Isaac REGER5

Isaac5 REGER (Hans Jacob4, Antoni3, Hans Jacob2) was born August 19, 1782 in Hampshire Co, West Virginia, and died August 05, 1851 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia. He married Mary Magdaline BRAKE December 17, 1804 in Harrison Co., West Virginia, daughter of Jacob BRAKE and Mary SLAUGHTER. An image of tombstone of Isaac REGER.

Notes for Isaac REGER:

(1) Border Settlers of Northwest Virginia... L.V. McWhorter, pg. 296-308
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Vol. 2
Harrison Co., Va. (now W. Va.) Marriage Records 1784-1850

(2) Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church and Cemetery, Upshur Co., West Virginia, located on the left side of the highway, 3.7 miles from the courthouse in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia on Rt. 20 (North) (Viewed and photographed cemetery and gravestones October, 1998)
Mt. Lebanon Meth. Church was established in 1844.

(3) Echoes of Glory.... Gary Wayne Evans, pg. 541
Information from:
Melinda Collins Larson
Melinda is a descendent of Ruth Reger, daughter of Isaac Reger.

(4) 1850 US Census, Lewis Co., V / WV

Isaac Reger was born on the South Branch of the Potomac River in Virginia. The Indians named the South Branch, "Wappatomaka". This area is now Hardy Co., West Virginia. (1)

Isaac and his wife, Magdalana, settled on Hacker's Creek in 1830 (having moved there from the old homestead near Burnersville, or where Volga now stands). His father, (Hans) Jacob, came to the same section of the country in 1776 in Barbour Co. The family established the Reger Church in Volga, Upshur Co., West Virginia. He is listed as a member of the class list #3 for Pleasant Valley Methodist Church, Hacker's Creek, Buckhannon Circuit, Rev. W. Wilson, minister. In the 1851-55 list he is shown as "joined church in 1806, died triumphs of faith 1852," he was a member for 46 years. (3)

Isaac Reger's residence in the 1850 Census was Lewis Co., VA. This Census shows Isaac as age 67, born in VA and wife, Magdeline, age 66, born VA. They lived in close proximity to son, David and his family, Nelson Robinson and family, the Castos and the Posts. (4)

Isaac was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church 1806-1851. He is buried, along with his wife, at the Mt. Lebonan Methodist Church, north of Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia.

Isaac's gravestone shows: Isaac Reger, d. 5 Aug 1851, Age 69 years. (2)

Isaac's wife, Mary Magdeline (Brake) Reger's gravestone is broken and WPA readings were used for information. It shows: Mary M. Reger, d. 12 Mar 1866, Age 84 years, Wife of Isaac (2)

Isaac, like his older brothers, was known as a great hunter. Several of his hunting experiences are set down in the book, BORDER SETTLERS OF NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, by V. McWhorter, pgs. 305-307. (1)

Notes for Mary Magdaline BRAKE:

Mary Magdeline Brake was a Methodist. In the 1860 Upshur Co., West Virginia census, Mary was listed as age 76 and living in the home of her son, David Brake Reger.

Mary Magdeline Brake's gravestone (next to her husband's in Mt. Lebonan Meth. Church Cemetary near Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia) is broken. WPA readings were used for the information on it and I have used the WPA readings as my date of death on these records. (2)

Children of Isaac REGER and Mary BRAKE are:

1. Philip REGER.

Notes for Philip REGER:

Philip Reger is shown to have died "when young".

Image of Ruth Reger and John Weaver MARPLE 2. Ruth REGER, b. July 14, 1809, Hacker's Creek, Lewis Co., West Virginia; d. December 06, 1892, Upshur Co., West Virginia; m. John Weaver MARPLE, April 17, 1827, Lewis Co., West Virginia. The image at right of Ruth REGER and John Weaver MARPLE was submitted by descendant Stephen Marple Reynolds. For full image of Ruth REGER and John Weaver MARPLE.

Notes for Ruth REGER:

Marriage Records Lewis Co., V.Va., Book 2, Pg. 136 & 158(1)
History of Upshur Co., West Virginia....W.B. Cutright
Information from descendant of Ruth (Reger) Marple, Melinda Larson

Ruth and sister Rebecca and their husbands settled on Hacker's Creek near the residence of their father, Isaac, where they continued to reside until called away from this world. (1)

Notes for John Weaver MARPLE:

Marriage record copied from the Bible of John W. Marple. It is currently owned by Robert Marple, 108 Fayette St., Buckhannon, West Virginia. Birth dates of Marple children also from the Bible of John W. Marple. Information from Melinda Collins Larson

The children of John Weaver and Ruth (Reger) Marple were: a. Almyra Arminta b. Sep. 25, 1840 Lewis Co., West Virginia

b. Rosetta b. Nov. 17 1828 Lewis Co., West Virginia

c. Samantha b. Jul. 21, 1830 Lewis Co., West Virginia

d. Albinos Reger b. Jan. 27, 1834 Lewis Co., West Virginia

e. Addison Erastus b. Apr. 17, 1836 Lewis Co., West Virginia

f. Columbia Helen b. Dec. 6, 1848 Lewis (now Upshur) Co., West Virginia

g. Columbus F. b. 1846 Upshur Co., West Virginia

3. Rebecca REGER, b. October 03, 1811; d. December 06, 1894; m. Nicholas Mc Vany, July 16, 1831, Lewis Co., West Virginia.

