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Minerva Moss

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Washington See

M, #4352, b. about 1793, d. about 1866

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  • 1793
    Birth
    About 1793
  • 1814~21
    Marriage | Amy Hart
    About 1814
    Amy Hart
  • 1866~73
    Death
    About 1866
  • Last Edited: 6 May 2012
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Amy Hart

F, #4353
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Michael See1

M, #4354, b. 1751, d. 26 May 1791

Parents

Family: Elizabeth Morris (b. 8 August 1753)

  • Note
    He was killed by Indians on May 26, 1791 at Point Pleasant which is now Mason County, West Virginia. On the last excursion made into that area, a party of 30 Indians attacked the group of 18 when the white men were one mile from the fort.
  • Story
    Between 1750 and 1792

    While there is no officially recorded death date in Kanawha County records, the
    best we have is found in a letter, written by his contemporary, George Clendenin
    to the Governor of Virginia, dated May 26, 1792: "The Indians are daily
    committing depradations within this county. On Monday week last, they killed
    two very Reputable Men to sit: a certain Mich'l See Esquire, and Mr. Roland St.
    Clair. At the the same time they took a white boy and a negro." (VA State
    papers Vol 5:561) The Monday he was killed was May 21, 1792.

    His father was Frederick Michael George See (Zeh), born in 1712 at Schoharie,
    Schoharie County, British Colonial Province of New York. He died 15 Jul 1763 at
    Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, British Colonial Province of Virginia. His
    mother was Catherine "Kitty" Van der Pool.

    Virginia didn't become West Virginia until 1863

    Just wanted to let you know that according to the History of Kanawha County,
    West Virginia printed 1911 which I have... "Michael See and Adam See were sons
    of Geo. See and they came from the south branch of the Potomac. Michael See was
    in Kanawha in 1792." so you may have the wrong parents for him? I am just
    sharing what the book says, you may want to look into researching Geo. or prob
    George. I am descended from Elizabeth Morris See's brother William Jr.

    Michael See died May 26, 1792, and his son, Michael Jr. was born the same day.

    Here is a story from Ollie Raines of Mason Co, WV (a descendant of Moses Knapp,
    written in 1956):
    "It was in 1792 that Moses Knapp lived on Old Town Creek and one day while he
    was talking to a Michael See who had a farm where North Pt. Pleasant now is,
    they saw an Indian and Mr. See raised his gun to point at the Indian. Moses said
    'I would not shoot the poor Indian.' Mr. See put his gun down and later in the
    day the Indian came back and killed Mr. See. That evening Mrs. See gave birth to
    a baby boy who was named William. There is a large number of the descendants of
    William See in Mason County.

    A CHRONICLE OF THE SEE FAMILY AND THEIR KINDRED Compiled by Irene See

    On May 23, 1792, Michael See was supervising the cultivation of the crops for
    the settlers at Fort Randolph. A squad of ten soldiers had been sent from the
    Fort to guard the men while they worked. The day was warm and the soldiers
    retired to the shade of a tree and engaged in a game of cards to while away the
    time. A band of Wyandottes slipped up and under their very noses, killed Michael
    See and Robert St. Clair and took Thomas Northup and a negro boy, Jonathon
    Pointer, who belonged to Michael, prisoners.

    That night at the Fort, Elizabeth See gave birth to a son William, from whom are
    descended the Sees of Mason County, West Virginia. Michael See was buried near
    the Fort. Story tells that in after years the Mason County Courthouse was built
    with one corner over his grave and another over the grave of Cornstalk, the
    Shawnee chief killed after the battle of Point Pleasant

    Today a two acre state park Tu-Endie Wei marks the site of the famous
    battleground. Congress, recognizing the claim that Point Pleasant was the "First
    Battle of the Revolution" passed a bill in 1908 to aid in the erection of a
    monument "to Commemorate the Battle of the Revolution fought at this point
    between Colonial troops and Indians October 10, l774." An eighty-four foot
    granite shaft stands in the center of the park; the statue of a stern-faced
    Virginia militia man stands guard at the base. Also within the park is the
    monument to Chief Cornstalk and one bearing fifty or more names of Revolutionary
    soldiers buried in Mason County. The name of Michael See is on this monument

    Virginia State Papers Vol. 5, p. 561 gives a letter from George Clendenen to the
    Governor of Virginia dated May 26, 1792 in which he says: "The Indians are daily
    committing depravations within this county. On Monday week last, they killed two
    very Reputable Men to-wit; a certain Mich'l See Esquire, and Mr. Roland St.
    Clair. At the same time they took a white boy and a negro.

