John
George Jackson b. 22 Sep 1777 Hardy
Co., VA; d. 28 Mar 1825 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA; m. Oct 1800 probably at
the Montpelier (home of President James Madison) #1 Mary Payne b. ca 1782 VA; d. 13 Feb. 1808 of TB; age
27; #2 m. 19 Jul 1810 by Rev. Stephen Lindley, Mary Sophia Meigs b. 1
Jan 1793 Marietta, OH; d. 4 Feb 1863 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d/o Return
Jonathan Jr. and Sophia Wright Meigs.
All three are buried Jackson Cem., Pike Street, Clarksburg,
WV.
"Among
those absent from the caucus (to make plans for James Madison's presidential
campaign) was Dolly Madison's brother-in-law, John Jackson, whose home in
Clarksburg, (West) Virginia, was the scene of "miseries past endurance". There in Oct. (1807) the mother of Dolly
Madison and Mary Jackson suffered "a violent stroke of the dead palsy" and died
a week later. Mrs. Jackson, a victim of
tuberculosis, grew rapidly worse.
Jackson bought a light wagon, intending to carry her over the snowy mountains
for a last visit with her three sisters.
Late in November, leaving the courthouse he was clubbed almost to death
by the associates of criminals whom he was prosecuting. By the time he recovered from a fractured
skull, his wife was dying; all their children except the last born had died before
her. Months passed after his wife's
death before Jackson could bring himself to write to Madison:
You
knew my Mary well, yes, you gave her to me at the altar, yes witnessed our
union and our happiness. You saw the
little prattlers that she gave me. In
the short period of seven fleeting years all these things took place, and all,
but one 0 and she the dearest of all has been torn from me in the same
period. (Letter of J. G. Jackson to James Madison, July 17,
1808. Papers of James Madison in
Library of Congress. Davis, Dorothy, History of Harrison County.)
Mary
Payne Jackson's wedding dress was handed down to her only living child, Mary
Jackson Allen, who cut it up during the Civil War for handkerchiefs for the
Confederate Soldiers. ( Davis p. 354 #44)
Sources:
John George Jackson by Dorothy Davis
Others: Roy Bird Cook papers
George Jackson Bible, photocopied pages
Hunter Bennett Papers
Florrie Jackson Needham papers
Cemetery readings IOOF
Allen Bible
Allen Genealogy
Hunter Bennett papers
John George Jackson served in the US Congress and was Judge in Federal Judicial Service. He is listed in Judges of the United States Courts. Article on John George Jackson.
Two books have been written on the life of John George Jackson:
The James Madison Papers, 1723 - 1836 Search for "John Jackson" to find papers with John George Jackson mentioned.
1.
General John J
Jackson b. 13 Feb 1800 Wood Co., (W)V; d. 1 Jan 1877 Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV; m. 29 June
1823 Wood Co., Bk1:24 #1 Emma G. Beeson b. April 1800; d.
18 July 1842, d/o Col. Jacob Beeson; #2 17 Jul 1843 Wood Co., Bk:1:55 Jane
E. B. Gardner b. ca 1820 PA (1860 census)
Mary S. Meigs Jackson encouraged her husband to bring John J to live in Clarksburg with Jackson family. (Davis, p. 183)
Dr. William Williams, brother in law to John George, probably attended at the births of the children . (Davis)
2.
Dolly Jackson b. ca
July 1801 Clarksburg, Harrison Co.,
(W)V; d. ca 15 Jul. 1806 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; pr. bur. Jackson
Cemetery, Pike's Street, Clarksburg, WV.
3.
Lucy Jackson b. late 1802 or early 1803 Clarksburg, Harrison Co.,
(W)V; d. Jul. 1806 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; pr. bur. Jackson Cem. (Davis
p. 70-71)
4.
Mary Elizabeth
Payne Jackson b. 7 Sep 1805
Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d. 22 Mar 1881 Beaverdam, Botetourt Co., VA; 55
minutes past seven o'clock pm.; m. 11 Nov. 1824 Harrison Co., (W)V BK3:25 John
James Allen. b. 26 Sept 1797 Woodstock Co., Shenandoah Co., VA;
d. 18 Sep 1871
Beaverdam, Botetourt Co., VA; s/o James and Jane Steele Allen; (account of
wedding in "Clarksburg Intelligencer," 13 Nov 1824).
John James Allen lived in Clarksburg where he began his
law practice. He qualified as attorney at the first session of the District
Court of the US for the District of Virginia west of the Allegheny Mountains,
held at Clarksburg, WV on 22 Mar 1819, with Judge John G. Jackson presiding.
He represented Harrison County in the Virginia State Senate from
1828-1831 and introduced an important bill, which afterwards became law for the
settlement of land titles in trans-Allegheny, VA. In 1834 he was Commonwealth Attorney for Harrsion, Lewis and
Preston counties as well as member of the 23rd Congress from 2 dec.
1833 to 3 Mar 1835. Later he was
appointed to the judgeship in the 17th Circuit east of the
Alleghenies and moved to Botetourt County, VA., near the town of
Buchannan. In 1840 he was elected Senator
of the Virginia Legislature. He was a trustee of the North Western Virginia
Academy incorporated in 1842; He was later appointed to judgeship for the
Supreme Court of Virginia, serving from 1840-1852, for a number of years being president of the court. He was an
ardent upholder of the doctrine of Secession ("The Southern Historical Papers",
January 1876). He retired in 1865. (R.
H. Allen to Roy Bird Cook, 7 Feb 1925, Haymond's History of Harrison County,
Virginia, pp. 192, 238, 290, 351; Tylers' Virginia Biography,
Vol. II, p. 64; Biographical Directory of American Congress 1799-1927, p.
