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Prather ~1839 Mary M. Prather ~1841 Sarah J. Prather ~1843 Thomas H. Prather ~1845 Benjamin Prather ~1848 Ruth Prather ~1852 Daniel Prather 1844 - 1915 Henry Clay Ambrose 71 71 Attended Otterbein University. Left school to enlist. Had just recently been elected to City Council at time of his death.

He was also a preacher according to his grandson, Richard Henry. I have his New Testament which is heavily underscored and annotated and filled with clippings. It was a gift to him from his daughter, Mary Etta on July 4, 1908. After his death, it was returned to her and she added a note: "After fathers death Nov 18-1915 This book came back to me and I want Richard to have it, as his book, + to read it for grand-pa's and Mothers sake - Etta C." Barbara Predmore Williams found the book among her parent's effects and sent it to Richard Henry at Christmas, 1974. Richard Henry gave it to his daughter, 15 May 1990. 1805 - 1886 William Hanby Ambrose 80 80 My family information says his name was William Clyde; but since I have not documented this, I have used William Hanby, Jr., as he is known to most other researchers. William was a preacher. I do not know if he was ordained.

William and his brother George continued to operate the brick kiln established by their father. Later, Lewis Ambrose took over the operation of the business. Lewis was also a builder. 1810 - 1872 Rachel Gibler 62 62 1849 - 1925 Catherine R. Ambrose 76 76 res Hillsboro, OH in 1915. 1825 - 1900 Nancy H. Dilts 75 75 1847 - 1864 Sarah M. Ambrose 17 17 Did not marry. 1836 - 1906 Susannna Ambrose 70 70 No Children. 1840 - 1914 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ambrose 73 73 A Mrs. Elizabeth Rizer attended the marriage of Gladys Brunner and Carl Hauck. She came from Marion, OH. 1842 - 1913 Leah Ann Ambrose 71 71 1833 - 1917 Mary Jane Ambrose 83 83 Kay Roberts Martin relates this family story. At the age of 70, Mary Jane decided it was her time to die. She went upstairs and went to bed, and stayed there until she did die -- 14 years later. Her daughter, Mary Belle Rizer Roberts, had to take care of her. 1776 - 1855 Susanna B. Crum 78 78 Susanna's father, Christian (1748-1820), was one of the ministers who ordained her husband, William in 1815. Christian, and his twin brother, Henry, were both ministers. Apparently Christian was generally considered to be United Brethren, and Henry a Methodist. The two brothers, however, worked together closely as did these two early off-shoots of the German Reformed Church. They would often follow each other to the pulpit; Christian preaching to the German United Brethren, and Henry preaching in English to the Methodists.

Her grandfather, Anthony CRUM, was born in Germany about 1713. An "Anthon Krum" shipped from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship Edinburgh, on 2 Oct 1753, landing at the Port of Philadelphia. While not confirmed, this appears to be Christian's father. One historian says the family settled first in or near Media, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania. A descendant of Anthony's says they settled by Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania.

Either location was temporary for by 1774, Anthony had purchased 600 acres of land from Lord Fairfax, and was settled in Frederick Co., Virginia, where he would remain permanently. It is reported that he paid 1500 English pounds for the property, an extraordinary sum for the time. This would have paid for the labor of 15 men for 8 or 9 years.

 1770 - 1850 William Hanby Ambrose 79 79 Historical Records of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Pg. 34, lists a William Ambrose as the owner of a saw mill in a survey of Berkeley County mills taken in 1813.

William became an early convert of the German itinerant evangelist preachers frequenting the predominately German Settlement. In 1789, at age 19, he joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He was licensed as a minister of the United Brethern Church in 1792. In 1808, he was "authorized to solemnize marriage, to attend to the burial of the dead, to administer the ordinances of baptism and the holy sacrament." This instrument is signed by George A. GEEDING, Christian NEWCOMER and Christian CRUM.

Note should be taken of the relationships between these men. Christian CRUM was William's father-in-law. George GEETING was no relation at the time, but in 1822, William's daughter Christina will marry Geeting's grandson, Jacob SONNER in Highland County, Ohio.

