... He has the sweetest little wife, Leslie, she's so good
and kind to us all. And Randy went onto a mission to Japan which was
glorious... then come home, went back to school and found his sweet
little Laura. She'll never know how wonderful she made me feel that
day in the Temple when she says 'Do you care if I call you Grandma?'
Bless her heart.
“Well,
I guess I will just have to quit now and make some more notes because
I am wandering from here to elsewhere. But, as I say, there isn't
much in my life that is worth history or anything else. Now Bevy is
sick. But, she's getting better. They've moved her out on the main
floor now. We can go up and see her. We peeked in on her when she
was under sedation, but she doesn't know it. Now we can go up and
see her and perhaps she will remember us. I love that little girl.
She's just like my own daughter.
“I
don't know how much of this is left here. But, I know I should quit
and make some notes instead of just rambling on. I just got out of
the hospital myself. My heart is bad... but, I'm gonna last a long
time... I swear I'm gonna make my fifty years of marriage... I only
have little over a year left to make our fifty years and I want to
make that. I'll cut it off now and come back later. God bless you
all.” (tape
goes off here)
“Well,
I made it. I seen my great grandkid on Thanksgiving day. And what a
wonderful little feller he is. He is every bit as sweet as his
Grandpa and his Daddy. He's a little bit spoiled, but what child
isn't spoiled... they're usually spoiled the way we want them to be.
They stayed a little over a week.”
(recording ended)
Generations:
1. Joseph Button, born Jan. 16, 1753/4; died Oct. 30, 1826. He came with his father in 1785 from Norwich, Conn., settling in the northeast part of Wells, Vt. which was then an unbroken wilderness. They established a farm which later became the home of Nathan Francis. He married (1st) May 2, 1773 at Groton, Conn., Sarah Glass, daughter of Anthony and Eunice (Bennett) Glass. He was selectman for 8 years and was a member of the legislature and served as a Justice of the Peace for many years. As J. P. he performed many of the marriage ceremonies of the period, including those of a number of his children. Sarah died Nov. 211821 and Joseph married (2nd) Betsey, widow of Simeon Park.
2. Charlotte Button, born Aug. 6, 1773. She married in 1795 Zachariah Lathrop. They died
on the same day and were buried in one grave.
3. Cynthia Lathrop, married Abel Potter, son of William Potter.
2. Rufus Button, born Nov. 6, 1775 in Canterbury, Conn.; died Aug. 15, 1854. He married Feb. 8, 1801 Phoebe Page, born 8 Feb 1774 in N. H.; died Jan. 8, 1864. They lived first in Middletown, Vt. where many, if not all of the children were born. In 1827 they removed to Harmony, N. Y. (or Westfield) Rufus became the owner of the inn, from then known as Button's Inn, originally called the Mountain House. It was located on the road from Mayville to Westfield and atop the hill which became known as Button's Hill. Originally built, possible as early as 1800, it was acquired by Rufus about 1842. It was later operated by his son Ira, as the last proprietor, as a public house, after Rufus' death.
3. Delinda (Linda) Button, born Aug. 12, 1803. She married Mr. House and lived in Wisc.
3. Cynthia Button, born Nov. 14, 1804. She married Mr. FISH, died ca. 1880 in Ore.
3. Harriet Button, born Apr. 6, 1807. She married Feb. 7, 1828 to her cousin Benjamin.
3. Lester Button, born Oct. 6, 1808. He married Mary Milliken and had several children, living first in Ashtabula Co., O. and then near Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., O. in 1880 is in Busti, Chautauqua CO NY age 72 in house of a William Button age 50
4. Flete Button
4. Page Button b: 5 JUL 1844 resided in Johnston, Trumbull Co OH, Farmer, Civil War veteran.
4. Davis Button b: 25 MAR 1845 wife Kittie Groves
4. Fileta Button b: 27 JAN 1847
4. Wallace Button b: 23 OCT 1849
4. William Button b: 26 JUN 1854
3. Eliza Button, born Mar. 11, 1810. She married Sylvester Hammond of N. Y. Died: 2 Apr 1872 Michigan had 10 children Hammond
3. Ira Button, born Mar. 25, 1812.
3. Samuel Page Button , born Oct. 2, 1813. Samuel was in Harmony, Chautauqua County, NY about 1820. He was married to Melissa Jane Morey, the daughter of Wanton Morey and wife Sarah. Moved to Wisconsin
4. Edward Dealy Button, born Jun 7, 1859 in Wisconsin, died Jan 27, 1944 in Eugene, OR, married Sophia Cornell who was born on May 20, died June 1914 at Troutcreek, MT.
5. Samuel Edward Button, born 24 JUN 1877 Dakota, Waushara, WI died 23 OCT 1932 Eugene,OR buried Old IOOF Cem.,Eugene,Lane, OR; married Sarah Caroline Coding (or Codding) born 24 MAR 1885 Coloma, Waushara, WI died 12 JUN 1947 at Eugune,Lane,OR buried West Lawn Cem.,Eugene, Lane, OR. Sam and Sarah were married 11 OCT 1903 in Waushara co, WI.