    Also from the same papers Vol. 6, p. 238 "Roll of Captain John Morris which was
    in service from March 15, 1792 to January 1, 1793. Among these soldiers being;
    Lewis Tackett Jr. and under remarks; "At Michael Lees (Sees) at Point Pleasant
    till after Lee's (See's) death, then at Col. Clendenen's."
    It would seem from Clendenen's letter to the Governor that Michael See was
    killed by the Indians in May 1792 rather than 1791 as it has been generally
    understood.

    Will of William "Billy" Morris, II, filed in and proved by oaths of Joseph
    Carroll and Michael See-bond $10,000. Appraisers: John See, Jos. Carroll,
    Leonard Morris and John Moss.

    From the Mumford Reports p. 303
    In 1814 Michael See brought a suit in Mason County against- Greenlee, and
    claimed a tract of 400 acres of land demised (willed) to him by Michael See.
    This suit was decided in See's favor by the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1819

    The above recorded transactions indicate that Michael See, Jr. had holdings of
    at least a thousand acres of land along the Kanawha at the time of his death

    The Revolutionary Service record of Michael See, Jr. was accepted by the
    National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution June 6, 1940. Anne
    Weller Reddy lists the name of Michael See on page 70 in West Virginia
    Revolutionary Ancestry. In the Virginia State Library at Richmond, Virginia is
    an original document, known as Public Service Claims. It states: (in part) "At a
    Court held for Greenbrier County, June 10, 1782 Present.

    Samuel Brown William Ward Michael Woods John Henerson and John Anderson. Gent.
    The following claims were allowed and Ordered to be Certified To-wit.
    To George Sea 74 Rations State 3 14 G.
    To Michael Sea 74 Do State 3 14
    To John Jones 74 Do State 3 14
    To Leonard Morris 74 Do State 3 14
    To John Morris 74 Do State 3 14
    To William Morris 74 Do State 3 14
    To Conrod Yolkcom 140 Do State 7 00
    To George Yolkcom 194 Do State 9 14

    In the above list all the men were relatives of Michael See (Sea). Besides his
    brother, the three Morris' and John Jones were brothers-in-law, and Yolkcom boys
    were cousins

    From Revolutionary Notes and Declarations of Service gathered by Dr. Joseph T.
    McAllister of Hot Springs in Virginia, Chalkley's Volume 2, Page 487. John
    Young's Declaration; deposed that Michael See was with him in Virginia Militia.
    Citation: 2
  • 1751
    Birth
    1751 | Frederick, Colony of Virginia, Colonial America
    Michael See was born in 1751 in Frederick, Colony of Virginia, Colonial America, In 1754, this area would be known as Hampshire County, Virginia.
    Citations: 3,4
  • 1776~25
    Marriage | Elizabeth Morris
    1776 | Botetourt, Virginia, United States
    Elizabeth Morris
    Age ~23
    Birth 8 August 1753 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    He and Elizabeth Morris were married in 1776 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, A marriage bond wsa found for the marriage of Michael See and "Elizabeth Shell" dated the 8th day of September 1780. John Hardy was the bondsmen and both Michael and John Hardy sign with marks that look like a cursive capital H. John Hardy was Michael See's stepfather and Michael is listed as agent to John Hardy in the Mathews Trading Post account books. Michael's wife's name has always been reported as "Morris." If "Elizabeth Shell" is Elizabeth Morris, she must have been a widow when she married Michael See.
    Citations: 5,6
  • 1778~27
    Alt. Marriage | Elizabeth Morris
    1778 | West Virginia, United States
    Citation: 7
  • 1791~40
    Death
    26 May 1791 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 3
  • 1792
    Alt. Death
    21 May 1792 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    He has conflicting death information of 21 May 1792 and Kanawha, Virginia, United States. In a letter written 26 May 1792 by George Clendenin to the Governor of Virginia: "The Indians are daily committing depradations within this county. On Monday week last, they killed two very Reputable Men to sit: a certain Mich'l See Esquire, and Mr. Roland St. Clair. At the same time they took a white boy and a negro." (VA State Papers Vol 5:561) The Monday he was killed was 21 May 1792.
    Citation: 2
  • 1792
    Alt. Death
    23 May 1792 | Fort Randolph, Mason, West Virgnia
    He has conflicting death information of 23 May 1792 and Fort Randolph, Mason, West Virgnia. Fort Randolph was an American Revolutionary War fort which stood at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, on the site of present day Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
    Citation: 6
  • Last Edited: 17 June 2021 14:14:00