634. )
a)
Mary Jane Allen b. Wednesday, 5 Oct 1825, 8:30 pm, Clarksburg,
Harrison Co., WV; d. 1 Jun 1855, 1:30
am, Beaverdam, Botetourt Co., VA, 29y7m26d; m. 15 Oct 1850 Botetourt Co., VA Col.
William Watts of Roanoke City, VA.
1)
Infant
2)
John Allen b. 30 Mar 1855
at 40 minutes after 10 o'clock pm at Beaverdam, Botetourt Co., VA; m. Gertrude
Lee
(a)
William m. Dolly
Catogni
(b)
Hugh Lee died in youth
(c)
Jean or Jennie m. Abram
Staples; believed they lived in Roanoke, VA
b)
James Clotworthy b. Monday, 19
Jan 1829, 6:15 pm, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d. 31 July 1830, 1:20 pm;
18m12d
c)
John James II b. Wednesday,
17 Aug 1831, 2:00 am, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; m. Elizabeth Maverick
Houston
1)
Mary Payne b.
29 Mar 1858 San Antonia, TX m. Edward A. Moore, grandson of U. S.
Senator Andrew Moore of Virginia.
(a)
Edward McDowell m. #1 Elma Radford; child: Elma,
single; #2 Virginia Armistead, one child: Edward McDowell, single
(b)
Allen, died infancy
2)
Evalina Anville b. 31 Aug 1859, San Antonia, d. infancy.
3)
Lutie Houston b. 2 Aug 1861,
d. after 1843, Richmond, VA; bur. Richmond, VA. m. 23 June 1886 pr. Botetourt,
VA Meigs Bland b. 8 Jun 1859 Weston, WV, s/o Dr. W. J. and
Columbia Jackson Bland; d. Feb. or Mar. 1934; bur. Richmond, VA;
(a)
Maj. William Bland;b. 20 Apr 1887; killed in battle at St Mihiel;
m. Mary Johnson; no issue
4)
Elizabeth Jackson b. 13 Jun 1863 VA; d. childhood
5)
John James b. 22 Feb 1865 VA; d. childhood
6)
Virginia Anville b. 24 May 1867 Lynchburg, VA; unmarried
7)
William Ross b. 22 Jan 1869 VA; m. Eva Haney;
(a)
John James; unmarried
8)
Robert Houston b 20 Jul 1870 VA; m. #1 Minnie Anderson; #2 Stella
McIntyre.
(a)
Elizabeth
Anderson Allen m. John Dallett; no children
Robert Houston was a Col in the USA promoted to Major
General and made Chief of Infantry effective 28 Mar 1925.
9)
Emma Carr b. 19 Mar 1872
VA; m. Dr. Phil C. Riley; adopted child: Brent Abbott Riley; Dr. Riley was a Major in USA
10) Russell Houston, b. 8 Dec 1873 VA; m. Inez McNeill
(a)
Virginia Anville;
single
(b)
Elizabeth
Houston; single
11) Elizabeth Maverick b. 25 Aug 1877 Dr. Evan
Evans.
(a)
Daniel W. Evans; single
12) Cornelia Morgan b. 17 Aug 1879; unmarried
d)
Evelina Sophia b. Sunday 13
Oct 1833, 3:20 pm, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; m. at Mill View
(Bible) Dr.
Edwin N. Wood (a great grandson of Brigadier Gen. Andrew M. Lewis whose
statue is one of the six surrounding equestrian Washington by the Capitol in
Richmond, VA); no issue.
e)
Robert Edwin b. Saturday, 13 Feb. 1836, 4:20 pm, Clarksburg,
Harrison Co., (W)V: m. Anna L. Wilson
1)
Charles Lyle, no issue.
2)
Edwin Wood; single
3)
Annie m. Madison McCulloch; no issue.
Source: R. H. Allen to R. B. C. 1925
f)
Henry Clay b. Monday, 19 Mar 1838, 5:30 pm, Beaverdam, Botetourt
Co., VA; m. Julia Gatewood
1)
Mary Watts m. Will Feret, children
2)
Robert E.; died single
3)
George G.: single
4)
Julia G. m. Henry A.
Latane; children
5)
William B. m. #1 unknown; no issue; #2 Beulah Newman;
child. Res. Woodstock, VA.
6)
Elizabeth E. m. Joe Guerrand, child
7)
Henry C. m. unknown
8)
John James; died infancy
9)
Evelyn Wood m. Mr. Guerrand, children
10) Lucy Winston m. William Kemper, children
11) Emily m. Mr. Baird; one child: Margaret,
died unmarried
12) Charles Gatewood, married
13) James m.
children
g)
James Madison b. Thursday, 9 Apr 1840, 6:45 pm, Beaverdam, Botetourt
Co., VA; d. Sunday, 6 Mar 1859, 3:20 am, 18y10m25d, age 18; unmarried
h)
George Jackson b. Thursday, 29 Sep 1842, 10:10 pm, Beaverdam,
Botetourt Co., VA; d. 25 Jun 1862
Richmond, VA( George Jackson Allen, our son departed this life at the
Clay Street Military Hospital in the City of Richmond on Wednesday afternoon
the twenty fifth day of June 1862, a soldier in Co, K 57th Regt. Va.