6. Pearle Almira Button, b 7 Jul 1904 Coloma, Waushara, WI died 1 Sep 1977 in Lebanon, Linn, OR. Married Harry Clark.
6. Edris Sophia Button, (fe) b 12 SEP 1906 Hancock, Waushara, WI d 14 FEB 1966 Jasper, Lane, OR.
6. Edward Bradley Button, b 6 Feb 1908 WI d 20 AUG 1946 Jasper, Lane, OR buried West Lawn Cem, Eugene,Lane,OR
6. Nettie Belle Button, b 12 Feb 1912 Trout Creek, Sanders, MT d 1 Jul 1981 buried Fir Grove Cem, Cottage Grove,Lane,OR. Married Harold Clinton Shortridge.
6. Ruth Button, b 23 Apr 1916 Trout Creek, Sanders, MT d 23 Mar 1985 Corvallis, Benton, OR
6. Lloyd Irvin Button, b 14 Jan 1919 Trout Creek, Sanders, MT d 18 Nov 1957 Seattle, King, WA buried Williamette Nat'l Cem., Portland, OR
6. Nellie May Button, b 20 Jul 1924 Eugene, OR d 6 Nov 1980 Eugene, OR buried West Lawn Cem, Eugene,Lane,OR.
3. William Button, born Nov. 24, 1815.
3. Albert Button, born Sept. 19, 1817.
3. Orrin Button, born Sept. 7, 1819; died Feb. 27, 1820.
3. Simeon Button, born Nov. 28, 1810.
3. Susan Button, born Dec. 10, 1822; died Jan. 27, 1850.
3. Phebe Ann Button, born May 21, 1825; died Oct. 15, 1826.
3. Edwin R. Button, born Apr. 30, 1827; died June 28, 1845 of an epileptic seizure.
3. (???).
2. Molly (or Mary) Button, born Jan. 30, 1778 at Canterbury, Conn.; died there Apr. 27, 1808. She
married Jan. 31, 1796 at Wells, Vt., Capt. Joseph BUTTS.
3. Rufus Butts, born Nov. 28, 1796.
3. Charlotte Butts , born Feb. 3, 1799. She married Nov. 14, 1820 Lyman Butts.
3. Phebe Butts, born Apr. 24, 1801. She married Dec. 18, 1827 Daniel Spicer of Preston.
3. Alvin Butts, born Sept. 8, 1803.
3. Nelson Butts , born Dec. 12, 1805.
3.
Mary Butts, born Mar. 31, 1808.
2.
Eunice Button, born May 24, 1780. She married Apr. 13, 1797 Enos
Lewis of Wells, Vt. And
moved to Harmony, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 1850.
2. Joseph Jr Button., born July 13, 1782.
2. Elijah Button, born Dec. 9, 1783/89.
2. Matthias, born Sept. 18, 1785; died Apr. 8, 1786.
2. Phebe Button, born Oct. 16, 1786. She married Dec. 28, 1807 Elias Smith.
2. Sally Butoon, born June 15, 1791. She married Mar. 20, 1809 John Bently of N. Y.
2. Philura Button, born Apr. 12, 1794. She married Dec. 7, 1809 Isaac Herrick. He was born
1785; died Mar. 16, 1838 at Wells, Vt. After his death, she moved to Salem, NY
3. Emily Herrick married Duncan McCall.
3. Pamelia Herrick, born 1811 at Poultney, Vt. She married Ithamar Stephens. They
moved to Salem, N. Y.
3. Caroline Herrick; married John Hour.
3. Abba Herrick.
3. Delia Herrick.
3. Ephraim Herrick.
Dewald
Fannie Maude Dewald married Siles Sherman Shortridge (son of William Wallace Shortridge) in 1906. Her older sister, Tullen Estelle Dewald, married Franklin Boone Shortridge (son of James Henderson Shortridge) in 1917.
The Oregon Dewald family is descended from Henry De Vault (or Te Vault, French spelling) (born in France, 1733) and Catherina Marie Greaves (Greaver) who came to America from France in about 1765. Records have it that Catherine Greaves was born in Germany (1737). A granddaughter of Henry and Catherine, Louisa (DeVault) Kitzmiller, started a DeVault history in 1875 by dictating from memory to F.O. Guerrant (a relative) who wrote it down. According to Louisa, Henry came to American because he had been poaching on a rich man's estate where he had snared a hare and he was fearful of the penalty (being death). Henry De Vault, his wife Catherina, her brother Gabriel and family, and their son Philip (16 months old) sailed about mid-March from Rotterdam, Holland, to Philadephia, PA, aboard the English sailing ship, 'Chance', arriving on September 23, 1766. The trip cost them $1,500, all they had (3).
Henry served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant in Company 3, 7th Battalion, York, PA, and in 1781in Captain Abraham Furry's Company. He became Ensign in the Third Company of the Sixth Battalion which was commanded by Col William Ross. This Battalion was called into active service in the Fall of 1776 and marched to the defense of New York City when attacked by General Howe in the battle of Long Island. A part of the Sixth Battalion was assigned to duty with The Flying Camp, composed of 10,000 troops from PA, DE, and VA, and were present at the Battle of Forth Washington. Under Col Ross, they marched to join Gen George Washington's army at the battle of Brandywine where they lost the battle to the British. Later, the same battalion took part in the battles of Germantown and Whitemarsh, where the Pennsylvania troops were cited for valor. In 1779, Henry Dewald (De Vault) was promoted to Lieutenant of his own company and remained in service two years longer. During part of that career, he served in the 2nd regiment of Flying camp, commanded by Col. R. McAllister. (4).