Citations

  1. [S331] Compiler: Linda Mardell McFall Nixon, Genealogy of the Ellison Tribe and Related Lines
  2. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Michael See, Sr (1750–May 1792), 63012696, citing See Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048).
  3. [S331] Compiler: Linda Mardell McFall Nixon, Genealogy of the Ellison Tribe and Related Lines, page 279
  4. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), The Three See Brothers
  5. [S335] Sara Patton, See-L Archives, Subject: See Marriage Bonds in Greenbrier Co WV, Listserve: Rootsweb.com
  6. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Michael See Jr.
  7. [S36] Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, accessed 15 Jun 2021), entry for Michael see and Elizabeth Morris's 1778 marriage.
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Elizabeth Morris1

F, #4355, b. 8 August 1753

Parents

Family: Michael See (b. 1751, d. 26 May 1791)

  • Name Elizabeth See
    Citation: 2
  • Name Elizabeth Shell
  • 1753
    Birth
    8 August 1753 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Citations: 3,1
  • 1776~23
    Marriage | Michael See
    1776 | Botetourt, Virginia, United States
    Michael See
    Age ~25
    Birth 1751 | Frederick, Colony of Virginia, Colonial America
    Death: 26 May 1791 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Elizabeth Morris and Michael See were married in 1776 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, A marriage bond wsa found for the marriage of Michael See and "Elizabeth Shell" dated the 8th day of September 1780. John Hardy was the bondsmen and both Michael and John Hardy sign with marks that look like a cursive capital H. John Hardy was Michael See's stepfather and Michael is listed as agent to John Hardy in the Mathews Trading Post account books. Michael's wife's name has always been reported as "Morris." If "Elizabeth Shell" is Elizabeth Morris, she must have been a widow when she married Michael See.
    Citations: 2,3
  • 1778~25
    Alt. Marriage | Michael See
    1778 | West Virginia, United States
    Citation: 4
  • Last Edited: 17 June 2021 12:54:00

Citations

  1. [S261] National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution., Members' Genealogical Research System (GRS). Digital images., "Lineage application (name restricted), national no. 644811"; "(William Morris Sr., Ancestor A080986)," (www.dar.org : accessed 12 Jun 2021)
  2. [S335] Sara Patton, See-L Archives, Subject: See Marriage Bonds in Greenbrier Co WV, Listserve: Rootsweb.com
  3. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Michael See Jr.
  4. [S36] Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, accessed 15 Jun 2021), entry for Michael see and Elizabeth Morris's 1778 marriage.
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Frederick See

M, #4356, b. before 1791

Parents

  • Note
    Later settled in Texas.
  • 1791
    Birth
    Before 1791
  • Last Edited: 6 May 2012
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Albert D. Jenkins1,2

M, #4357, b. 17 January 1877, d. 27 August 1950

Parents

  • 1877
    Birth
    17 January 1877
    Citations: 1,2
  • 195073
    Death
    27 August 1950
    Citations: 1,2
  • Last Edited: 21 June 2020 13:24:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 1 May 2017, Albert D. Jenkins, 55544414.
  2. [S342] Social Security Administration, "U.S., Social Security Death Index," database on-line, entry for Ingvald Hanson, 1981, SS no. 475-05-5304, accessed 26 Apr 2017
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Francis See1

F, #4358, b. about 1781, d. 1 September 1857

Parents

Family 1: Carroll Morris (b. 2 November 1779, d. 1820)

Family 2: Christopher Ringsberry (d. 17 September 1873)