Vo., Capt John J. Allen. He died of
typhoid fever, his remains being sent home, his corpse was interred in the
graveyard at Lauderdale on Saturday the 28th of June 1862. He was 19y8m26d. He left his home for camp in August 1861. He had been in service a few days over 10
months. (Allen family Bible)
i)
Baldwin b. Tuesday, 1 Oct 1844, 12:40 pm, Beaverdam, Botetourt
Co., VA; d. 2 Sep. 1862, Tennessee with CSA during Civil War, age
17. (RBC) not
yet 18 years old; contacted fever when forced to march. (Baldwin Allen, our
son, departed this life at Tazewell, east Tennessee, at the house of Mrs. Mary
A. Houston on Tuesday 1/2 after 2 o'clock am, the second day of Sept. 1862, a
soldier in Jos. W. Anderson Battery of Va. Artillery serving at Cumberland
Gap. He died of typhoid fever contracted
in the camp, and his remains were brought home and interred at the graveyard at
Lauderdale on Sunday the 7th of Sept 1962. He was 17 years, 11m and 1 day old when he died, and left home
for the camp on Monday the 4 August 1862.
"The record of our youngest child is made up, our's
must soon be closed. God's will be
done. Signed John James
Allen I
5. Daughter b. late March, 1811 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; died soon after, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV. (Davis,p. 187) pr. bur. Jackson Cem.
6. Caroline Sophia Meigs Jackson b. 18 Jul 1813 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V: d. 8 May 1882 Harrison Co., WV: m. 2 Feb 1832 Harrison Co., (W)V BK3:67 Michael D. Gittings M. D.; b. 21 Feb 1796 Montgomery Co., MD; d. 24 Feb 1877 Harrison Co., WV: both bur. IOOF Cem., Clarksburg. Michael was married first to Mary Williams d/o Catherine (sister of John George) and Dr. William Williams.
A. Madisonia ("Haddie") Gittings b. 1834; d. 19 Aug. 1904, age 71; m. 6 Jun 1878 Harrison Co., Luther Haymond b. 23 Feb 1808; d. 19 Sept 1908 Harrison Co., s/o Thomas and Rebecca Haymond; She was his second wife.
Buried
at IOOF, Clarksburg are Luther Haymond Jr. b. 1876 – 1926 and Maybel A. Haymond
1883-1925
Will: wife
of Luther: Devisees in her will Bk2:245 : Alice Thorn Lewis –niece, John G. and
James J. Gittings brothers, Florence Thorn –niece, Mary G. Fernald –sister,
also made arrangements for a tombstone for her sister Alice buried in Marietta,
OH
Will written 23 Jun. 1904 and probated Aug. 17, 1904. (Nancy Jackson, Clarksburg, WV)
B. John George Gittings b. 31 Jan 1835 Clarksburg; d. 1904; bur. IOOF; Maj. 31 Va Inf. Conf. Soldier;
C. James J. Gittings – mentioned as brother in Madisonia's will.
D. Allen Gittings b. 6 Feb 1843; d. 7 Feb 1884; bur. IOOF
E.
Mary Gittings m. Mr. Fernald (named as
sister in Madisonia's will. )
F. Columbia E. "Lummie" Gittings b. 1851 Zanesville, OH(marriage record): d. 11 Feb 1920, age 63yr. Harrison Co., WV; (Papers at the Vance House say she was bur. IOOF) m. 9 Dec 1874 Harrison Co., WV Bk:5:100; (he 25/she 23 both res. of Clarksburg) Jack W. Thorn, s/o John W. and Elizabeth Thorn; b. 1849 Preston Co.
There is a will in Harrison Co., WV for John W. Thorn, probated 13 May 1907, but cannot verify if same man.
1)
Alice Thorn m. Mr. Will Lewis (
Gay Duncan's will)
2)
Florence Thorn (She may be Mrs. J. G. Kuykendall)
G. Alice Gittings (Madisonia, in her will, made arrangements for a tombstone for her sister, Alice's grave in Marietta, OH)
7.
George John Jackson b. 24 Jan 1815 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; d.
1816 Washington, DC; bur. DC; He was
taken to DC by his Meigs grandparents as Mary was expected to come after the
birth of her child in the late fall.
He was going to be named John George but little Mary liked George John
better (Davis 244)
8.
Madisonia Jackson b. Nov or Dec. 1815 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV,
(Mary stated she was due in December {Davis.261}); d. Sept. 1821 typhoid
fever, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; pr. bur. Jackson Cem.
9.
Child b. 13 Oct 1816 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV,
continued to be well for a few weeks – then died, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV;
pr. bur. Jackson Cem. (Davis, p. 260)
10. Eugenia Jackson b. 1819 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; d. 26
Mar 1820 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; pr. bur. Jackson Cem. (Davis, p. 289)
11. James Madison Jackson b. 15 Apr 1818 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d.18
Jan 1871 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V: m. 2 Mar 1842 Harrison Co., BK3:159: Caroline
Virginia Moore: b. 5 Jun 1824 Salem, Harrison Co., (W)V: d. 7 Aug. 1910
Harrison Co., (W)V: d/o Thomas Preston Moore (Maj.); both bur. IOOF Cem. South
Chestnut St., Clarksburg.
Caroline Moore Jackson
Daughter of Thomas Preston Moore
born on the 5 day of June 1824, at Salem,
Harrison County, Virginia, married James M. Jackson on the 2 day of March
1842, died on the 7th day of August 1910, her last will being of record in
Will Book No. 8 at page 566 of the records of Harrison County, West Virginia,
leaving her surviving her as her sole heirs at law, her son Thomas Moore
Jackson, and her grand-children James M. Jackson, and Meigs Jackson Stiles,
wife of Samuel B. Stiles, children of her deceased son, Meigs Jackson, who,
together with Florence Jackson, daughter of her son, Thomas Moore Jackson,
are the sole beneficiaries under her said will. (Source: The Dr. Mordecci Moore Family and The Daniel Jenifer
Adams Family of Maryland-located
Waldmore Library, Clarksburg, WV. )
A. Meigs Jackson b. 22 Jan 1843 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d. 22 Mar 1876 Nevada City, MO; obit below says he is buried at the Jackson Cem., however, there is a tombstone for him at IOOF. This may be a memorial marker or his remains may have been moved at sometime m. 28 Mar 1871 Harrison Co.,WV Martha "Mattie" Bassel b. 1852 d/o Stephen and Katherine Bassel.