Henry used his Revolutionary War script to buy 1,500 acres of land in Tennessee. (5). Henry and Catherina settled in York County, PA, near Hanover (McAllestertown) where they both died. The will of Henry DeVault was filed May 11, 1817 at York, PA (6)
Philip Dewald (DeVault), the eldest child of Henry Dewald (DeVault) and Catherine Greaves, was born in France on November 6, 1764 and came to America with his parents and older sister (Margaret) on the English sailing vessel 'Chance' when he was one year old. Philip's married Catherine Long (Longesser) and died in what is now West Virginia. Catherine Long's brother, Samuel Long, married Philip Dewald's older sister, Margaret.
Philip Dewald lived in Baltimore and Philadelphia, but there is little record of his profession except a family story that his son Daniel Dewald ran away from home at the age of 14 because his father was a tavern-keeper and Daniel did not like that way of life. Years later, Daniel went to Baltimore to visit, and was dismayed by the growth of the city. Only after great searching was he able to find his folks. There are records in the Pennsylvania archives that Philip bought stocks in several banks in Philadelphia, the spelling of his name is listed as Phillip Davault, Phillip Dawalt, Phillip Davoult (7).
Daniel Dewald, son of Philip Dewald and Catherine Long (Longesser) was born in Baltimore, MD in 1800, but appears to have joined his uncles in Tennessee at an early age. He married Mary Miller, daughter of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth Range. Two sisters of Elizabeth Range married Daniels uncles, Valentine Dewald and Frederick Dewald. Daniel Dewald and his family lived near the Nollichuckey River in Washington County about two or three miles west of their son, James, on the road to Limestone near the New Salem Baptist Church. Daniel Dewald is buried in Limestone, TN. His will was dated Feb 4, 1883 (8), three years before his death.
William Valentine DeWald, son of Daniel Dewald and Mary Miller, lived in Tennessee where he had a grist mill, farm, and a store. In his spare time, he was a carpenter. William Valentine DeWald married Mary Ann Ruble on Dec 27, 1859 'at 8 'OClock in the evening'. In 1882, he left with his family (including 4 sons and 2 daughters) for Albert Lea, Minnesota, where Ruble kin had laid out the town plots, then pioneered into the Dakota Territory where they purchased 800 acres of land near what is now Humbolt (Minnehaha County), South Dakota. There, he was not able to survive the liability of having been a Confederate soldier in a Northern Community. A group from the local community, aided by a 'Shyster' lawyer found an error in his title and he lost everything. They left South Dakota for Canyonville, Oregon, where they lived for a few years before moving to Cottage Grove, Oregon. In Cottage Grove, they had a grocery store for 15 years (7). A photograph of the Dewald store in Cottage Grove appears in the photograph section (Chapter XIII).
Generations:
1. Henry (Heinrich) Dewald (De Vault; Dewalt), b Apr 10, 1733 in France, d Mar 16, 1817 in Pennsylvania, marr Catherina Marie Greaves (Greaver), b Aug 8, 1737 in Germany, d Oct 2, 1830 in Pennsylvania. Eleven children. Arrived in Philadelphia in 1766 with wife, Catherina, and children Margaret (about 5 years old) and Philip (one year old) on board English sailing vessel 'Chance'.
2. Margaret Dewald, married Samuel Long (Longesser), brother of Catherine Long (Longesser) who became the wife of Philip Dewald.
2. Philip Dewald, b Nov 6, 1764 in France, d Feb 5, 1844 in Hamshire County, VA (now West Virginia), married (after 1785) Catherine Long (Longesser) in PA, b Jul 25, 1767, d Sep 6, 1844.
3. Mary Dewald (DeVault), marr John Hershey, “both lived and died 6 miles from Hagerstown, Maryland”.
4. Eliza Hershey.
4. Isaac Hershey
4. Kate Hershey
4. Barbara Hershey
4. Sue Hershey
4. Mary Hershey
3. Catherine Dewald (DeVault), “married Wm Roberts of Baltimore and lived there.”
4. William Roberts
4. Edward Roberts
4. Eliza Roberts
3. Margaret Dewald (DeVault), 1794-1817; died unmarried at age 23.
3. Lydia Dewald (DeVault), marr Wm Saunders, “lived and died at Beardstown, Illinois. Seven children.
3. Louisa Dewald, born Aug 6, 1798, Baltimore, MD, died June 17, 1883; married August 1824 to John Kitzmiller, born Dec 5, 1801, died Aug 4, 1894 at Canyonville, OR, where he is buried. John Kitzmiller, as a young man, made a business trip to York, PA, for his father, and while there met his cousin and future wife, Louisa. After the death of Louisa in 1883, John Kitzmiller joined his daughters who were already living in Oregon. Louisa (Dewald) Kitzmiller is responsible for starting the Dewald family history in 1875.