  • 1781
    Birth
    About 1781 | Virginia, United States
    Citation: 2
  • 1791
    Alt. Birth
    Before 1791
    Citation: 1
  • 1800~19
    Marriage | Carroll Morris
    1800
    Carroll Morris
    Age ~21
    Birth 2 November 1779 | Montgomery, Virginia, United States
    Death: 1820 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Francis See and Carroll Morris were married in 1800 Carroll Morris was a cousin of Frances See. He was a grandson of old William Morris, Sr., the pioneer of Kanawha County. Carroll Morris was the son of Major "Billy" Morris and his wife, Catherine Carroll.
    Citations: 3,2,4
  • 1820~39
    Marriage | Christopher Ringsberry
    1820 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Christopher Ringsberry
    Death: 17 September 1873
    She and Christopher Ringsberry were married in 1820 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, After Carroll's death, Frances Morris married Christopher Ringsberry and lived at Terre Salinas, a few miles from Charleston, Virginia. Later they moved to Wayne County, Iowa around 1844 where she wrote to kinfolks back home that it was the "best country she ever saw. Everything grows well."
    Citations: 3,1
  • 1841
    Alt. Death
    After 1841 | Moniteau, Missouri, United States
  • 1850~69
    Household Member | Census | Christopher Ringsberry
    23 October 1850 | Montpelier, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
    Francis appeared in the household of Christopher Ringsberry in a census on 23 October 1850 in Montpelier, Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
    Citation: 5
  • 1857~76
    Death
    1 September 1857 | Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 14 June 2021 12:23:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Frances See Ringsby (1781–1 Sep 1857), 24032241, citing Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Scott County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Steve & Debbie (contributor 47368247).
  2. [S261] National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution., Members' Genealogical Research System (GRS). Digital images., "Lineage application (name restricted), national no. 1003525"; "(William Morris Sr., Ancestor A080986)," (www.dar.org : accessed 12 Jun 2021)
  3. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
  4. [S36] Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, accessed 14 Jun 2021), entry for Carroll Morris and Frances See's 1800 marriage.
  5. [S1917] Iowa, Muscatine, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M432, roll 187, Montpelier, p. 383b, dwelling 49, family 51, Christ Ringsby household, accessed 15 Jun 2021
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Carroll Morris1,2,3

M, #4359, b. 2 November 1779, d. 1820

Parents

Family: Francis See (b. about 1781, d. 1 September 1857)

  • Note
    The Department of Archives and History of West Virginia names Carroll Morris in Captain John Morris' Company of Rangers of Kanawha County, called into service by General Henry Knox, Secretary of War, May 1 to September 30, 1791. He lost his life attempting to swim across the Kanawha River, just below Upper Ceek Shoals. He was an excellent swimmer, but in crossing the river near the shoals, the current drew him under the water.
    Citation: 1
  • 1779
    Birth
    2 November 1779 | Montgomery, Virginia, United States
    Citations: 4,2
  • 17790
    Alt. Birth
    2 November 1779 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 3
  • 1800~21
    Marriage | Francis See
    1800
    Francis See
    Age ~19
    Birth about 1781 | Virginia, United States
    Death: 1 September 1857 | Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, United States
    Carroll Morris and Francis See were married in 1800 Carroll Morris was a cousin of Frances See. He was a grandson of old William Morris, Sr., the pioneer of Kanawha County. Carroll Morris was the son of Major "Billy" Morris and his wife, Catherine Carroll.
    Citations: 1,4,5
  • 1820~41
    Death
    1820 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Citations: 3,4
  • Last Edited: 15 June 2021 08:55:00

Citations

  1. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
  2. [S1916] The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905, editor, Genealogies of West Virginia Families. Ancestry.com., p. 164. accessed 15 Jun 2021.
  3. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Carroll Morris (2 Nov 1779–1820), 145782821; Maintained by Sylvia Sine Whittaker (contributor 47119342) Non-Cemetery Burial.
  4. [S261] National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution., Members' Genealogical Research System (GRS). Digital images., "Lineage application (name restricted), national no. 1003525"; "(William Morris Sr., Ancestor A080986)," (www.dar.org : accessed 12 Jun 2021)
  5. [S36] Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, accessed 14 Jun 2021), entry for Carroll Morris and Frances See's 1800 marriage.
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Michael See, Jr.

M, #4360, b. 18 May 1785, d. 10 September 1827

Parents

Family: Nancy Jane Greenlee (b. 10 March 1794, d. 25 August 1871)

  • Note
    Michael See III died September 10, 1827 at their farm in Mason County and left Nancy widowed at thirty three and nine children. Their names and births were Schull Morris See, born February 19, 1809; Jane, born February 26, 1811; Elizabeth (Betsy), December 27, 1812; Minerva, January 23, 1815; Frances, April 23, 1817; John, July 13, 1819; Henry, February 27, 1822; Michael, March 18, 1824; and Frederick, September 17, 1826.