The sad intelligence of the death of Meigs Jackson
reached Clarksburg, on Thursday. He
died at his residence in Nevada, Missouri, on Wednesday evening, 22d inst., of
pneumonia. Meigs Jackson was born in
Clarksburg in 1843 and was the son of the late Maj. James M. and Mrs. Caroline
Jackson. When he grew up he studied law
and commenced the practice of his profession in Washington City in 1864. In 1865 he returned to Clarksburg and
associated himself with Hon. C. S. Lewis, and soon obtained a lucrative practice. In 1869 he removed to Nevada, Missouri,
where he soon attained distinction at the bar.
Shortly after he settled in Missouri he returned to Clarksburg and
married an estimable young lady of this place, who accompanied him to his new
home. In the autumn of 1874 he returned
with his family to Clarksburg and remained until October, 1875, when he and his
family returned to Missouri. Mr.
Jackson was a genial, war hearted gentleman who made friends of all with whom
he came in contact. He had fine legal
and literary attainments. His personal
integrity was of the highest order. His
industry was very great, and he was fast rising to distinguished eminence as a
jurist. He was the grandson of Hon. J.
G. Jackson, who became so distinguished in the early history of
Clarksburg. He leaves a wife and one
little son, and mother, brother and sister, and numerous other relatives and
friends to mourn his death. He was well
known and well beloved by all our citizens.
(source unknown, pr.
Clarksburg, Exponent)
"Remains of Meigs Jackson arrived on Saturday last
from his late home in Nevada, Missouri accompanied by his wife, little son and
his brother, T. Moore Jackson, who met them at Cincinnati. The funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. John Woods, on Sunday afternoon, at the residence of the mother of
deceased, on Pike Street, a large number of person were present and followed
the procession to the Jackson Cemetery.
Eight of his first cousins, who acted as pallbearers gently lowered him
into his last resting place, by the side of his distinguished ancestors, and
his well known form and genial face were shut out forever from the sight of his
mourning friends. May he rest in
peace." no date or publication cited
1)
James Madison Jackson b. 26 Jun 1874 MO; m. 6 Oct 1901 Catherine "Kitty"
Tebbs, d/o George and Theodosia Tebbs
2)
Meigs Jackson m. 22 Jan 1902 Harrison Co., Bk: 12:3; Samuel B.
Stiles b. ca 1874 Baltimore, MD, s/o Wm J. and Ellen Marger? Stiles; both
were res. of Parkersburg at the time of the marriage.
Thomas Moore Jackson inherited the home place, which
was located on East Pike Street on a rise of land above Elk Creek. Family tradition has it that his wife
wished to be nearer her sisters, Mrs. Waldo P. Goff and Mrs. Luther
Haymond. Her husband sold the home and
purchased a cottage six blocks away on West Pike Street. He remodeled the structure which grew into
the Jackson mansion at 528 W. Pike.
Until it was razed after WW II it stood where the new addition to the
Clarksburg Post Office is today. (Cornwell,
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, Oct 7, 1984)
1)
Florence "Florrie"
Jackson b. 1891 Harrison Co., WV; d.
1976 m. 29 Sep 1923 Harrison Co., WV BK37:342 (age 32/35, by J. T. Carle,
Episcopal Church, Clarksburg) Edgar Needham b. 1888 Wayne Co., IN;
d. 1967 ; s/o George S. and Abigail Needham; both bur. IOOF Cem. Clarksburg,
WV; Needham was living at 201 Walnut St. at the time of marriage.
a)
Caroline Virginia
Needham m. Hamilton Pike Smith
b)
Grace B. Needham b. 2 Sept 1893; d 29 Oct 1923; bur. IOOF Cem.
C. Florence
"Florrie" Jackson b. 22 Jun 1852 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V; d. 26 Feb
1883; bur. IOOF Cem. Clarksburg.
12. Infant son
b. Jan 1821 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; d. Early Oct. 1821 Clarksburg,
Harrison Co., WV; pr. bur. Jackson Cem.
13. Columbia Ann
Madison Jackson b. 23 Sep 1822
Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (W)V: d. 11 Apr 1901 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV:
bur. Elkview Masonic Cem. m. 17 Mar 1840 Harrison Co., (W)V BK3:135:
#1 James A. Duncan b. 1819: d. 24 Jul 1845; buried Jackson Cem;
s/o Edwin S. and Prudence Wilson Duncan;
#2 17 Feb. 1858 William John Bland M.D.; b. 10 Dec 1816 Kingwood,
VA; d. 18 Feb 1897 Clarksburg, Harrison
Co., WV; bur. Elkview Masonic Cem.
Web site on Duncans in Harrison Co. WV.
Tetrick Papers: James A. Duncan grave marker in Jackson Cem. "Surviving his wife, Columbia and a six month old son, James."
Additional Collections for the Ancient Family of Bland, by Urilla Moore Bland, 1986. " She and Dr. Bland are both buried in Clarksburg, to which place they removed following his retirement in order to be with her son by her first marriage, James Jackson Duncan. Her two Bland sons had settled in Kansas. Her first husband was James Duncan, son of Judge Edwin S. Duncan. James died at age of twenty –seven."