4. Elizabeth Kitzmiller, born 1826 in TN, died 1913, marr James Hughes.
4.
Daniel James Kitzmiller, born 1829 in TN, married Mary Bowman on May
3, 1872.
4. Mary Ann Kitzmiller, born 1832 in TN, died Mar 26,
1907in Canyonville, OR, unmarried.
4. Catherine 'Kate; Kitzmiller, born 1837 in TN, died abt 1920, married John Brown, second marriage to Wm Manning.
3. Daniel Dewald (DeVault), born July 30, 1800, died Jan 21, 1886, married Jan 4, 1825 Mary Miller, born Jun 16, 1799, died Jan 6, 1859, daughter of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth Range (Raenger).
4. Mary A. Dewald, born 1825, died 1889, unmarried.,
4. Catherine Dewald, born 1826, died 1927, married Peter Walters.
4. Margaret Dewald, born 1829, died 1886, married Samuel Thomas.
4. Elizabeth Dewald, born 1830, died 1902, unmarried.
4. Julia Dewald, born 1832, died 1913, married Thomas Galloway.
4. William Valentine Dewald, born March 09, 1837, in Tennesee and died January 13, 1913 in Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR, Belonged to the Masonic Fraternity; buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR; married December 27, 1859, Mary Ann Ruble, who was born February 24, 1837 in Washington Co., TN, and died December 21, 1910 in Cottage Grove, OR.
5. James Daniel Dewald, b. October 17, 1860; d. April 02, 1933.
5. William Montgomery Dewald, b. February 19, 1863, Limestone, TN; d. June 18, 1937, Montrose, McCook Co., SD.
5. Henry Long Dewald, b. June 04, 1866, Tennessee; d. May 27, 1947, Canyonville, Douglas Co., OR; marr Jennie Bealman, b. October 04, 1871, Canyonville, OR; d. 1956.
5. Charles Clyde Dewald, b. November 13, 1868, Washington County, TN; d. October 18, 1935, Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR.
5. Tulen Estelle Dewald, b. January 11, 1873; d. March 28, 1927, Cottage Grove., Lane Co., OR; marr Franklin Boone Shortridge, b. 1856; d. 1933.
5. Fanny Maude Dewald, b. Dec 11, 1875, Brownboro, TN, d Nov 28, 1939, Lorane, OR, marr Jul 29, 1906, Siles Sherman Shortridge, born Nov 16, 1864 at London, OR; died Jan 19, 1946 at Lorane, OR.
4. James Miller Dewald, born 1839, died 1899, married Martha Northington, second marriage to Nannie Northington (Martha's sister).
3. Eliza Dewald, born 1803, died 1887, married James Larrimore, “lived and died near Newark, Ohio.”
2. Catherina Dewald, married Nicoles Keefaber
2. Mary Elizabeth Dewald, married Martin Kitzmiller
2. Valentine Dewald
2. Jacob Dewald
2. Frederick Dewald
2. Julian Dewald, married Jacob Worst
2. Gabriel Dewald
2. Henry Dewald
Ruble//Hunter/Bohn/Range/Miller
The families of Ruble, Hunter (Jaeger), Bohn (pronounced 'Boon'), Range (Raenger), and Miller converge with the Dewald family line that, in turn, converged with the Shortridge family in Oregon with the marriage of Fannie Maude Dewald to Siles Sherman Shortridge. The descendants of Siles Shortridge and Fannie Dewald (which includes the author) are also descended from the the Ruble, Hunter, Bohn, Range, and Miller families, so it is important to include their information here.
The mother of Fannie Maude Dewald was Mary Ann Ruble. She was descended from Peter Ruble who was born in Germany and landed in Philadelphia, PA, on Sep 21, 1742. Peter Ruble married Anna ______, and settled in York County, PA, the American homeland of Henry Dewald and Catherina Greaves who came to America from France (see above). The will of Peter Ruble was recorded on Mar 15, 1773 and admitted to Probate upon his death on Apr 26, 1773 (9).
Mathias Ruble, son of Peter and Anna Ruble and GGrandfather of Mary Ann Ruble, lived in Mifflin County, PA, until his death in 1817. He was a Revolutionary War soldier and his service record is found on the rolls of Captain Wilson's Company, Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, under Captain Alex Brown in 1780-1782 (10). Mathias Ruble married Anna Marye Hoffman. The will of Mathias Ruble was probated in 1817 (11).
One of the sons of Mathias Ruble and Anna Hoffman was John E Ruble who is said to have learned the trade of blacksmith from his uncle, Peter Ruble II (younger brother of Matthias), and about 1790 moved to Washington County, Tennessee, with his uncle and their families. In 1797, John E. Ruble purchased 15 acres of land on the head droughts of Branch Creek (TN) which tract was deeded to his wife, Martha, in 1817 (10).
John E. Ruble and Martha ________ had eight known children, the next to the youngest being Henry Edward Ruble who married Phoebe Anne Hunter, these being the parents of Mary Ann Ruble and maternal grandparents of Fannie Maude Dewald.