    The following sketch of the family is given by Miss Clara See, Kinmundy, a granddaughter of Michael and Nancy Greenlee See and related to her by her father, their son Michael See.

    "The Salt Works" in Charleston were the greatest in America at that time. By accident, a man digging a well, found a deposit of salt. In early times Charleston was known as "the licks" as the deer would go there to lick salt. Shipping the salt on flat boats to the West was important. Grandfather (Michael See III) worked on flat boats carrying the salt from Charleston down the river to the Ohio at Point Pleasant. Grandmother's (Nancy Greenlee) brother Hamilton Greenlee was a pilot on the Kanawha for several years.

    Grandfather owned a small farm and a water mill. At the time of his death a company had built a mill above him and had taken the water from him. Grandfather was engaged in a lawsuit to recover these rights at the time. Later the case was dismissed. He left his wife and children in very poor condition financially.

    He was described as a large man, dark complexioned, very strong, and well liked by all who knew him.

    After his death, Grandmother, who was always sickly, was forced to take her family to live with her father John Greenlee and her brother Hamilton. Aunt Jane had gone to Charleston to stay with her Aunt Frances Ringsberry

    Once Aunt Frankie and Jane came to visit Grandmother and her family. After a short stay, Aunt Frankie asked Jane if she were ready to go back home. Jane replied, "I am not going to leave this half-clad, underfed family. My duty is here with them." Jane was then about 18 years old. They moved back to the little farm. They had a team of horses and a few farming implements, including hoes. Shull was old enough to work on the river. John, only about ten years old, plowed and used the team. The younger ones, with the help of Jane, hoed. My father said Jane could get more work out of a boy with a hoe, than anyone he ever knew.

    Their crops were much better than those raised by the neighbor men. Jane could weave and had learned to make men's clothing while with her Aunt. After this the family was free from want.

    The sisters and the brothers, Shull and John, married quite young. This left Uncle Henry and my father to keep a home for Grandmother and Aunt Jane. Fred lived with Aunt Betsy and Uncle Eldred Shelton. My father began working on the river when he was 14 years old. Uncle John was never on the river as he always farmed.

    About 1840 people began going West to buy government land in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, offered at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Uncle Stokes Prewett's (he married Minerva See) half-brother, Robert Prewett, had moved to Marion County Illinois. He wrote to his relatives of the fine country in Illinois. Soon Stokes and Minerva Prewett and two or three small children moved and bought land adjoining that of Robert Prewett whose house was just west of the present I.C.R.R. reservoir south of Kinmundy. Aunt Minerva soon wrote her mother urging the family to come to Illinois.

    In March 1844, Grandmother, Aunt Jane, the three boys, Henry, Michael, and Frederick, together with Uncle Eldred and Aunt Betsy Shelton left Mason County, Virginia for Marion County, Illinois.

    They had three wagons. Uncle Eldred had a fine team and wagon. He was bringing with him about one thousand dollars in gold he had received from the Shelton estate. He loaned his money at 10% interest. Money was so scarce it was almost impossible to get any in this new country.

    Grandmother had a good team and a funny old wagon. It had been made by her father, John Greenlee, at his blacksmith shop. Uncle Henry and Father had bought a new wagon and each had a fine young mare. Father had worked for a man a summer for his colt. It was bred from the same stock as General Robert E. Lee's horse, "Travellar."

    These young men were the handsomest chaps ever seen! Lovely dark curly hair, complexions prettier than a girl's, and eyes beyond description. (Old timers have told me this - old ladies!) They knew all the new steps and songs, having always returned home by steamboat from Cincinnati and New Orleans. They were the best wrestlers yet.

    They traveled to Illinois most of the way on the Old National Trail. Father said you could see anything from a handcart to the finest carriages of that day. Everybody going West.

    As they had no house when they arrived, they rented a little cabin northeast of the present Kinmundy Cemetery. It was the property of Uncle Harvey Gray and his mother, who had gone to Tennessee to settle an estate and expected to be away a year.