From obit of Columbia:
"This grand old lady was adorned by all the queenly graces of true and
noble womanhood. She was beyond
question in early life one of the most charmingly beautiful women in the
country, highly educated, a fine conversationalist, kind, gentle, and
charitable. Her distinguished father's high position in society afforded her
the opportunity to become such a cultured woman." (Bland, p. 72)
"In recent years the C and P Telephone Company purchased the home which the Blands built in Weston, razed it, and replaced it by a modern telephone office building. Soon after the occupancy of this building, the "Weston Democrat", published a feature story on the Bland home, titled "Historic House".
"Here was originally the home of Lewis Maxwell, one of the three men, James (should be Daniel, UMB) Stringer, and Joe Johnson being the other two, who had purchased the town site from Henry Flesher in 1817 and had laid out the town of Weston. In July 1853 Dr. W. J. Bland purchased from Mr. Maxwell "his brick house" and the four lots lying between Bank Street and Second Street.
Soon after the Blands had bought the property, a new house was built. This house of the Blands was said to have been the finest home in Weston. The two white marble mantels in the house were imported from Italy. On the 1st day of May, 1863, Dr. Bland made a deed conveying this property to his wife. The fact that the Blands were definitely southern sympathizers may have had something to do with this conveyance, for Mrs. Columbia Bland was the granddaughter of Governor Meigs of Ohio, a close friend of President Lincoln.
Within a week from the date of the deed from Dr. Bland to his wife General B. S. Roberts entered Weston with his troops, and since the Bland home was considered to be the finest in Weston, General Roberts took it over as his headquarters. At first Mrs. Bland was told that she and her children would be permitted to occupy two back rooms (rooms that had been the nursery) in the house. Soon after an orderly to General Roberts advised her that the General had decided that she and her children were to be sent to Camp Chase, the Federal internment camp at Columbus, Ohio. She went downstairs to the door of the room occupied by General Roberts. After knocking, and being told to come in, she opened the door and saw the General sitting in one of her fine chairs, his boots up against her fine marble mantel.
She said, "General, I'm not going to Camp Chase. I'm going to the home of my grandfather, Governor Meigs of Ohio."
Learning of the relationship, General Roberts provided Mrs. Bland with a carriage and an escort for her trip to Ohio. After she had reached the home of her grandfather and related her story, he contacted the President. General Roberts was not only moved out of the Bland home, but he was relieved of his command. Mrs. Bland returned to Weston and occupied her home without molestation for the remainder of the war." (Bland, p. 73)
A.
James Jackson Duncan b. 8 Jan 1845: d. 30 May 1928 at 521 W. Main St,
Clarksburg, WV, age 83y 4m 22d Harrison Co., WV Bk9:38: buried Elkview Masonic
Cem., Clarksburg, WV; m. 19 Oct 1871 Harrison Co., WV Bk:7:73 (he 26-she
20); Maud Lee, b. 21 Jun 1851;
d/o Judge George H. and Virginia McCauley Lee; d. 17 April 1944 Harrison Co.,
WV BK13:58B; age 92; informant: Grace D. Britt of Clarksburg.
Will: James Jackson Duncan Bk13:248;
probated 11 June 1928 – one short paragraph, everything left to wife
Maude.
Will: Maud Lee Duncan Bk27:44-46; written 10
Nov. 1938; probated 26 April, 1944:
Children listed: Columbia Duncan Altizer, Ernest
Allen Duncan, Grace Duncan Britt, George L. Duncan.
Codicil:
recorded Bk27:47-50 stated that son George L. Duncan was deceased and his
following children were included as devisees: George Lee Duncan Jr. (executor);
Elizabeth Rankin Duncan, Maud Lee Jarvis, James Jackson Duncan.
1)
George Lee Duncan b. 30 Nov 1872
Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; d. 5 Jun 1939 66y6m5d Harrison Co., WV Bk12:57A;
(banker; informant, Elizabeth Duncan; m. 27 Jul 1898 Gertrude Smith; b.
15 April 1874 d/o Ashvel G. and Mariah Rankin Smith, d. 5 May 1953 Harrison
Co., WV Bk18:57A; informant George L.
Duncan; both bur. Elkview Masonic Cem., Clarksburg, WV.
Will: George Lee Duncan Bk22:202: entire estate to Gertrude S. Duncan.
a)
George Lee Duncan,
Jr. b. 17 May 1899 Clarksburg,
Harrison Co., WV Bk4:37; d. 13 Jan 1975, age 75y; Harrison Co., WV Bk75:9;
informant – Mildred Duncan; m. Mildred Patten b. ca 1897; d. 28 Dec.
1986 at age 89; both bur. Elkview Masonic Cem., Clarksburg, WV. He was an
attorney and President of Merchants
National Union Bank.
b)
Elizabeth Rankin
Duncan b. 23 Jul 1903 Harrison Co.,
WV Bk7:58
c)
Maude Lee Duncan b. 11 May 1913
at 141 E. Main St., Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV Bk9:50; m. J. M. Jarvis
d)
James Jackson Duncan b. 14 Feb 1918
at 141 E. Main St., Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV Bk10:43 Delayed recording
correction #5449.
