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Minerva Moss

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• Marriage: Minerva Moss and William See were married in Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United StatesBGO.

• Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Washington See

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Biography

• Birth: Washington See was born about 1793.
• Marriage: He and Amy Hart were married about 1814.
• Death: He died about 1866, at age ~73.

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Amy Hart

Biography

• Marriage: Amy Hart and Washington See were married about 1814.

• Last Edited: 15 November 2015 16:53:00

• Relationship: 4th great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Michael See¹

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Biography

• Birth: Michael See was born in 1751 in Frederick, Colony of Virginia, Colonial AmericaBG, In 1754, this area would be known as Hampshire County, Virginia.^2,3
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth Morris were married in 1776 in Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesBG, 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.^4,5
• Death: He died on 26 May 1791, at age ~40, in Mason, Virginia, United StatesBGO.²

• 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:
  
  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.⁶
  
• Alt. Marriage: He has conflicting marriage information of 1778 and West Virginia, United StatesBG.⁷
• Alt. Death: He has conflicting death information of 21 May 1792 and Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO. 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 1792.⁶
• Alt. Death: He has conflicting death information of 23 May 1792 and Fort Randolph, Mason, West VirgniaBG. 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.⁵

• Last Edited: 9 October 2024 14:53:00

Citations

1. [S421] Compiler: Linda Mardell McFall Nixon, Genealogy of the Ellison Tribe and Related Lines
2. [S421] Compiler: Linda Mardell McFall Nixon, Genealogy of the Ellison Tribe and Related Lines, page 279
3. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), The Three See Brothers
4. [S425] Sara Patton, See-L Archives, Subject: See Marriage Bonds in Greenbrier Co WV, Listserve: Rootsweb.com
5. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Michael See Jr.
6. [S93] 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).
7. [S40] 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.

• Relationship: 4th great-grandaunt of Debra Sue Loghry

Elizabeth Morris¹

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Biography

• Birth: Elizabeth Morris was born on 8 August 1753 in Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO.^2,1
• Marriage: She and Michael See were married in 1776 in Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesBG, 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.^3,2

• Name: Elizabeth Morris was also known as Elizabeth See.³
• Name: She was also known as Elizabeth Shell.
• Alt. Marriage: She has conflicting marriage information of 1778 and West Virginia, United StatesBG.⁴

• Last Edited: 17 June 2021 12:54:00

Citations

1. [S196] 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. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Michael See Jr.
3. [S425] Sara Patton, See-L Archives, Subject: See Marriage Bonds in Greenbrier Co WV, Listserve: Rootsweb.com
4. [S40] 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.

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Frederick See

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Biography

• Birth: Frederick See was born before 1791.

• Note: Later settled in Texas.

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

• Relationship: 1st cousin 2 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Albert D. Jenkins^1,2

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Biography

• Birth: Albert D. Jenkins was born on 17 January 1877.^1,2
• Death: He died on 27 August 1950, at age 73.^1,2

• Last Edited: 21 June 2020 13:24:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 1 May 2017, Albert D. Jenkins, 55544414.
2. [S434] 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

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Francis See¹

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Biography

• Birth: Francis See was born about 1781 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.²
• Marriage: She 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.^3,2,4
• Marriage: She and Christopher Ringsberry were married in 1820 in Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO, 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."^3,1,3
• Death: She died on 1 September 1857, at age ~76, in Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Alt. Birth: She has conflicting birth information of before 1791.¹
• Alt. Death: She has conflicting death information of after 1841 and Moniteau, Missouri, United StatesBG.
• Household Member: Francis appeared in the household of Christopher Ringsberry in a census on 23 October 1850 in Montpelier, Muscatine, Iowa, United StatesBGO.⁵

• Last Edited: 14 June 2021 12:23:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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. [S196] 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. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
4. [S40] 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. [S1676] 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

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Carroll Morris^1,2,3

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• Birth: Carroll Morris was born on 2 November 1779 in Montgomery, Virginia, United StatesBG.^4,2
• Marriage: He 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.^1,4,5
• Death: He died in 1820, at age ~41, in Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO.^3,4

• 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.¹
• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 2 November 1779 and Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO.³

• Last Edited: 15 June 2021 08:55:00

Citations

1. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
2. [S577] The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905, editor, Genealogies of West Virginia Families. Ancestry.com., p. 164. accessed 15 Jun 2021.
3. [S93] 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. [S196] 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. [S40] 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.

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Michael See, Jr.

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Biography

• Birth: Michael See, Jr., was born on 18 May 1785.
• Marriage: He and Nancy Jane Greenlee were married on 15 February 1808 in Mason, Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: He died on 10 September 1827, at age 42, in Mason, Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹

• 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.¹
• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 1 April 1785 and Hardy, Virginia, United StatesBG.²

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 11:45:00

Citations

1. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants
2. [S93] 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.