William Hanby was a frequent traveling companion of Bishop NEWCOMER and in 1812, accompanied the Bishop on an extended missionary tour through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. William must have liked what he saw because it was apparently during this trip, on 13 Aug 1812, he purchased 133 acres of land on Paint Creek in Highland County, Ohio, for $360. On 27 Aug 1815, he was ordained in his own house (in Berkeley Co. Va.) by C. NEWCOMER, Bishop; and C. CRUM, Elder; and that same year, he moved his family to Highland County.

William, Susannah, and their nine children (the 10th, Lewis Duckwall, was born in Ohio) loaded their belongings on a covered wagon and, without benefit of paved roads or bridges, set out on their 400 mile journey. The trip lasted three tiresome weeks and took them through Columbus, Ohio, according to daughter-in-law, Margaret. From this description, we can guess at their route. The Cumberland (or Baltimore) Road was the eastern end of what became the Old National Road. It continued on to Washington Co., PA, and to the Ohio River at Fort Henry, now Wheeling, West Virginia. Zane's Trace, an early trail through Eastern Ohio, was improved to handle stagecoach traffic in the early 1800's; and it is likely they took this route from Wheeling to Zanesville. From there they could have followed a loop of the old Great Warriors Path; which followed the Licking River west to the Scioto River at Columbus. Present day U.S. 62 follows another old Indian Trail from the Iroqouis in New York to the Ohio River. It goes from Columbus, right through Hillsboro.

The sentiment of the Church was very strongly anti-slavery; and William's grandson, Mathias Hathaway, has suggested that one reason for the move to Ohio was to escape the pro-slavery feelings in Virginia. He also says "they camped for the night by a spring on a hillside, about four miles from Hillsboro. The next day, going on to Hillsboro where there was a Government Land Office, William found that the land around the spring was still government land, subject to entry. He purchased 620 acres, including the coveted spring, for $1.80 per acre." While William did, indeed, purchase this land, it was not recorded until the following year on 9 Dec 1816, so William and his family may have settled first on the land he purchased in 1812.

William was a brickmason by trade and he and his sons soon established a brick kiln on their farm. A number of early county buildings were constructed by the Ambroses from their own brick, including the Ambrose Chapel completed in 1835, and the present (1972) Methodist Church in Hillsboro. Eventually, he replaced his own log cabin with a large two-story brick house.

Soon after their arrival, meetings were held in the Ambrose home which resulted in the organization of a United Brethern Church. Their home served as a church for the congregation until 1834 when the trustees decided to erect a building. In 1834-1835, William built a church called Ambrose Meeting House. It was built on a plot of his land, with the Eastern part being the Chapel, and the Western Part being the Cemetery. On 6 Jun 1839, William and Susannah deeded this plot of land to the Trustees of the United Brethren Church, one of whom was his son, George.

On 12 May 1859, son William Ambrose and Rachel, his wife, deeded a plot of land across the road from this cemetery and meeting house to the Trustees of the United Brethren Church. In 1861 the old meeting house was abandoned and the congregation moved into their new meeting house built on the land deeded to them in 1859. Gladys (Brunner) HAUCK told me many years ago that William AMBROSE had built the first United Brethern Church in Ohio, "the old brick chapel on Danville Rd". Whether she referred to the original or the second building, this must have been one of the earliest United Brethern Congregations in Ohio. Eventually the second church was abandoned and the congregation erected a new building in Hillsboro. The old church was used for a time as a dwelling house, but was no longer standing by 1980. The cemetery was still being used for burials in 1972.

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While but a youth, William Hanby Ambrose Sr. his parents removed to Virginia where he embraced religion and joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, in the 19th year of his life. In his 23rd year he was licensed to preach and was accounted a faithful minister of Jesus Christ.

In 1796 he married Susanna Crum, daughter of Christian Crum, Sr. with whom he lived until his death. In the year 1808, he was authorized to perform sacraments of marriage, burial of the dead, baptism, and the holy sacrament. The instrument was signed by George A. Geeting, Christian Newcomer, and Christian Crum, Sr. In 1812 in company with Bishop Newcomer, he went on a missionary tour through the states of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky preaching the gospel. On the 27th day of August 1815, he was ordained in his own house in Berkeley County Virginia by Bishop Christian Newcomer and by Christian Crum, his father-in-law.