2)
Columbia "Collie"
Duncan b. ca 1877 m. 22 Jun 1904 Riner
Caither Altizer of Charleston, WV.; b. 7 Nov 1877 Riner, Montgomery Co.,
VA; d. 8 Jun 1924; s/o James Harvey and Martha Jane Riner
a)
Jackson Duncan Altizer
m. Frances Greatham
b)
James Harvey Altizer
c)
Return Jonathan Meigs
Altizer d. 1938 (DO Riner Altizer, Princeton'38)
Information on this family came from DAR Library,
Washington, DC; "Georgia's Genealogical Reg. Commission, Misc. 1963" p.118. and
LDS FGS
3)
Ernest Allen Duncan (Dr.) b. 4 Nov 1885 Harrison Co., WV BK2:133 with
correction #294. Res. El Paso Texas
4)
Grace Lee Duncan b. 5 Jan 1890 Bk:3:72: record stated this was fourth
child.; m. #1 James Bassel Carper; #2 Benjamin Riddick Britt.
a)
David Bassel Carper
b)
Benjamin Riddick Britt
Jr.
B. Meigs Bland
b. 9 Jun 1859 Weston, Lewis Co., WV; d. Feb. or Mar. 1934; bur. Richmond, VA;
m. 23 June 1886 VA Louise "Lutie" Houston Allen, d/o John James and
Elizabeth M. Houston Allen. Meigs and
Lutie were cousins. d. bef 1934,
Richmond, VA; bur. Richmond.
Sources: Lineage
Book WV Society of Sons of the Revolution, Bulletin #8, 1941,
Parkersburg, WV, The School Printing Co. Application of George Jr. 28 Jan,
1921; admitted 22 Feb., 1921.
Dr. Bland received his MD at U of Louisville; served one
term Virginia Assembly; State President WV Medical Association; Supt. Weston
State Hospital 1881-1889; Chief Surgeon W. L. Jackson's CSA Brigade; Elected to
first Vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Weston.
1)
Major William John
Bland b. 20 April 1887; Bapt. 5 Jun 1887 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Weston, WV by Dr. Lacy and Bishop Peterkin; sponsors: Columbia Bland's parents
and El. Ralston; d. 12 Sep 1918 m. Mary Johnson; no issue.
"Though he was not a resident of Virginia, the state is
proud of its interest in such a man as Major Wm. John Bland, 356th
Infantry, who was killed in action near St. Mihiel, September 12th. He graduated B. A. and M. A. at Kenyon
College. The President of the College wrote, "of all the students I
have known during a connection of more than twenty years with Kenyon Collage,
Major Bland gave the most certain promise of great things in later
life." He received a Rhodes Scholarship,
distinguished himself at Oxford, and was the only American ever elected
president of the Union.
"An
American Legion Post in Kansas City, Mo., was named for Major Bland, and a
memorial to his memory was erected there.
Preceding the dedication of the memorial a Kansas City newspaper began
article entitled 'War Comrades Join in Tribute to Major William J. Bland', with
this sentence: ' His remarkable career
ended by a shell splinter, September 12, 1918, during the St. Mihiel offensive,
Major William J. Bland represented to Kansas City the type of intelligent
leader a nation can least afford to lose.' "
Other complimentary statements included the following:
"Brilliant Future Seemed Assured" His death blighted a career which might have been
one of the most brilliant of any young man ever reared in Kansas City."
"Major would have meant much to Kansas City. He was of a type most needed here – a
brilliant, clean living, high minded young man possessing and executing the
best ideals for the political and social welfare of his fellow citizens."
The dedicatory address was delivered by Major Henry W.
Hobson, at the time Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, who had
served with Major Bland in the 356th infantry. "The offensive which brought death to Major
Bland made Major Hobson the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross,
awarded for extraordinary heroism in action." (Bland, p. 78/79)
C)
William Thomas Bland (Judge) b. 21 Jan 1861; d 15 Jan 1928 Orlando,
FL; bur. Greenwood Cemetery; m. 1892 Bertha
McPike of Atchison, Kansas
"BLAND, William Thomas, (grandson
of John George Jackson and cousin of James Monroe Jackson), a Representative
from Missouri; born in Weston, Lewis County, Va. (now West Virginia), January
21, 1861; was graduated from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in
1883 and from the law department of that university in 1884; took a special
course in law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1885; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, W.Va.; moved to Atchison,
Kans., in 1887; prosecuting attorney of Atchison County, Kans., 1890-1892;
mayor of Atchison in 1894; elected judge of the second Kansas district in 1896;
reelected in 1900, and served until 1901, when he resigned; entered the
wholesale drug business in 1901; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1904 and
continued in business until 1917 when he engaged in banking; chairman of the
Kansas City River and Harbor Improvement Commission 1909-1918; director of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress; vice president of the Mississippi Valley
Waterway Association; elected to the Kansas City Board of Education in 1912 for
a six-year term and served as vice president and president; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress,
moved to Florida and settled in Orlando in 1921; engaged in banking; served as
a member of the Orlando Utilities Commission for three years; died in Orlando,
Orange County, Fla., January 15, 1928; interment in Greenwood Cemetery" Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies B page 859 (http://politicalgraveyard.com).
1)
William Thomas Bland
II b. 1894; m. Aura May Wimer
a)
William Thomas
Bland III
Information on this family came from DAR Library, Washington, DC; "Georgia's Genealogical Reg. Commission, Misc. 1963" p.118.
Other sources: Ancient Family of Bland, by Urilla Moore Bland, 1986.
14. Floride Calhoun Jackson b. aft July 1824 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV; d.
1903; bur. IOOF Cem. Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV ; m. 3 Mar 1842 Harrison Co.,
(W)V Bk:3:170. John S. Duncan b. 1820; s/o Edwin and Prudence Wilson
Duncan; d. 7 Apr 1853.; bur. Jackson Cem., Clarksburg
Will of John S. Duncan Bk6:122: entire estate left to ux Floride;
written April 1853; probated September 1853.
A.