Betty Louise Turner¹

Biography

• Birth: Betty Louise Turner was born on 29 August 1922 in Maple, Marion, Iowa, United StatesBG.^2,1
• Marriage: She and Russell Claude Thornton were married on 23 August 1941 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
• Death: She died on 13 August 1987, at age 64, in Plantation, Broward, Florida, United StatesBGO.^3,1

• Alt. Birth: She has conflicting birth information of 29 August 1922 and Pleasant Township, Monroe, Iowa, United StatesBG.⁴
• Household Member: Betty appeared in the household of Russell Claude Thornton in a census on 19 April 1950 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO. 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.⁵
• Residence: She resided at 4412 SW 2d in 1958 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO. Thornton Betty L clk Look Magazine r4412 SW 2d.

• Last Edited: 6 August 2023 11:10:00

Citations

1. [S7] 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. [S1795] 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. [S1795] 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
4. [S672] "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch, accessed 22 Jan 2023), Betty Louise Turner.
5. [S404] 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

Nancy Jane Greenlee

Biography

• Birth: Nancy Jane Greenlee was born on 10 March 1794.
• Marriage: She and Michael See, Jr., were married on 15 February 1808 in Mason, Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: She died on 25 August 1871, at age 77, in Macon County, Illinois, United StatesBGO.

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 11:46:00

Citations

1. [S303] D'Errico, Dee, The See Family Chronicles., accessed 11 Apr 2017), Frederick See descendants

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

William See

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William See was born on 26 May 1791 in Kanawha, Virginia, United StatesBGO, Today this is in Mason County, West Virginia.
• Marriage: He and Sarah Pruitt were married.
• Death: He died on 20 March 1865, at age 73, in Wayne, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Note: William was born the night his father was killed. Many of their children settled in Wayne County, Iowa.
• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 23 May 1792 and Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:18:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

Sarah Pruitt

Biography

• Birth: Sarah Pruitt was born in 1794 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹
• Marriage: She and William See were married.
• Death: She died in 1865, at age ~71, in Wayne, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:22:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

William See, Jr.¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William See, Jr., was born on 6 August 1830.¹
• Death: He died on 4 August 1910, at age 79.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:28:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Lucinda See

Parents

Biography

• Marriage: Lucinda See and John Rayburn were married.

• Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Mary Melvina See¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Mary Melvina See was born on 15 November 1816 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹
• Marriage: She and James Smith were married on 7 May 1835.¹
• Death: She died on 28 July 1908, at age 91, in Wayne, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Alt. Birth: She has conflicting birth information of 15 November 1815 and Mason, Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 29 April 2020 10:28:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Nancy See¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Nancy See was born about 1820.¹
• Marriage: She and James Rayburn were married.
• Death: She died on 31 March 1858, at age ~38, in Wayne, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Alt. Birth: She has conflicting birth information of 1817 and Virginia, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:31:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

James Rayburn

Biography

• Marriage: James Rayburn and Nancy See were married.

• Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00

James Smith¹

Biography

• Birth: James Smith was born in 1814.¹
• Marriage: He and Mary Melvina See were married on 7 May 1835.²
• Death: He died in 1897, at age ~83.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:25:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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. [S93] 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).

John Rayburn

Biography

• Marriage: John Rayburn and Lucinda See were married.

• Last Edited: 16 May 2017 10:54:00

• Relationship: 1st cousin of Debra Sue Loghry

Kay Louise Thornton

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Kay Louise Thornton was born on 28 December 1942 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
• Marriage: She and Larry Furgison were married about 4 December 1962 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United StatesBGO.^1,2
• Divorce Filed: Divorce Filed: 1 January 1964, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.³
• Death: She died on 2 October 1994, at age 51, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.

• Household Member: Kay appeared in the household of Russell Claude Thornton in a census on 19 April 1950 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO. 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.⁴
• Marriage License: Larry and Kay obtained a marriage license on 12 April 1973 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United StatesBGO.²

• Last Edited: 15 January 2025 11:22:00

Citations

1. [S22] 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).
2. [S249] 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).
3. [S7] 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).
4. [S404] 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

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Elizabeth See¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Elizabeth See was born on 13 February 1829.¹
• Marriage: She and John Stone were married.
• Death: She died on 25 August 1861, at age 32.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:39:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

John Stone¹

Biography

• Birth: John Stone was born on 10 October 1829 in Jackson, Virginia, United StatesBG.¹
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth See were married.
• Death: He died on 4 March 1907, at age 77.¹

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:41:00

Citations

1. [S93] 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).

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Stroder See

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Stroder See was born about 1837.
• Marriage: He and Sarah Mollen were married in Iowa, United StatesBGO.

• Last Edited: 15 April 2020 15:42:00