In the same year he removed his family to Highland Co. Ohio where he established the new denomination of United Brethren in Christ and established an Ambrose Chapel southwest of Hillsboro, Ohio. He had been instrumental in establishing an Ambrose Chapel in Berkeley County, Virginia (now in Morgan County, West Virginia) on land donated by his father Henry Ambrose. The Ambrose Chapel in West Virginia continued to serve the area for over one hundred years. The last building is still standing, though unused as a Church.

The last Ambrose Chapel in Highland County was converted to a residence and used by the Hottle Family (distant family connections) until it was demolished for highway relocation about 1965. The Ambrose Cemetery is across the highway from the site of the last Ambrose Chapel. Rev. William Hanby Ambrose and wife Susanna, and other Ambrose family members are buried in the Ambrose Cemetery. At his death, a special tribute was published by the Sciota Conference in Ohio.

Two of Rev. Wm. Hanby Ambrose's sons also became ministers. Other Ambrose descendants also became ministers in the Methodist Church. The Ambrose Family played an important part in the history and development of Highland County, Ohio and especially Hillsboro.

There are several old brick homes in the Hillsboro area that were built by the Ambrose Families from bricks made in Kilns on Ambrose Property. Most of these homes were built from 1830 to 1850 and are still in good repair. We visited an Ambrose descendant in one of these old fine homes in 1993 and saw others. I was informed that each generation that has moved into one of these homes have made modifications to the interior to suit their own desires within limits.

When we were in Highland Co. in 1993, the Methodist Church of Hillsboro was undergoing remodeling and expansion. Found on interior walls in the oldest part of the Church Building which was built in the early 1800s, were bricks with the Ambrose imprint on them. I have photos of the Ambrose Chapel in West Virginia and the 2nd Chapel Building in Highland County, Ohio.

The Ambrose Family is of German origin with the immigrant Mathias Ambrose coming to America from Germany in the early 1700s and settling in the Pennsylvania area and some family members moving into Virginia and Maryland areas. Most had large families, consequently there were many Ambroses in those early areas and they migrated to the Midwestern States or Territories. The Ambrose Families have made an important contribution to the development of our Nation.

Lowell W. Shire, March 26, 1998.

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Some additional information shared by Saundra Akers of Columbus, Ohio. Saundra is a Crum descendant who lived in Highland Co. Ohio in her earlier years. Saundra has recently talked with Dwight Crum, another Crum descendant who has also researched the Crum Family History.

Dwight Crum had found that Christian Crum's Bible was donated to the Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio (also the site of Ohio Wesleyan University).

Saundra made a trip to Westerville. Ohio (not too far from Columbus). She found the Bible in the Historical Archives Office. Otterbein College was a United Brethren Denomination school. The United Brethren in Christ Denomination was founded by Bishop William Otterbein of Baltimore with the help of several Ministers of the day and general area. Our ancestor, Christian Crum was a Co-founder of the denomination which later was merged with the Methodist Denominations to become the United Methodist Church. Bishop Christian Newcomer was also a "driving force" in the formation of the new denomination in America. Both Christian Newcomer and Christian Crum were "Circuit Rider Ministers" of that era and area.

Saundra was able to hold the Bible and look at it. There were several pages where he had written his name in English. Other pages he had made notes in German. The Bible is brown and of normal length but seems to be narrower in width. It is thick. Other notes in it appeared to be Masonic Symbols. Christian and his brother Henry were believed to have sat in Masonic Sessions with George Washington in Winchester, Virginia in the 1700s.

Saundra was also able to view an old Church History Book. The Book shows that Christian Crum was present at almost all of the yearly conferences and that one of his "Charges" was to spread the Gospel into Ohio and Indiana. Saundra believed this may have been a reason some of his sons came to Ohio and became Ministers. Some of his Ambrose descendants also became ministers in these newly settled lands. Saundra's discovery is important to the Crum Family History and that of related family lines.

Lowell W. Shire
 1740 - 1811 William Henry Ambrose 71 71 There were AMBROSES in the Maryland/Virginia area as early as 1635, but they appear to have been English. This Henry AMBROSE was definitely German and probably a first or second generation immigrant as German appears to have been the family's first language. The Morgan County Historical Society has a prayer book which belonged to Henry's son, Mathias. His notations are written in English, but the book was printed in German. The family belonged to the United Brethren Church and the German language dominated in that General Conference until 1833.