The maternal grandmother of Fannie Dewald, Phoebe Hunter, is descended from John Hunter (his anglicized name) who was born as Johannes Jager (or Jaeger) in Switzerland in 1737 and died in Tennessee in 1823. John Hunter came to America when he was three years old with his (one year) older brother (Heini), his parents (Heinrich Jager and Usula Wurtz/Wuretz), and grandparents (Heini Jager and Maria Heinimann).
Heini Jager, aged 60, and his wife Maria (Heinemann), aged 40, with their family were given permission to emigrate from Basel on 5 Mar 1740. They traveled down the Rhine, through Germany to Rotterdam, Holland. They sailed on the ship 'Friendship' and arrived in Philadelphia on 23 Sep, 1740. Ursula Wurtz, the mother of John Hunter, died while on the ship and was buried at sea. The one year older brother of John Hunter (Johnannes Jaeger), Heini, died about the same time. John's father, Heinrich Jager, married again, soon after arriving in America and produced two more children, but died soon after the birth of a son in 1745.
With both of his natural parents dead, John Hunter (aka Johannes Jaeger), at the age of about seven was appointed a guardian at Orphans Court held at Lancaster County Pennsylvania June 6, 1749. His new guardian, Hans (John) Heggendorn (Heckendorn), was a former countryman, having emigrated from Langenbruck, Basel-Land Switzerland in 1736, arriving at Philadelphia on the ship 'Princess Augusta, on September 16, 1736, a few years before the arrival of Heini Jager and his family. Young John Hunter was soon apprenticed to a blacksmith, probably Christian Schaublin, and he worked as a blacksmith throughout life.
John Hunter later married Barbara Bowman. This marriage probably occurred on Plum Rum, a tributary of Conocheague Creek in present day Washington County, Maryland, around 1760. Jacob Bowman settled on Plum Rum in 1755. Plum Rum is about five miles WSW from Hagerstown, Maryland.
John Hunter and his father-in-law, Jacob Bowman, were naturalized as citizens of England at a court held in Philadelphia August 8, 1767. They were then residents of Frederick County, Maryland (now Washington County). They did not take the oath of allegiance, but were affirmed, signifying they were of a pacifist religious persuasion, probably Church of the Brethren. (11b)
During
the Revolutionary War, John Hunter served as a private in the
Virginia Militia in the company of Captain Abraham Lincoln,
grandfather of the famous president. His service in the militia
indicates that, like many of his contemporaries of the pacifist
religious persuasion, he had decided there "was a time to
pray and a time to fight". By serving in the military he
was no longer welcome in the pacifist church, so he and Barbara
(Bowman) became members of the Baptist church
and were among the founding members of the Cherokee Creek Baptist
Church in Washington County, Tennessee.
In 1783 John Hunter sold his property in Rockingham County, Virginia and moved to Washington County, Tennessee where he settled on Little Cherokee Creek. By 1787, through purchases and grants, he owned 939 acres centered about the present (1994) Union Church on Little Cherokee Creek and extending for about a mile along both sides of the creek, and held an additional 300 acres, in trust, for Peter Ruble. That's right, the same Peter Ruble spoken of a few paragraphs previously. Here, the family names of Hunter (Jager), Ruble, Dewald, and Shortridge converge. Henry Edward Ruble married Phoebe Ann Hunter and became the parents of Mary Ann Ruble and maternal grandparents of Fannie Maude Dewald. And, as already stated, Fannie Maude Dewald became the wife of Siles Sherman Shortridge.
The Range (Raenger) family has already been mentioned in this narrative in the context of the parents of Mary Miller, who were Jacob Miller (b 1777) and Elizabeth Range (b 1779). Mary Miller was the wife of Daniel Dewald (see above) and they were the parents of William Valentine Dewald.
Range was a French Hugenot family enobled in Saxony in 1716. Mary Miller's great grandparents, Noah Range (b 1713), Elizabeth Coons (b 1715), Peter Ronimus (b 1729) and _______ Townsend (b 1733) were all born on American soil. Mary Miller's paternal grandfather, Peter Miller, appears to have been an immigrant before 1773, the date when he married Elizabeth Bohn, who was born in American as the daughter of Johann Bohn (born c 1711). Johann Bohn came to America from Germany, but later died in Germany in 1764 on a return visit to the country (7).
Generations (Ruble):
1. Peter Ruble b. Germany, landed in Philadelphia Sept. 21, 1742, d. between Mar. 15 - Apr. 26, 1773, m. Anna ______. He settled in Codorus Township, YorkCounty, Pa. His Will was recorded Mar. 15, 1773 and admitted to Probate Apr. 26, 1773.
2. Christian Ruble, b. _____, d. about 1817, m. Anna. He lived in Codorus Township, York County, Pa. His will was made Dec. 27, 1816, Probated Jan. 28, 1817.
3. Esther, only child b. _____, d. 1817, never married.
2. Mathias Ruble, b. _____, d. between May 31 and Sept. 12, 1817, m. Anna Marye Hoffman from Mifflin Co., d. before Jun. 1, 1819. They are buried in the family plot on his and the Swartzell property in locke Mills) Armagh Township, Miff lin County, Pa.His will was made May 31, 1817 and admitted to Probate Court Nov. 20, 1817.