John S. Duncan Jr. b. Dec. 1849;
d. Sept 1854 Harrison Co., WV Bk1:6; (2 Oct 1854 on tombstone); age 5y10m; bur.
Old Jackson Cem. died from fire wounds.
B.
Edwin S. Duncan b. 17 Aug 1844 ; d. 23 May 1866;
single; bur. IOOF Cem.
C.
Ernest Allen Duncan b. 21 Feb 1847; d. 14 Dec 1873 Atlantic Ocean age
26y9m21d Bk1:71 Harrison Co., WV; single; bur. IOOF Cem.
D.
Gay J. Duncan b. 1852- 1904; single: bur. IOOF Cem.
E.
Baby Duncan bur. IOOF – no dates.
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Gay J. Duncan Will
1852-1904
Will Bk:8:251-254,
probated Sept 8, 1904.
The will of Gay Duncan is recorded in Harrison Co., WV.
I, Gay J. Duncan do make and publish this my
last will and testament…
I will and direct that out of my estate all my just
debts and liabilities be first paid, including funeral expenses.
In the event same are not erected by me in my
lifetime, I will and direct that a monument at a cost of three hundred dollars
be placed at the grave of my deceased Mother Floride C. Duncan, and one
at my grave at cost of like amount, to be paid for out of my estate as
hereinafter provided and I request W. T. Bland to select the style and
kind of monuments, and to write the inscriptions for same, and also that a
large vase or urn be placed at the graves of my Mother and myself. Also that the monuments at the graves of my
brothers Edwin S. and Ernest A. Duncan be reset and placed in good
condition, and that markers be placed at the grave of Charles Brown.
I do will and bequeath to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Clarksburgh, W. Va. as trustee, or if such order rejects the trust then to W. T. Bland, the sum of Five Hundred dollars, in trust however, as follows: such sum to be loaned at interest and the income, with the exception of Five dollars therefrom to be applied to repairing and keeping in condition the graves and monuments at same, of my Mother F. C. Duncan, of my said brothers, of myself, and the lot in general. That said sum of five dollars be expended each year to clean up and keep in condition the Jackson enclosure in which my Grandfather John G. Jackson and my father John S. Duncan are buried, such enclosure being in the burial ground or cemetery known as the Jackson graveyard, in East end of Clarksburgh.
To Meigs and William T. Bland in equal
interests I will devise and bequeath the following property situate in the City
of Clarksburgh, County of Harrison, State of W. Va., to wit, a certain lot with
dwelling house and appurtenances, where on I and my deceased Mother so long
resided, and where I now reside and being the same property conveyed by E.
S. Duncan and wife, both now deceased, to Jno S. Duncan, dec'd. by
deed dated the 20th day of Nov 1852, and of record in the Clerks Office
of the County Court of Harrison County, W. Va., in Deed Book 44, folio 171, to
which deed reference is here made, for a fuller description, such property
extending from Pike Street to Elk Creek in Clarksburgh, also to Meigs and to Wm.
T. Bland in equal interests I will and bequeath Certificate of Stock,
number 15087, dated January 6, 1903 for seventeen shares of stock in the
Standard Oil Co., and all rights and property evidenced by it. The property willed, devised and bequeathed
to W. T. Bland shall be his absolutely, and that portion to Meigs
Bland I do devise and bequeath to W. T. Bland in trust, however for Meigs,
with full power in said trustee, W. T. Bland, to sell, convey, lease,
loan or otherwise manage the same, paying the net income to Meigs Bland,
and I vest my said Trustee, Wm. T. Bland with full power to convey by
deed assignment, or other transfer such interest of Meigs Bland (so
devised in trust) to Meigs Bland, whenever in the judgement of my said trustee
he believes it proper to submit such property interest to Meigs' own keeping,
control and ownership. To Meigs
and Wm. T. Bland I give and bequeath a certain note dated January 22,
1904 in amount six hundred dollars executed by Meigs and W. T. Bland and
payable to the order of myself, to be their property absolutely. As to the real estate herein before devised
to Meigs and W. T. Bland I direct and request W. T. Bland as
devisee and trustee to remove the dwelling house thereon, by burning all the
material constituting same with the exception of hearths, mantles, doors,
inside shutters, bath room and laundry fixtures, heater and tilings, all of
which I give and devise to W. T. Bland to be his absolutely.
To W. T. Bland as trustee I will and bequeath
Certificate No 895 for seventeen shares of stock in the Standard Oil Co., and
dated July 10, 1899 in trust, however, for Augustine J. Smith, said
trustee to have full power and authority to turn over and transfer by
assignment or other wise to Augustine J. Smith such certificate No 895,
whenever in his opinion it would be safe and proper to do so, and until such
surrender trustee shall pay the net income thereon to Augustine J. Smith.
In the event any of the following property included
and described in Plat recorded Sept 13, 1902 in Deed Book 132, p. 66, and Plat
recorded November 4, 1901, Deed Book 126, p. 221 all in Clerks office of the
County Clerk of Harrison Co., W. Va. shall remain unsold, at the time of my
death I do will and devise the same to Augustine J. Smith to be his
absolutely. If sold before my death
then the funds, liens and other evidences of indebtedness to be divided as
hereafter provided.
To Mollie Jackson I give and bequeath Certificates of stock No C 1363 in United States Steel Corporation, being for eleven shares of stock, and dated Dec. 10, 1901.
To Stonewall Jackson, her brother, I give and
bequeath certificate of Stock No C 45485 six shares of stock in United States
Steel Corporation, and dated April 21, 1903.
To Mrs. Columbia Thorn I give and bequeath
Certificate No. B 15085 dated January 10, 1903 for six shares stock in National
Lead Co.