Many researchers have thought William Henry was the son of Mathias (1696-1784), who immigrated from Germany in 1732; settled in the Monocacy area in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and later moved near Thurmont, in Frederick County, Maryland. Contributing to the confusion was the German naming practice whereby a child's first given name was a baptismal, religious name; and the second or middle name was the secular, "call" name by which the child was known both in the family and the community. Thus, William Henry (Wilhelm Heinrich?) and Mathias' son, Augustus Heinrich, both appear in contemporary records simply as "Henry Ambrose".

Augustus Heinrich was named the son of Mathias when he was deeded a part of "Arnold's Chance" by his father in 1759. When he sold this land in 1761, his wife was shown as Mary Eve. In March of 1771, he sold his portion of "Arnold's Delight" to his brothers, Philip, Jacob, and Mathias. Again, his wife is shown as Mary Eve. Most researchers indicate William Henry was married to Sarah during this same period. I have found no primary source to support this assertion. However, a Henry Ambrose of Hampshire County, Virginia, and his wife Sarah sold a 50 acre parcel located on Sleepy Creek in August of 1815, almost four years after Henry Senior's death. Presumably this is Henry Junior. Could an earlier researcher have mistakenly assumed this deed was executed by Henry Senior?

In fact, we have no proof that William Henry was born in 1740, or indeed, that his name was "William" Henry.

Curiously, Mathias' son, Augustus Heinrich, disappears from the records of Frederick County after his sale of "Arnold's Delight" in 1771. Is it coincidence that William Henry first appears in the records in Berkley County, Virginia, in 1772? At this point, we still have many more questions than answers, and any relationship to Mathias remains unproven.

On 17 Nov 1772, our Henry AMBROSE signed the lease (for 5s.), and purchased the following day (for £375 Pennsylvania currency), 400 acres on the middle branch of Sleepy Creek in Berkeley Co., Virginia. This is near present day Berkeley Springs in Morgan County, West Virginia. Formerly called Bath, it was called Medicine Springs on a map drawn in 1747 by Thomas Jefferson's father. The 74 degree mineral water flowing from Warm Springs Ridge drew Indians to this site long before colonial settlers arrived; and the State Park Service operates a spa there today.

In 1772 it was located in Berkeley County, Virginia, which included that part of old Frederick Co., Virginia, which is now Berkeley County, West Virginia, plus a western portion of what is present-day Morgan County, West Virginia. Morgan County was not formed until 1820, and West Virginia was formed in 1861 when Virginia seceded from the Union and the counties of western Virginia refused to secede and organized a separate government supporting the Union.

The deed refers to Henry Ambrose "of the County of Berkeley and the Colony of Virginia". Thus, we know that Henry was living in this area of Virginia prior to his purchase. His son, William, indicated on the 1850 census that he was born in Maryland, so they must have moved sometime in 1771 or early 1772. Henry AMBROSE is found on the Rent Rolls of Berkeley Dist., Virginia, in 1772, between 1774 and 1781 and again in 1787. He is also listed in Land Owners, 1st Battalion, Berkeley, Virginia, between 1784 and 1794; except for 1786 when only the 2nd Battalion was listed. According to Cecil Ray Ambrose, the farm owned by Henry at the time of his death was "located on the Old Frederick grade (now Morgan-Frederick grade) and as of 1980 belonged to Paul Myers.

Henry may have served in the Revolutionary War. The records of his service have been lost; but according to Cecil Ambrose [1975] the military pension file for private Michael WIDMYER [National Archives No. S-11857] contains a deposition by Mathias AMBROSE in which he states that "his father, Henry AMBROSE, was a Captain in the Berkeley Co., Virginia, Militia in which Michael WIDMYER was a private; that Mathias' brother and Michael WIDMYER were drafted into the Army from the Militia Company in September 1780; and that his brother was subsequently killed at the Battle of Guilford Co., North Carolina (50 killed on 15 Mar 1781)". Cecil Ambrose thought this referred to Mathiasâ€(tm) brother, Peter. But Peter, if born in 1772, would have been too young to have served in the Militia.

Another pension application file for Jesse WALLER (S-4719), states that he was a resident of Berkeley County when he entered the service, that he served under Captain AMBROSE (as well as several others); and that after rendezvousing at Martinsburgh, Virginia, he served at Fort McIntosh until his term expired in February 1779.