3. Christian Ruble.
3. Mary Ruble, married James Norris.
3. Anna Ruble, married 1813 to George Swartzell.
3. Jacob Ruble, b. 1764, d. Dec. 26, 1841, age 77, m. Elizabeth, d. Oct. 25, 1852.
3. Peter Ruble.
3. Michael Ruble, married Marget.
3. Henry Ruble, d. 1834, m. Mary Simonds.
3. John Edward Ruble, b. Mifflin Co. Pa., m. Martha _______.
4. Margaret Ruble.
4. Catherine (Kosiah) Ruble , m. Andrew Brummett. Had son, James Kosiah, who lived with his grandmother, Martha Ruble.
4. Elizabeth Ruble, m. Alexander McGiney Feb. 1, 1817.
4. Mary Ruble, m. Turner Smith, Feb. 21, 1809.
4. Joseph Ruble, m. Stacy McCrory, Mar. 15, 1823.
4. Peter Ruble , m. Axy McCrary, Feb. 10, 1823.
4. Henry Edward Ruble, June 6, 1797, d Dec 2, 1868. m. Jul. 27, 1825 to Phoebe Hunter, b Dec 8, 1796, d Aug 9, 1876.
5. Mary Ann Ruble, b February 24, 1837 in Washington Co. TN, d Dec 21, 1910, married ,William Valentine Dewald, b March 09, 1837, d January 13, 1913 in Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR.
6. Fanny Maude Dewald, b. Dec 11, 1875, Brownboro, TN, d Nov 28, 1939, Lorane, OR, marr Jul 29, 1906, Siles Sherman Shortridge, born Nov 16, 1864 at London, OR; died Jan 19, 1946 at Lorane, OR.
4. John W. Ruble, m. Catherine Kuhn1 May 28, 1820. (See supporting line of John W. Ruble on page 29).
2. Peter Ruble II, b. 1744 York, Pa., d. 1834, aged about 90 years, m. 1770 Catherine Wirt, b. Jan. 7, 1750 in Germany, d. 1838, aged about 88 years. They settled in Fredericks Co., Maryland, then moved to Washington Co., Tenn. All of his children, except Barbara, who was married, came with him 2E His nephew, John E. Ruble, the son of Mathias, and his family also came with him.
3. Susan Ruble, b. Nov. 30, 1771 d. young.
3. Jacob Ruble, b. Sept. 15, 1773 d. War of 1812 - Lake Erie.
3. Barbara Ruble, b. Jan. 5, 1775 d. 1823, m. Peter Coblentz.
3. Henry Ruble, b. Sept. 3, 1776 d. 1858, m. Barbara Hunter.
3. Catherine Ruble, b. Nov. 28, 1778 d. 1873, m. Michael Pitner.
3. John G. Ruble, b. Sept. 15, 1781 d. 1842, m. Rachel Hare, second wife, Esther Fine.
3. Magdalene Ruble, b. Oct. 31, 1783 d. young.
3. Peter Ruble, b. Nov. 16, 1785 d. 1841, m. Jane Shelley.
3. Elizabeth Ruble, b. Dec. 2, 1787 d. _____ , m. John Keplinger.
3. Mary Jane Ruble, b. June 26, 1790 d. , m. Greenbury Boring.
3. Eve Ruble, b. Mar. 15, 1796 d. , m. William Roberts.
2. Abraham Ruble, b. _____, d. before 1817, apparently infirm. Never married.
Generations (Hunter):
1. Hans Jager Jaeger (Jaeger, pronounced 'Yeager') was born 1637 in Olsburg, Baselland, Switzerland. He married Magdalene Madia Hodel, daughter of Hanns Hodel and Anna Martin.
2. Hanns Jager, born October 16, 1677.
2. Heini Jager, born October 07, 1679 in Baselland, Switzerland. He married Maria Heinimann. After paying in taxes on property sold at public auction, the only legal means of disposal of property, Heini Jager Sr., then aged 60 years and his wife Maria (Heinemann) Jager, then aged 40 years, with their family, were granted permission to emigrate from Basel on March 5, 1740. After traveling by ship down the Rhine river, through Germany and Holland, they sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands on the ship FRIENDSHIP, arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 23, 1740. The family, for whom taxes were paid, consisted of the parents, Heini and Maria (Heinemann) Jager, their son, Heinrich Jager and his wife Ursula (Wurtz) Jager with their two children, Johannes and Heini, and daughter Anna Jager.
3. Heinrich (Henry) Jager, born July 06, 1715 in Arisdorf, Basel-Land, Switzerland; died 1748 in Heidelberg Township, PA. He married (first marriage) Ursula Wurtz, daughter of Hans Wurtz and Anna Buss. Ursula Wurtz died on the ship Friendship on her way to America and was buried at sea. Henry Jager married (second marriage) Anna Maria Schaublin, daughter of Christian Schaublin and Barbara Spitteler.