    The boys, Henry and Father, bought eighty acres of prairie land and eighty acres of timber in what is now Kinmundy Township. (The prairie land where we (Cousin Clara and I) now live. The boys did not farm their own land that first year. They rented a field of Robert Pruett's. They plowed from the present Methodist Church west to the road in front of the Jack Foster place. The large stump of an oak tree that is in front of the Foster place (1938) is that of an oak tree the boys would climb to take aim at deer that came to drink from a branch of a creek just east of the old Judge Snelling house.

    Between fanning the boys hauled logs. After they finished their corn, they built a double log house, joined by a covered dog-run a quarter of a mile north of the Shelton's with whom Uncle Fred lived; they made a log stable for the horses, and split out rails for fence to keep the stock (Jane had a cow) and dug a well. They moved into the cabin in December.

    The boys wanted to buy more land. There was then government land in what is now Omega Township. There was no work to earn money in this country. Uncle Fred had decided to go back to Virginia to work on the river - "a boating."

    Uncle Henry suggested that one of them (Uncle Henry or Father) go back, too, and earn money to buy the land.

    My father and Uncle Fred started back to Virginia about the 18th of January 1845. It has been Spring-like weather all Fall and Winter, but the day they left the weather changed. They had to walk to Odin in the bitter cold to catch the stage for St. Louis. From here, they went by boat to Cairo and then up the Ohio to Point Pleasant. My father was in Virginia about one year. He came back home on the Ohio River to Shawneetown, then walked home. The money he had earned was in coin. It first wore through a thick leather wallet. He wrapped it in his handkerchief - it, too, wore through; when he reached home, his pockets were worn out.

    The boys, Henry and Mike, now bought land in Omega Township, eighty acres of timber and eighty acres of prairie. Uncle John See, who came to Marion County from Mason County, Virginia after 1845, bought the farm still owned by the John Lenhart family (south of Kinmundy) but wanted to go where he could have a large farm. He sold his farm to a man named Gibbs, then moved to land in Omega (still owned by his descendants).

    As the double log house began to seem small for two families, Uncle Henry proposed to my father that if he would give him five hundred dollars for his share of the improvements and help him put up buildings on his new homestead, he would take the Omega land and give Father the Kinmundy land.

    My mother had just been paid money from her father's estate; so Father bought Uncle Henry out, exchanging deeds. I do not know the year Uncle Henry moved. I think he rented a house to live in while he prepared his home. (This is true).

    My father said he would ride over to Uncle Henry's each day. He would "cross the prairie." He would start from home cross-country to where the Ed Craig farm now is. No fences, prairie grass was higher than his head on horseback. There were whipsawed boards Uncle Henry and Father sawed in the smokehouse many years later when I boarded with Cousin Charlie See as a teacher at the Old Camp Ground school.

    Uncle Fred stayed on in Virginia, married Virginia Barnett and moved with her people to Wayne County, Iowa, near Corydon. They came to Illinois during the Civil War.
    Citation: 1
  • 1785
    Alt. Birth
    1 April 1785 | Hardy, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 2
  • 1785
    Birth
    18 May 1785
  • 180822
    Marriage | Nancy Jane Greenlee
    15 February 1808 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Nancy Jane Greenlee
    Age 13
    Birth 10 March 1794
    Death: 25 August 1871 | Macon County, Illinois, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 182742
    Death
    10 September 1827 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 11:45:00

Citations

  1. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
  2. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Michael See, Jr (1 Apr 1785–10 Sep 1827), 63012813; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048) Unknown.
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Betty Louise Turner1

F, #4361, b. 29 August 1922, d. 13 August 1987

Family: Russell Claude Thornton (b. 19 August 1918, d. 20 February 1958)

  • 1922
    Birth
    29 August 1922 | Maple, Marion, Iowa, United States
    Citations: 2,1
  • 19220
    Alt. Birth
    29 August 1922 | Pleasant Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 3
  • 194118
    Marriage | Russell Claude Thornton
    23 August 1941 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Russell Claude Thornton
    Age 23
    Birth 19 August 1918 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Death: 20 February 1958 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
  • 195027
    Household Member | Census | Russell Claude Thornton
    19 April 1950 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Betty appeared in the household of Russell Claude Thornton in a census on 19 April 1950 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. Residing at 4412 S.W. 2nd.

