CAPT. GEORGE WASHINGTON JACKSON b. 9 Feb 1791 VA: (or 7 May 1791) d. 20 Aug 1876 Weston, Lewis Co., WV: m. 10 Oct 1816 Muskingham Co., OH, by Rev. J. Culvetson HESTER “HETTA” TAYLOR b. 1799/1800 Westmoreland Co., PA; d. 21 Jul 1852 Weston, Lewis Co., (W)V; First buried at Arnold Hill and then moved to Machpelah Cemetery in Weston. Hester was referred to as “Hettie Pettie”. She was blood relative of Zack Taylor. George was a Capt in War 1812; 19th Reg. US Infantry, promoted by President Madison. Family settled in McConnelsville, OH shortly after George retired from US Army at the close of War of 1812 (Cook)
1. Margaret Elizabeth Jackson b. 1828/29 McConnelsville, OH; d. 3 Nov 1886 Weston, Lewis Co., WV; m. 7 Apr 1846 Lewis Co. Bk2:116 Jonathan McCalley Bennett; b. 4 Oct 1816; d. 28 Oct 1887; both bur. Machpelah, Lewis Co., WV
a) William
George b. 5 Jan 1847; d. 8 Nov
1916; m. 27 Mar 1872 Alice Brannon b. 3 May 1849 d/o Judge John and
Amanda (Bland) Brannon; d. 27 Aug 1924, age 75. Both bur. Machpelah, Lewis Co.,
WV.
1) Margaret
“Madge b. 8 Oct 1874; d. 22 Dec. 1940 Hartford, CT; bur. Manchester, CO
with many Cheneys; site of the Cheney Silk Mills; m. #1 – 20 Apr 1898 Lewis
County; Robert Crane/Cain; b. 12
Nov 1865; d. 26 Aug 1928 m. #2 Lewis Richmond Cheney;
(a) Robert
Crane m. Maxine
(b) William
Bennett Crane b. 20 June 1905; d. 9 Nov. 1878 Mt. Victoria, MD; lawyer; m. Hetty
Young d/o Dr. Young from John Hopkins Hospital; discovered mercurochrome;
Children: William Bennett Crane, Jr. m. Marjorie; Hampton
Young Crane b. 4 Aug 1856; . m. #2 Eloise Miller and had
children: Suzanne Crane and William Blake Crane.
(c) Eleanor
Morgan Crane b. July 1910; m. Howard McPeck; children: Howard R.
McPeck m. Deborah M.;lives Perryville, OH has 3 children; Eleanor M. single. Eleanor teaches
landscaping at Radcliff College
(d) Margaret
Bennett Crane b. 20 Aug 1914; m. #1 Vernon Pitroff; #2 Robert
Downs. Children: Peter and Amanda both married with children
2) John
Brannon b. 13 Apr 1873 Weston, WV;
d. 26 Nov 1933 Buckhannon, WV; m. Ethel
Hayhurst b. 1888 Braxton, Co., WV;
d. April 1931; she died from injuries received in an accidental shooting
near home in Walkersville. (Dem. 24 Apr 1931)both bur. Masonic Cemetery, Lewis
Co., WV.
(a) Jonathan McCauley b. 28 Oct 1910; d. 24 Nov 1982 Morgantown, WV at his residence
:Imperial Woods”. Bur. Masonic Cem. Weston, WV: Grad of the Love Field Flight
School, Dallas, TX; empl. 30 years by WVU as flight instructor and then as manager
of the aviation department. m. Gladys Methany b. 1919; tombstone for her at Masonic Cemetery in
Weston.
I.
Jonathan “JM” M. lived in Florida; 3 children: Shawn(female) Sheri
and Sharon.
II Victoria “Vicki Jo” b. 26
May 1938 Buckhannon, WV: d. 16 Jul 1987 Clarksburg, WV, cancer; bur. Masonic
Cem., Weston, WV: m. David H. Young/div; David worked for the Nat’l Bank
of Clarksburg. Vicki was a lab tech for Dr. J. B. Wilfong, orthodontist, Pres
of Women’s Golf Assoc. of Clarksburg Country Club; member of the 1979 team
which won State Championship.
(b) Margaret Jackson b, 5 July 1918; d. 1984; bur. Masonic Cemetery, Weston; m. Herman Lynn Warner b. 1919; d. 1974; bur. Masonic Cem. Weston.
(c) George Brannon b. May 1919 Lewis Co., WV; m. Mary Elizabeth Swecker;
1) Hunter McCauley b. 30 Nov 1876; d. 17 Jan 1962; m. 11 Apr 1925 Lewis Co., WV Madge Hinzman b. 4 Apr 1892 Laura Lick Run, Lewis Co., WV; d/o G. C. and Avis Reger Hinzman; d. 16 Oct 1874. Both bur. Masonic Cem., Weston, WV.