Family legend says Henry was present at the surrender at Yorktown. On October 19, 1781, Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, to General George Washington, thereby ending the War for Independence. Henry did provide supplies to the Army of the State of Virginia during the war. Public Service Certificate No. 414 dated 6 Feb 1781 is a receipt to Henry AMBROSE and five of his neighbors for 16-1/2 bushels, 6 quarts of wheat; for which they are to be paid "333 pounds, 15 shillings current Money".

The family was intimately involved with the establishment of the United Brethren, and later the Methodist Church in this country. In 1963, Fred T. Newbraugh, a church historian, referred to the Berkeley area as "a crossroads for the Christian soldiers going to and from the West". One of the early Bishops of the United Brethren Church was Rev. Christian Newcomer, whose journal (translated from the German) mentions the Ambroses:
July 25, 1799 - went to Ambroses where a two day meeting had been appointed.
Aug 7 1800 - began a meeting on Sleepy Creek which lasted through Sunday. Never have I witnessed the power of God in so great a degree among so many people. Meeting was protracted till late at night and many found peace. Next day crowds greater, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Mennonites, Baptists and Methodists all drew near the Lord's table.
Aug 9, 1800 - Our meeting [was] at Sleepy Creek. Brother Geeting followed me. We stayed the night with brother Ambrose.
Aug 30, 1811 - I reached the place of meeting, Crum, Duckwall and Reiser were there. Christian Crum spoke first. At night we had a meeting at Ambroses.

A separate building, to be used only for church services, was a luxury these early settlers could not afford. Services were held in a member's home. The Ministers were itinerant. They traveled from one congregation to the next and several months might pass before they returned. When a church was finally built, it was often shared by several congregations of different faiths.

Great meetings were held once and sometimes twice a year. Usually, someone would have a barn which could accommodate the huge crowds, who would travel for miles to hear famous preachers. "The preaching was positive and dogmatic. 'Thus saith the Lord' settled all questions. After going over the circuit and preaching gratuitously, they [the preachers] went home. They built no houses of worship, gave no attention to the training of the young, set in motion no working activities, and collected no money, unless for the benefit of the poor. So the preacher came, preached, and went home, and he paid his own way. He worked on his farm. All the people had to do was to hear the preacher, feed him and his horse, and wait till he came again."

I have not found mention of William Henry as a lay preacher, but it would be surprising if he were not. At least one son, two grandsons, and one great grandson are known to be ordained ministers; and many descendants and in-laws were lay preachers. The Ambrose Chapel in Berkeley Springs is built on land which Henry deeded to his son, William, and others "for the erection of a free meeting house where any minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ might preach his doctrine". The present Chapel is said to be the oldest church in Morgan County and has recently (1999) been restored. It was built in 1851, near where a much older church had stood. According to Cecil Ambrose, the church is built on land which was originally a part of the 400 acres purchased by Henry in 1772. He divided this land among his children about 1797 and set aside one acre for a Free Meeting House. Mathias purchased all the other's shares, and after his death, the 400 acre parcel was advertised for sale "with the exception of one acre reserved for a Meeting House".

The named heirs in the estate of Henry AMBROSE, were sons Mathias and William, and daughters Margaret RIZER and Catherine CLAUVER. He died intestate, so why his other children were not named as heirs in the Chancery Court proceedings is not explained. At least six of the eight others were probably still living at the time of his death. His son-in-law, George RIZER, was named administrator of his estate. Henry died owing a bond of £300 to Susanna B. STORM. In September 1814, Susanna obtained a judgment against the estate for £150, plus interest, plus $15.51 costs. George RIZER filed an account on 13 May 1815 showing a balance of personal property of 257 dollars and 2-1/2 cents. Since the estate had insufficient (cash) funds to pay the judgment, Mathias paid Susanna $200, for which sum, Susanna signed an acquittance of all claims and demands against the estate.