    1) Russell Thornton, head, white, male, age 31, married, born in Iowa, worked 40 hours previous week, office clerk at farm implement.
    2) Betty Thornton, wife, white, female, age 27, married, born in Iowa, homemaker.
    3) Kay Louise Thornton, daughter, white, female, age 7, born in Iowa.
    4) Donna Jean Thornton, daughter, white, female, age 5, born in Iowa.
    5) Thomas Dean Thornton, son, white, male, age 2, born in Iowa.
    Citation: 4
  • 1958~36
    Residence
    1958 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    She resided at 4412 SW 2d in 1958 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. Thornton Betty L clk Look Magazine r4412 SW 2d
  • 198764
    Death
    13 August 1987 | Plantation, Broward, Florida, United States
    Citations: 5,1
  • Last Edited: 6 August 2023 11:10:00

Citations

  1. [S303] Iowa. Des Moines., Des Moines Register, "Obituaries: Betty L. Thornton," 18 Aug 1987, p. 15, col. 4; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 Aug 2023).
  2. [S1298] Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3 Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Subject: Betty Turner, Series: Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1997, File Number: #110
  3. [S417] "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch, accessed 22 Jan 2023), Betty Louise Turner.
  4. [S2230] IA, Polk County, 1950 U.S. census, National Archives, Digital images, T628, Des Moines, enumeration district (ED) 77-7, sheet 19, household 217, Russell Thornton household, accessed 1 Apr 2022
  5. [S1298] Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3 Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Subject: Betty Turner, Series: Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1997, File Number: #110, Betty Thornton
Family Explorer

Nancy Jane Greenlee

F, #4362, b. 10 March 1794, d. 25 August 1871

Family: Michael See, Jr., (b. 18 May 1785, d. 10 September 1827)

  • 1794
    Birth
    10 March 1794
  • 180813
    Marriage | Michael See, Jr.
    15 February 1808 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Michael See, Jr.
    Age 22
    Birth 18 May 1785
    Death: 10 September 1827 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 187177
    Death
    25 August 1871 | Macon County, Illinois, United States
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 11:46:00

Citations

  1. [S225] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
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  • Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

William See

M, #4363, b. 26 May 1791, d. 20 March 1865

Parents

Family: Sarah Pruitt (b. 1794, d. 1865)

  • Marriage | Sarah Pruitt
    Sarah Pruitt
    Birth 1794 | Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
    Death: 1865 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
  • Note
    William was born the night his father was killed. Many of their children settled in Wayne County, Iowa.
  • 1791
    Birth
    26 May 1791 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    William See was born on 26 May 1791 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, Today this is in Mason County, West Virginia.
  • 17920
    Alt. Birth
    23 May 1792 | Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 186573
    Death
    20 March 1865 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:18:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, William See, Sr (26 May 1792–20 Mar 1865), 117553379, citing Hogue Cemetery, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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Sarah Pruitt

F, #4364, b. 1794, d. 1865

Family: William See (b. 26 May 1791, d. 20 March 1865)

  • Marriage | William See
    William See
    Birth 26 May 1791 | Kanawha, Virginia, United States
    Death: 20 March 1865 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
  • 1794
    Birth
    1794 | Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 1865~71
    Death
    1865 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:22:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Sarah Pruitt See (1794–1865), 117571690, citing Hogue Cemetery, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

William See, Jr.1

M, #4365, b. 6 August 1830, d. 4 August 1910

Parents

  • 1830
    Birth
    6 August 1830
    Citation: 1
  • 191079
    Death
    4 August 1910
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:28:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, William See, Jr (6 Aug 1830–4 Aug 1910), 17260124, citing See Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Lucinda See

F, #4366

Parents

  • Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Mary Melvina See1

F, #4367, b. 15 November 1816, d. 28 July 1908

Parents

  • 1815
    Alt. Birth
    15 November 1815 | Mason, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 1816
    Birth
    15 November 1816 | Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 183518
    Marriage | James Smith
    7 May 1835
    James Smith
    Age ~21
    Birth 1814
    Death: 1897
    Citation: 1
  • 190891
    Death
    28 July 1908 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 29 April 2020 10:28:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Melvina See Smith (15 Nov 1816–28 Jul 1908), 27829473, citing Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Nancy See1

F, #4368, b. about 1820, d. 31 March 1858

Parents

  • Marriage | James Rayburn
    James Rayburn
  • 1817
    Alt. Birth
    1817 | Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 1820
    Birth
    About 1820
    Citation: 1
  • 1858~38
    Death
    31 March 1858 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:31:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Nancy See Rayburn (1817–31 Mar 1858), 77751407, citing Hogue Cemetery, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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James Rayburn