2) Bertha b. 2 Feb 1879 Weston, WV; d. 23 Nov 1982 Weston, WV; bur. Machpelah; m. #1. T. T. Vandergrift; #2. Dr. George Ira Keener
3) William
George Jr. b. 5 Apr 1881; d. 24 Feb
1882; bur. Machpelah beside Brannon grandparents. Letter from J. M. Bennett to G. D. Camden; 3/9/1882: “My son,
George’s, youngest child died since you left and Wirt Camper’s daughter is
scarcely expected to live. It seems to
be a southern type of scarlet fever brought by Mr. McDonough from Tennessee.”
4) William
Bland b. 10 Sept 1883; d. 2 Dec 1918; bur. Machpelah.
b) Gertrude B. b. 1 Nov 1851; d. 26 May 1926 Buckhannon, WV; m. 30 Sept 1891 Dr. Fleming Howell of Clarksburg; b. 31 May 1849 Ridgedale, Monongalia Co., (W)V; d. 1941; Pres.of WV State Medical Assc. in 1908.
1) Margaret b. 17 Sept 1893 Clarksburg, WV; d. 26 Aug 1979 Lakewood, CO; m. 30 Apr 1919 Samuel Wilson Caesar.
(a) Gertrude Bennett b. 17 Nov 1922 NYC; d. 3 Mar 1984 CO; had diabetes from childhood
(b) Winifred m. J. Patrick McManamon
c) Louis Bennett b. 27 Nov 1849 Weston, WV; d. 2 Aug 1918 Atlantic City, NJ; m. 16 Jan 1889 Sallie Maxwell, d/o James and Ruth Armstrong Ray Maxwell; b. 2 Jun 1857 Wheeling, WV; d. 19 May 1944 NYC; both bur. Machpelah Cem., Weston.
1) James Maxwell b. 27 Oct 1891; d. 10 Jul 1892; bur. at Wheeling, WV. Bapt. Font at St. Paul’s Church, Weston, given in his memory. (W.G.B. diary)
2) Agra b. 9 Apr 1893 Denver, CO; d. 13 Jan 1968 Wheeling, WV; m. 14 Apr 1914 Washington, DC Johnson Camden McKinley b. 31 Jan 1877 Parkersburg, WV; d. 9 July 1927 Wheeling, WV, s/o John Stringer and Amanda Camden McKinley.
(a) Agra McKinley m. Edgar Kirk Thompson; no issue
(b) Johnson Bennett m. Millie Hamilton; at least, two children: David and Camden
(c) Louis Bennett
3) Louis Jr. b. 22 Sept 1894 Weston, WV; d. 24 Aug. 1918 France; first bur. 25 Aug. Wavrin, France, Lot 82; later returned to states and buried Machpelah.
d) Mary/Marie Lee b. 1853; d. 7 Jul 1931; m. 19 Nov 1890 Hon. William Duckett Bowie of Baltimore, MD, s/o Gov. Odie Bowie of MD; d. 29 Dec. 1930. Wm. was Maryland State Senator. He inherited the family farm “Marietta” nr. Bowie, MD. Both bur. Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.
2. James Taylor Jackson b. 1829 McConnelsville, OH; d.1901 m. 1853 Phoebe Ann Wilson b. 13 Jan. 1829 Clarksburg, WV (obit); d. 1882,Newark, OH: d/o Col. J. D. Wilson: 4 sons/2 dau. Was a handsome man. Had store on west side of Weston’s main street in 2 story house, later location of Wm. L. Demington’s, later Kaplan’s. Moved to Newark, OH. After her death James T. moved to Detroit, MI and married again.
a) Hattie Georgie Jackson m. 1883 Eli Marsh Turner (Pres. WVU), s/o Uriel Mallory Marsh.
1) Mary Turner m. Gordon McCoy/McCoyan; res.. Murphreesboro, TN; had 3 sons; one employed at the Library of Congress. Gordon served WWI/engineer.
2) James Turner (triplett)lived in Arizona or New Mexico
3) Malory Turner (triplett)
4) Phoebe Ann Turner (triplett) m. Michael J. Malamphy
b) Benjamin Wilson Jackson m. Corinne Reynolds Jackson
1) George Reynolds Jackson b. 15 Oct 1890 Harrison Co., WV: George was at Chateau Thiery, St Mihiel as Lt. U. S. Marines; made Capt., was gassed; awarded Croix de Guerre; was lawyer in New York; d. single
c) Mary Jackson b. Lewis Co., WV: (DAR #67874) single
1) Henry Turner died at age 4 or 5
d) Josiah Davisson Jackson; single
e) Thomas Stonewall Jackson: single
f) Despard Jackson; single
3. Catherine Jackson b. ca 1831 McConnellsville, OH (DAR 1835-1895) d. 25 June 1893 San Diego, CA: (Hunter received dispatch) m. 24 Oct 1848 (bond)Bk3:5 Gibson J. Butcher b. 1823 Weston, WV; d. 29 Aug 1877; bur. Arnold Hill; was tanner, owned tannery on Town Run. (Note: According to Betty and Randy Nicholson [nicholson@neumedia.net]he was the son of Martha Peterson Hawkins (Betty’s gggrandmother). I have a deed which indicates that Gibson J. Butcher deeded land to Thomas and Martha Hawkins(his mother) for their lifetime. Martha appears to have had two sons, Gibson J. and M.L. Butcher prior to her marriage to Thomas Hawkins
a) Hetta Jackson Butcher m. Hugh Bankhead
b) Hugh Butcher went west; died single
c) Margaret “Maggie” Butcher- prominent school teacher; attended first institute held by John Strange Hall at Jacksonville; taught WV, KS, Utah, NM; Principal of school at Raton, NM; d. unmarried; bur. Arnold Hill.