At the time of his death, Henry owned 142 acres on the South Fork of Sleepy Creek. It is not clear why this land was not sold to close the estate. Perhaps Henry's widow was still living and wished to stay on this land. Perhaps there was difficulty getting releases from William and Catherine, who had both moved to Ohio. In any event, after Mathias' death in 1842, his estate made application to force the sale of the 142 acres, to repay the $200 advanced to Henry's estate by Mathias. The sale was ordered and the land was sold at Commissioner's auction on 25 Mar 1844. An interesting, but unexplained sidelight to these proceedings, is that according to the 1787 Census of Virginia - Berkeley County Tax List A, Henry AMBROSE paid the taxes for himself, son Mathias, and a "P. STORM".

Lease from George Darr 17 Nov 1772:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pasher/documents/deeds/amb-henry1772.htm

Promissory note for grain furnished to the Army of Virginia 6 Feb 1781:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pasher/documents/misc/revwarpay.htm

 Sarah 1797 - 1877 Elizabeth Anne Ambrose 79 79 Elizabeth and David moved to Ottumwa in 1849. 1814 - 1850 Susannah "Susan" Ambrose 36 36 1801 - 1871 Christena Ambrose 69 69 1810 - 1883 Mathias Ambrose 73 73 He was an United Brethren Minister. According to the Methodist archives, Mathias served during the Civil War in the same unit (113th OVI) as his son, John. 1817 - 1892 Lewis Duckwall Ambrose 74 74 Marriage Records of Highland County, Ohio (1805-1880) lists the marriage of ARLEDGE Carey P. m. Sarah HORTON July 2, 1835, by Lewis Duckwall, M.G.

The following was written by son, Mathias Hathaway AMBROSE in 1910:

"For a number of years after their marriage they lived on a farm of 100 acres, part of his father's homestead in Ohio. Here six of the oldest children were born; two, Jacob and Mary were born in Pickaway Co. near Circleville, whither the family moved, and for some years lived before going to Illinois. Three children were born in Ill., David, George, and Harry.

"The great family event, at least in the lives of the older children, was the removal from Ohio to Illinois in October 1855, and the making of a new home on the prairies, among foreigners, with strange and romantic surroundings. The homestead in Ohio from which we moved was a ten acre farm four miles east of Circleville in Pickaway, Co. A year or so before we moved the house burned down, but little being saved from it.

"The purpose of moving to Illinois....a far away and strange Eldorado to us all...was to get more land where the boys might be put to work and aid in making a living. A year or two before this removal Father and a friend made a prospecting trip to Illinois in a one horse buggy. On this trip he bought a fine quarter section of fertile prairie land in McLean Co., a few miles east of Bloomington. But in arranging to make the Western move he united, for company's sake and mutual helpfulness, with a friend from Fairfield Co., Solomon Lincoln, who was moving to Illinois that fall. Lincoln was a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, near which was to be our future home. This friend, Solomon Lincoln, had relatives living in Logan Co., and so it happened that father went direct to this county instead of McLean Co.

"In that early day nothing could be done with land until it was fenced and sod broken up for a season before planting. Fencing cost as much as the land was worth....sometimes a good deal more. Father had not the means for these improvements or to build a house to live in. With friends in Logan Co. he could pass the winter there more easily. Before spring he bought an 80 acre farm partly improved, with a small two-room house on it, two miles west of Mt. Pulaski, and three or four miles from where we spent the winter. He soon traded the McLean Co. land for the mortgage notes he gave for this land.

"But we have run ahead of our story. The journey was made in October 1855. A two-horse wagon and a one-horse buggy was the means of travel. The buggy had two seats, one small and low with the dash board for a back, for two or three children to occupy. The wagon contained a few household goods, including a barrel of flour and other provisions, and some cooking utensils. Father drove the wagon and Mother the buggy, having with her two or three of the smaller children. Daniel was old enough to help a good deal, driving the buggy part of the time. The trip took about two weeks. Until the first Sunday our teams were in constant company of a hundred or more covered moving wagons. Father and Mr. Lincoln rested over the next Sunday, the others going on. The balance of the journey the wagons of these two families were the only ones in sight for hours at a time. Our route lay through Dayton, Richmond, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Paris, Ill., and on across the virgin prairies to Decatur, Ill., then on to the vicinity of Mt. Pulaski. For the first winter the two families lived in a small three room cabin near Salt Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon.

"Uncle Matt moved out in the spring and bought a farm of 120 acres a short distance east of our farm. There we began to make a home in true pioneer fashion, on the level, undrained prairie, and with not a little privation, and longing to be back in good old Ohio. In a year or two an addition was built to the house of one and a half stories, of four rooms.