To Dr. J. M. Bowcock, senior, or wife, I give
and bequeath the sum of Five hundred dollars.
To Martha Jones and to Amelia Wilkes I
give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred dollars.
All the rest and residue of my estate whether real or
personal, and whereever situate, I, with the specific legacies hereinafter
stated excepted, will, devise, and bequeath to Meigs Bland, W. T.
Bland and Augustine J. Smith in equal one third interests to be
their property, absolutely.
I do make the following specific legacies, I give to W.
T. Bland, two old Battle pictures, and Declaration of Independence, the old
embroidered picture by Sophia Meigs, Two framed heads of Napoleon and Louise,
mirror given me by Aunt Columbia Bland, Family Bible, Porcelain type
miniature of Mother, Ernest and self, all pictures of Aunt Columbia, Uncle Wm.
and all family pictures and photographs not otherwise disposed of specifically,
Two long gold watch chains, one of which has diamond in slide, Gold medal won
by E. A. Duncan at University of Va, Miniatures of my Father, Set maple
furniture dresser, wash stand, stand and stool, old chest in hall.
I give to Meigs Bland the two copies of
portraits of Grandfather and Grandmother Meigs, Large extension Dining table,
Light oak bed room set of dresser, stand and wash stand with marble top, with
one white iron and brass bed and mattress and pillows.
I give to Mrs. Lummie Thorn all table cloths
and napkins, also old bureau in upper front hall with contents.
I give to Alice, (Mrs. Will Lewis) my large
steamer trunk with contents.
I give to Augustine J. Smith the silver soup
ladle, from Smith estate, all not otherwise disposed of specifically, all
music, books and sheet, Piano stool, rack and stand, all professional
photographs Dark oak dresser, wash stand wardrobe oak stand, Large Mahogony
table, Diamond earring to set in rig, and seal ring.
Book cases in library I give to Mrs. Ella Wade.
I give to Mrs. Lizzie Allen and unmarried
daughters following walnut furniture: Dresser with marble top, wash stand
marble top, stand marble top, large round table, Mirror with walnut frame and
brackets and marble slab, walnut wardrobe, one white iron and brass bed, with
mattress and pillows, Best half blankets, sheets, pillow cases and towels in
daily use at my house, Hat rack.
I give to Floride, Mrs. J. G. Kuykendall, best
maple bed room set of dresser, chiffonier and wash stand and best white iron
and brass bed and pillows and mattrass (sic) and red plush done by Mother,
Mother's watch, Two gold lace pins set with pearls, Lace and other curtains and
cushions.
I give T. M. Jackson side board from Jackson
estate, Two copies of portraits of Grandfather and Grandmother Jackson, and
miniatures of same, all after dinner coffee cups and saucers, and after dinner
tea spoons from Emma.
I give Ernest Duncan ˝ doz table spoons and ˝
doz. tea spoons to match, of solid silver, from Duncan estate, Large mirror in
upper bath room, Large white gilt edge china Tea pot, all from Duncan estate,
all pictures and miniatures of Grandfather Duncan, and of J. J. Duncan.
I give Cousin Madge, Mrs. Luther Haymond, all leather
seated chairs, and all the upholstered furniture not otherwise disposed, with
the exception of large terra-cotta plush rocking chair long red plush sofa, and
large rocking chair with grey blue plush and brocade, which I direct to be
burned up, Both writing desks, Two all wood cherry rocking chairs, Mothers and
Aunt Columbia's.
I give Mrs. Annie Alexander my sewing machine and
white bed room set of dresser, wash stand, stool and all white chairs, one
single white iron and brass bed stead with matrass (sic) and pillows.
I give, to be divided equally between Martha Jones and
Amelia Wilkes, all kitchen ware and cooking utensels,(sic) The common blue and
white and all white ware, all bed comforts, The most worn half of blankets,
sheets, spread, pillow cases, towels and floor rugs in daily use in my house,
The two white iron and brass beds having side rails and wire spring made
together, mattrassses (sic) and pillows
for same, Six chromo painting pictures, To Martha old dark oak wash stand, To
Amelia cot bed with square legs, To divide kitchen chairs.
I will that all the finer china, silver, cut glass,
and other glassware, bric a brac lace and embroidered pieces for table use be
divided between Bertha Bland, Emma Jackson, Mrs. Gertrude Despard, Floride
Kuykendall and Alice Lewis.
All the rest and residue contained in my house, 514
Pike St. to become the property of W. T. Bland and such part or portion as he
does not elect to take unto his actual possession and keep, I request shall be
destroyed by him, and at his death I request and direct that such portion take
unto his possession shall be destroyed.
I do hereby revoke all other wills and codicils. I do hereby appoint and name William T.
Bland Executor, without bond of this my last will and testament to carry out
and execute carefully and fully my will and wishes herein contained.
In witness whereof I have here unto affixed my
signature and seal
Gay
Duncan (seal)
State of West Virginia
In the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of
Harrison County,
In
vacation, September 8, 1904
John
W. Davis this day presented to the Clerk of said Court, a paper writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of Gay J. Duncan, deceased, and
offered the same for probate. Thereupon
came Jno W. Davis and B. P. Holden who after being duly sworn, depose and say
that they are well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Gay J. Duncan
deceased and that the paper purporting to be her last will and testament is
they verily believe, wholly in her own hand-writing, and the signature thereto
is her own genuine signature; and that at the date of the said writing said
testator was of sound mind and memory and over twenty one-years of age. The
said will being thus fully proven is admitted to probate and ordered to be
recorded and filed as directed by law.
Attest:
Charles F. Holden, Clerk.