4. Heini Hunter, born October 20, 1739 in Arisdorf, Basel-Land, Switzerland; died 1740.
4. John (Johannes) Hunter (Jager, Jaeger), b. 1737-05-14 in Arisdorf, Switzerland, d. 1823-06-07, in Washington Co, TN, marr. Barbara Bowman, b. 1747-07-01, Lancaster, PA, d. 1831-11-22 , TN.
5. John Hunter, born November 27, 1762 in Hagerstown, Maryland.
5. Elizabeth Hunter, born 1764 in Plum Run, Conococheague Creek, Washington Co., MD.
5. Jacob, Hunter, born March 16, 1766 in Plum Run, Conococheague Creek, Washington Co., MD; died June 19, 1836 in Habersham County, GA, marr Anne Clark, b. 1764-12-07, TN, d. 1837-07-09, TN.
6. Phoebe Anne Hunter, b. 1796-12-08, d. 1876-08-09, marr Henry Edward Ruble, b. 1797-06-06, d. 1868-12-02 , TN. - TN)
7. Mary Ann Ruble, b. 1837-02-24, TN, d. 1910-12-21, Cottage Grove, OR, marr William Valentine Dewald, b. 1837-03-09, TN, d. 1913-01-13, Cottage Grove, OR.
8. Fannie Maude Dewald, b. 1875-12-11, Brownboro, TN, d. 1939-11-28, Loraine, OR, marr Silas Sherman Shortridge, b. 1864-11-16, Cottage Grove, OR, d. 1946-06-19, Loraine, OR.
5. Henry Hunter, born 1768 in Plum Run, Conococheague Creek, Washington Co, MD; died August 1826 in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
5. Abraham Hunter, born September 02, 1771; died March 11, 1841 in Montieau Co.,MO.
5. Christiana Hunter, born 1773. She married Robert Fryar July 14, 1792.
5. Catherine Hunter, born October 27, 1776; died March 11, 1858 in Polk Co.,MO.
5. Joseph Hunter, born February 22, 1779 in VA; died May 02, 1869 in Washington Co.,TN.
5. Barbara Hunter, born 1784 in VA.
4. Barbara Jager. Daughter of Anna Schaublin, second wife of Heinrich Jager.
4. Heinrich Jager, born March 18, 1744/45. Son of Anna Schaublin, second wife of Heinrich Jager.
3. Anna Jager, born November 09, 1721.
2. Anna Margareth Jager, born March 21, 1683/84.
Generations (Bohn, Miller):
1. Johann Bohn, b c1711, Germany, came to America before 1755, d on visit to Germany 1764, m seond wife Mary_____, named in Will. Nine children.
2. Elizabeth Bohn, b 1755, MD, married c 1773 Peter Miller (Immigrant to America), d 1824, buried on his plantation, “faithful slave, Digo, who survived him, was at his own request burried at his feet.” Peter Miller likely served as a Rev War soldier in Muhlenberg's Regt – no muster roll has ever been found.
3. Jacob Miller, b. 1779 - VA, d. 1858, married Elizabeth Range, b. 1777, Berkeley, WV, d. 1843-08-25.
4. Mary Miller, b. 1799-06-16, d. 1859-01-06, married Daniel Dewald (DeVault), b. 1837-03-09, TN, d. 1913-01-13, Cottage Grove, OR
5. William Valentine Dewald, , b. 1837-03-09, TN, d. 1913-01-13, Cottage Grove, OR, married Mary Ann Ruble, b. 1837-02-24, TN, d. 1910-12-21 - Cottage Grove, OR.
6. Fannie Maude Dewald, b. 1875-12-11, Brownboro, TN, d. 1939-11-28 - Loraine, OR, married Silas Sherman Shortridge, b. 1864-11-16, Cottage Grove, OR, d. 1946-06-19, Loraine, OR
Generations (Coons, Ronimus, Range):
1. Nicholas Coons (Kones; Coens), Coens is Dutch descent with German sojourn, Nicholas Coons was American Immigrant, b. about 1680 - Germany, d. about 1746-10-00 - Somerset, NJ, marr Catherine ________, b. 1680, d. about 1746.
2. Elizabeth Coons, b. 1715-03-17, Somerset, NJ, d. 1771-11-21 - York, PA, marr Noah Range (Reanger), b. 1713-10-01 - Somerset, NJ, d. 1799 - Berkeley, WV, moved to York, PA (now Adams Co) abt 1765.
3. Peter Range, b. 1749-03-26 - Somerset, NJ, d. 1817-10-10 - Washington, TN, marr Elizabeth Ronimus, b. 1755 - Berkeley, WV, d. 1832-08-00 - Washington, TN. Peter Range may have been a Rev War soldier along with two of his brothers who filed for pensions. A family tradition states that three sons of Noah Range took part in the Rev War.
(2). Peter, Ronimus (Hierronimus), b. 1729, Berkeley, WV, married _______ Townsend, b. about 1733 - Berkeley, WV.
(3). Elizabeth Ronimus, b. 1755, Berkeley, WV, d. June 1832, Washington, TN, marr Peter Range, b. 1749-03-26 - Somerset, NJ, d. 1817-10-10 - Washington, TN.
4. Elizabeth Range, b. 1777 - Berkeley, WV, d. 1843-08-25, marr Jacob Miller, b. 1779 - VA, d. 1858, two sisters of Elizabeth Range married brothers Valentine and Frederick Dewald.