Notes for Rebecca REGER:

Marriage Record Lewis Co., West Virginia, Vol. 1, Pg. 64 and Vol. 3, pg. 114
(1) History of Upshur Co., West Virginia....W.B. Cutright

Rebecca and sister Ruth and their husbands settled on Hacker's Creek near the residence of their father, Isaac, where they continued to reside until called away from this world. (1)

Image of Lydia Reger 4. Lydia REGER, b. June 16, 1816, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia; d. April 29, 1877, Cisco, Ritchie Co., West Virginia; m. Henry JACKSON,Jr., February 02, 1836, Lewis Co., West Virginia. The image at right of Lydia Reger was submitted by descendant John M. Jackson. For full image of Lydia Reger.

Notes for Lydia REGER:

Birth information for Lydia Reger Jackson is from the 1850 U.S.Census. Marriage Records, Lewis Co. W. Va., Vol 4, Pg. 8 (1) History of Upshur Co., West Virginia.....W.B. Cutright

Information from:
Lydia Reger married Henry Jackson, an older brother of S. D. Jackson of Upshur County, and moved soon after her marriage to the forks of the Hughes River, in Ritchie County, where she died about the year 1872 or 1873**. (1)

**Actually, the facts show that Lydia (Reger) Jackson died Apr 29, 1877.

Lydia (Reger) and Henry J. Jackson appear on the 1850 U.S. Census in Ritchie County, Virginia (now W. Va.) on page 215, near to her sister, Maria and her husband Nimrod Scott and family.

Notes for Henry JACKSON,Jr.:

Information from:
John Jackson
Ann Fissel

(1) The Genealogies of the Jackson, Junkin & Morrison Families... M. I. Shoop:
Henry Jr. was the son of Henry and Mary (Hyre) Jackson. Henry Sr's brother, Edward, was the grandfather of Thomas Jonathan"Stonewall" Jackson. Henry Jackson Jr.'s grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Cummins) Jackson. (1)

5. Elizabeth REGER, b. Abt. 1819, Virginia; d. 1893, Sullivan Co., Missouri; m. David T. WOLF, April 12, 1838, Lewis Co., West Virginia.

Notes for Elizabeth REGER:

Marriage of Elizabeth Reger and David T. Wolf...Lewis County Marriage Records ....Vol 2 and Vol. 4 pgs. 140 & 157
1850 Census, Lewis Co., V/WV
1860 Census, Sulliven Co., MO

Elizabeth Reger married David T. Wolf and moved to Sullivan Co., MO about the year 1856 where she died in 1893.

6. David Brake REGER, b. 1821, Barbour Co., West Virginia; d. April 12, 1906, Hacker's Creek, Upshur, WV; m. February 22, 1843, Barbour Co., WV. Elizabeth NEELY (b. 1824 near Mogantown, WV; d. 5 June 1904)

Children:

Notes for David Brake REGER:
1850 U.S. Census...listed in Lewis Co. (now Upsher Co.) West Virginia, Pg. 25 with family and mother and father, Isaac and Magdaline Reger.

David Brake Reger married Elizabeth Neely Feb. 22, 1843 and commenced housekeeping at his father's home on Hacker's Creek, where he continued to reside until the time of his death which occurred Apr. 12, 1906. David Brake Reger was married by Francis H. Reed per Marriage Rec., Barbour Co., S. Va. In 1843 Barbour Co. was in Virginia.

In the Upshur Co. V/WV Birth Records there is an Angela E. Reger, b. Mar 29, 1857 to David B. and Elizabeth Reger.

7. Maria REGER, b. January 16, 1824, Hampshire Co., West Virginia; d. January 11, 1920, Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa; m. Nimrod SCOTT.

Notes for Maria REGER:

Cemetary records-Old Charleston Cemetary, Charleston, Lee Co., Iowa
Death Record, Lee Co., Iowa #56-04582
Obituary-Maria Reger Scott, Keokuk, Iowa

In Maria Reger Scott's Obituary it states that Nimrod and Maria (Reger) Scott came to Iowa in 1854.

Information from the History of Upshur Co., W. Va. by W. B. Cutright, Pg. 556, says that, "Maria Reger married Nimrod Scott and moved to Iowa in the year 1851 or 1852, where she still resides, the only living member of the family."

Maria (Reger) and Nimrod Scott were living in Ritchie Co., Virginia/West Virginia in the 1850 Census. In the 1856 Iowa State Census they were in Wayne Co., Iowa.

Notes for NIMROD SCOTT:
Cemetary Records, Old Charleston Cemetary, Charleston, Lee County, Iowa
Information given to Annette Strange Carroll by her grandmother, Daisy (Reid) Strange.
(1) Wayne Co., Iowa-Land Records, 16 Aug 1855, pg. 34
(2) History of Ritchie County, Va. (now W. Va.) by Minnie Kendall Lowther, pg. 83

In the 1850 U.S. Census of Ritchie Co., Va. (now W. Va.), Maria Reger's sister, Lydia and husband, Henry Jackson are enumerated on page 215 while Nimrod and Maria Scott are enumerated on page 216.

Henry Jackson and wife Lydia (Reger) came to Ritchie Co. in 1830 from Upshur Co., Va. They were among the first to arrive after the original settlers in Ritchie Co. They were in South Fork, Ritchie Co., Va. (now W. Va.). (2)

Nimrod Scott purchased land in Wayne Co., Iowa, South Fork Twp., SE 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 8, Twp., 69 N, Range 20W, 40 Acres in Aug 1855. (1)

Compiled and submitted by Ann Carroll.

Information on David Brake REGER and his children from article on Carl REGER.

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