d) Belle Butcher m. James E. Hurley – general manager of Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe RR; lived Topeka, KS; he d. 1909
1) Harlow Hurley: married
2) Hildegarde Hurley; m. and lived in Washington D. C.; no issue
4. Eliza J. “Lida” Jackson b. ca 1833 McConnellsville, OH; d. 6 Feb. 1874 Brenham, TX; 41st year.(Obit in Weston Democrat 16 Feb 1874; reprint 16 Feb 89)m. 2 Dec 1850 (19 Nov 1850 Lewis Co. Bk:3:30) Corneleus “Neil” P. Hurley. Speculated in Lewis County Wild Lands, owned 700 acres on Hacker’s Camp Run, Collins Dist – later J. M. Bennetts. Confederate Soldier; Lived in Weston several years; moved to Texas, was merchant in Brenham, TX. Committed suicide there on account of losses in cotton speculation shortly before 15 May 1871. (Obit: reprint: Weston Democrat 16 Dec 1987)
a) Daniel b. ca 1854; d. age 4 ca 14 Jun 1858; (Herald 14 June 1858)
b) Katherine m. Mr. Bolling
c) George; single
d) Margaret
“Maggie”m. Charles P. Moore
1) Thomas
G.
2) Margaret;
3) Amy
m. Mr. Henderson;
4) Mary
died single
5) Florence
died single.
e) Mary
m. Mr. Lacky
1) Mary
2) Floride
5. Alfred Henry Jackson b. 1 Jan 1836 McConnelsville, OH; d. 1 Aug 1863 Civil War; wounded at Cedar Mountain; bur. Lexington, VA nr. Stonewall Jackson; member of his staff but was fired because he wouldn’t get up in the morning; m. Nov 1858 Mary Blair Paxton b. 1841 Rockbridge Co, VA; d.7 Jul 1918 Elkins, WV
(Roy Bird Cook) Alfred became the highest ranking officer in the confederate army. Co I 31 Virginia Infantry; Enrolled 2 Jun 1861, age 25; Cpt. Appointed Adj. General on T. J. Jackson’s staff 12 Noc, 1861; Battle of Greenbrier, McDowell; 9 Aug 1862 severely wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Shortly before his death made Brigadier General.
a) Ella Bennett b. 23 Sept 1859 Lewis Co., (W)V; d. 5 May 1904; bur. Machpelah; m. 16 Apr 1890 Lewis Co., Bk6:11(ages 30/33)Dr. Matthew Edmiston, Jr. b. 20 Dec. 1856 Weston, WV; s/o Matthew and Minerva Edmiston; d. 26 Apr. 1894 Weston, WV; bros. of Thomas who m. Mary E. Arnold, s/o William E. Arnold;
1) Andrew Edmiston Jr. (placed Jr. on to distinguish himself from his uncle.) b. 13 Nov 1892; d. 28 Aug 1966 Weston, WV; m. 1920 #1 Merle W. Williams b. 27 Jan 1897; d. 21 Dec. 1951; m. #2 Elizabeth “Beth” Gage b. 9 Jun 1914; d. 4 Mar 1991, age 76; all bur. Machpelah. Elizabeth was from Sapulpa, OK – met Andrew in Washington, DC when she was working for Sen. Thomas of OK. S/o Wesley Gage, Sheriff of Sapulpa and Mary May Evans.
Andrew has 6 terms in Congress. Officer WWI cited for “extraordinary heroism on the night of Aug. 1st and 2nd as a result of which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1923. Was 1st Commander of Weston Post 4 American Legion
b) May Jackson m. 13 Feb 1889 Blain Ward Taylor b. 15 Dec 1859 Elkins, WV; clerk of US Treasury, moved to FL
(a) Mary Louise m. Roy Fenton of Dunbar; one child
(b) Elizabeth/Ella Jackson; res. Morgantown
(c) Beatrice Washington b. 1895; d. 29 May 1911
(d) May Jackson died young, age 2 yrs
(e) Jean Stuart died young, age 3 yrs
Hunter Bennett’s Papers have been used for much of this family.
W.G. B. – William George Bennett diary
Compiled and submitted by Linda Brake Meyers
01/24/2000