M, #4369
  • Marriage | Nancy See
    Nancy See
    Birth about 1820
    Death: 31 March 1858 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
  • Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00
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James Smith1

M, #4370, b. 1814, d. 1897
  • 1814
    Birth
    1814
    Citation: 1
  • 1835~21
    Marriage | Mary Melvina See
    7 May 1835
    Mary Melvina See
    Age 18
    Birth 15 November 1816 | Virginia, United States
    Death: 28 July 1908 | Wayne, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 2
  • 1897~83
    Death
    1897
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:25:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, James Smith (1814–1897), 66663022, citing Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by InSearchOf (contributor 47282406.
  2. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Melvina See Smith (15 Nov 1816–28 Jul 1908), 27829473, citing Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Melvin L. Halterman (contributor 47017310).
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John Rayburn

M, #4371
  • Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00
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  • Relationship: 1st cousin of Debra Sue Loghry

Kay Louise Thornton

F, #4372, b. 28 December 1942, d. 2 October 1994

Parents

  • 1942
    Birth
    28 December 1942 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
  • 19507
    Household Member | Census | Russell Claude Thornton
    19 April 1950 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Kay appeared in the household of Russell Claude Thornton in a census on 19 April 1950 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. Residing at 4412 S.W. 2nd.

    1) Russell Thornton, head, white, male, age 31, married, born in Iowa, worked 40 hours previous week, office clerk at farm implement.
    2) Betty Thornton, wife, white, female, age 27, married, born in Iowa, homemaker.
    3) Kay Louise Thornton, daughter, white, female, age 7, born in Iowa.
    4) Donna Jean Thornton, daughter, white, female, age 5, born in Iowa.
    5) Thomas Dean Thornton, son, white, male, age 2, born in Iowa.
    Citation: 1
  • 1962~19
    Marriage | Larry Furgison
    About 4 December 1962 | Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
    Larry Furgison
    Age ~19
    Birth 11 November 1943 | Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
    Death: 10 November 2019 | Altoona, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Citations: 2,3
  • 196421
    Divorce Filed | Larry Furgison
    1 January 1964 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
    Citation: 4
  • 197330
    Marriage License | Larry Furgison
    12 April 1973 | Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
    Citation: 3
  • 199451
    Death
    2 October 1994 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
  • Last Edited: 16 July 2023 14:27:00

Citations

  1. [S2230] IA, Polk County, 1950 U.S. census, National Archives, Digital images, T628, Des Moines, enumeration district (ED) 77-7, sheet 19, household 217, Russell Thornton household, accessed 1 Apr 2022
  2. [S18] Iowa. Des Moines., Des Moines Tribune, "Iowa Licenses to Wed," 4 Dec 1962, p. 22, col. 6; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 Jun 2018).
  3. [S2524] Colorado. Colorado Springs., Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, "Marriage Licenses: Furgison-Furgison," 12 Apr 1973, p. 4, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2023).
  4. [S303] Iowa. Des Moines., Des Moines Register, "Seek Divorces: Kay vs. Larry Furgison," 1 Jan 1964, p. 13, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 Jul 2023).
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Elizabeth See1

F, #4373, b. 13 February 1829, d. 25 August 1861

Parents

  • Marriage | John Stone
    John Stone
    Birth 10 October 1829 | Jackson, Virginia, United States
    Death: 4 March 1907
  • 1829
    Birth
    13 February 1829
    Citation: 1
  • 186132
    Death
    25 August 1861
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:39:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, Elizabeth See Stone (13 Feb 1829–25 Aug 1861), 23254690, citing Stone Family Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by okey king (contributor 46955464).
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John Stone1

M, #4374, b. 10 October 1829, d. 4 March 1907
  • Marriage | Elizabeth See
    Elizabeth See
    Birth 13 February 1829
    Death: 25 August 1861
  • 1829
    Birth
    10 October 1829 | Jackson, Virginia, United States
    Citation: 1
  • 190777
    Death
    4 March 1907
    Citation: 1
  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:41:00

Citations

  1. [S74] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 15 Apr 2020, John Wesley Stone (10 Oct 1829–4 Mar 1907), 23254660, citing Stone Family Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by okey king (contributor 46955464).
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  • Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Stroder See

M, #4375, b. about 1837

Parents

  • Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:42:00
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