5. Mary Miller, b. 1799-06-16, d. 1859-01-06, married Daniel Dewald (DeVault), b. 1837-03-09, TN, d. 1913-01-13, Cottage Grove, OR
6. William Valentine Dewald, b. 1837-03-09, TN, d. 1913-01-13, Cottage Grove, OR, married Mary Ann Ruble, b. 1837-02-24, TN, d. 1910-12-21 - Cottage Grove, OR.
7. Fannie Maude Dewald, b. 1875-12-11, Brownboro, TN, d. 1939-11-28 - Loraine, OR, married Silas Sherman Shortridge, b. 1864-11-16, Cottage Grove, OR, d. 1946-06-19, Loraine, OR
Other notes:
Scholl
William Scholl (our ancestor) was from Germany and possibly the only son of Jacob Scholl who came from Germany to Virginia under the promotions of Joist Hite, a German, who received a land grant from the English Crown on the condition that he would colonize it, which he did with great vigor. This is how the region of Augusta Co, VA, and neighboring counties received so many settlers from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Scotland and other countries, many of whom worked out the cost of their passage by working for him as “bound” persons. William Scholl is reputed to have come into Kentucky with the Boone's, joining them in Powel's Valley in the Fall of 1773 (12). He and his family were also thought to have been present at Boonesborough Fort when it was besieged by the Indians in 1778. After the anxiety of the Indians had passed, he built his home on Marble Creek, Fayette Co., near Boone's Station, where he lived until his death in 1803. William Scholl's sons, Peter, Joseph, and Abraham participated in the Rev. War Battles of Point Pleasant, Kings Mountain, and Blue Licks (13)
William Scholl seems to have been married twice, perhaps having sons Peter, Joseph, and Abraham by his first wife, a Van Meter. His grandson, Joseph, said that the mother of Peter and Joseph was a Van Meter. The second wife of William Scholl was Leah Morgan, said to have been a relative of Gen Daniel Morgan (In command of the Americans at Battle of Cowpens in the Rev War) and Daniel Boone's mother (13). Sarah Scholl (our ancestor) appears to be daughter of that second marriage.
The name Morgan Shortridge might derive from that second marriage (to Leah Morgan)(14). Peter Scholl arrived in Kentucky in 1779 with four other families with the agreement that he was to hunt for them and they were to raise four acres of corn. Peter Scholl participated in the Point Pleasant Battle and at Kings Mountain. Peter and Abraham Scholl both accompanied Daniel Boone on the expedition to bury Edward Boone after he was ambushed by Indians in 1780 (15, 16).
Revolutionary War Soldiers
What follows is a list of some of our relatives who took part in the American Revolution.
These are relevant to the author's paternal-line (Lloyd Shortridge) ancestors:
1. Samuel Shortridge (direct ancestor), participated in the Battle of Blue Licks (see Chapter V) with Daniel Boone and served as private in George Rogers Clark expedition into Ohio with Boone (see Appendix VI).
2. Joseph Scholl (distant uncle; brother-in-law to Samuel Shortridge), participated in the Battle of Blue Licks (see Chapter V) with Daniel Boone and served as sergeant in George Rogers Clark expedition into Ohio with Boone (see Appendix VI).
3. Abraham Scholl (distant uncle; brother-in-law to Samuel Shortridge), participated in the Battle of Blue Licks (see Chapter V) with Daniel Boone and served as private in George Rogers Clark expedition into Ohio with Boone (see Appendix VI).
4. Peter Scholl (distant uncle; brother-in-law to Samuel Shortridge), participated in the Battle of Blue Licks (see Chapter V) with Daniel Boone, his two brothers, Abraham and Joseph, and with his brother-in-law, Samuel Shortridge.
5. George David Shortridge, Jr (distant uncle, older brother of Samuel Shortridge). Family histories state that George Jr served (probably as a private) in the Revolutionary War and afterwards serving in the Virginia Militia.
6. Henry (Heinrich) Dewald (De Vault) (direct ancestor) served as a lieutenant in Company 3, 7th Battalion, York, PA, and in 1781in Captain Abraham Furry's Company. He became Ensign in the Third Company of the Sixth Battalion which was commanded by Col William Ross. He fought against General Howe at New York, in the Battle of Fort Washington, and under George Washington in the Battle of Brandywine where the first American Flag was flown.
7. Mathias Ruble (direct ancestor), served in Captain Wilson's Company, Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, under Captain Alex Brown in 1780-1782.
8. Peter Miller (direct ancestor). Family histories claim that Peter Miller lserved as a Rev War soldier in Muhlenberg's Regt, but no proof, since no muster roll has ever been found.
9. Peter Range (direct ancestor). Family tradition claims that Peter was a Rev War soldier along with two of his brothers who filed for pensions. A family tradition also states that three sons of Noah Range took part in the Rev War.
10. John Hunter (aka Johannes Jaeger) (direct ancestor) John Hunter served as a private in the Virginia Militia in the company of Captain Abraham Lincoln. This Abraham Lincoln was grandfather of the famous American president.