"All our nearest neighbors were recent immigrants from Germany, who could speak little if any English. The work was hard and a few years unremunerative. But the wild beauty of the prairie, rank in the spring and early summer with strange vegetation, profuse with wild flowers and wild birds, an abundance of wild turkeys, geese, ducks, prairie chickens, and quails in the winter time. The water flooded stretches in the spring time, and the weird awe inspiring prairie fires in the fall, still fascinate me after the lapse of half a century. To view a little patch of prairie grass, or the sun flower like bloom of the old despised rosen weed, brings in most vividly, a rush of long dormant memories.

"The great event of all our family history in Illinois was the Civil War of 1861-1865. We lived in the midst of the great historic forces involved in this war. We lived only about 20 miles from Springfield, the home of Abraham Lincoln. The first political speech the writer [Mathias Hathaway] ever heard was when he accompanied his father to Lincoln, the county seat, and heard A. Lincoln speak from the steps of the old Court House.

"The two Ambrose families living side by side, were in many respects, as one family. At the outbreak of the War there were four sons in these two families old enough to bear arms in the martial strife. They inherited from abolition and patriotic fathers and mothers the animus that bore them without delay to the front, and before the strife ended there were four more with them. At the close of the conflict, all returned home unscathed except the oldest son of Uncle Matt, Levi P. who was killed at the battle of Corinth, Miss.,Oct. 5 1862, his body being buried where he fell.

"That was closed, a new era for our family began. Our family had a heritage of desire and ambition for more education than was afforded by the meager facilities of our still country home. The older ones never attended a district school closer than two miles, and that across fields and unbridged sloughs, but as our going was only during two or three winter months these sloughs were often glacially bridged.

"Daniel spent a year in college before the War and a year after, and all the others followed more or less faithfully his example. With one or two exceptions all taught school for various periods.

"In 1873, the writer and his bride of less than a year went to Avalon, Missouri to take charge, as Principal of Avalon Academy. A year later, father sold his farm in Illinois and moved to Avalon, that the younger children might have better educational advantages than they had in Illinois. There they lived for more than twenty years, and there five of the brothers found life companions. Father and mother enjoyed church and social privileges that made calm and peaceful their declining years, and there, side by side, their dust lies; and all nine children scattered far and wide, rise up and call their memories blessed."

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There are few men better known in this part of Livingston county and the surrounding country than the father of the subject of this Sketch, Lewis D. Ambrose, and it is eminently proper that an outline a brief of his life work be given proper mention in this connection. Lewis D. Ambrose was born in Highland county, O., May 23, 1817. His grandparents were natives of Germany and soon after the close of the Revolutionary War came to America, locating in Berkeley county, W. Va., where they reared a large family of children. It was there that Lewis' father, William Ambrose, was born, reared and married, his wife being Miss Susanna Crum, of the same locality. In 1813, they moved to Highland county, O., cleared and improved a heavily timbered tract of land and there passed the remaining years of their lives, leaving at their death nine children, Lewis being the youngest. They were earnest Christian people, and for years Mr. A. was an itinerant minister in the U. B. Church. The early life of Lewis D. Ambrose was as uneventful as that of most farmers' boys and the only education he could secure was what the early subscription schools afforded at the time. When 13 years old he became converted and connected himself with the U. B. Church, and when only 20 years and he began ministerial labors for that organization. January 17, 1839, Miss Nancy Leib became his wife, her birth having occurred in Fairfield county, O., April 8, 1819. In 1855 Mr. A. moved to Logan county, Ill., continuing farming and the work of the ministry for 19 years, when he sold out and came to his present location in this county and township. Since then he has for the most part given his attention to agricultural pursuits, though his earnest and laborious efforts in local ministerial work and in behalf of the Avalon College, in which he has always taken such a warm, active interest, have occupied him not a little of the time. He has labored zealously for the success of both school and church, and it is an acknowledged fact that much of the prosperous condition of each of these bodies at present is due to Mr. Ambrose. The following children have been born to himself and wife: Susan C., Catherine, Daniel L., a journalist of Mt. Pulaski, Ill.; William H., an attorney of Delavan, Ill., Matthias H., a self-educated man and a graduate of Otterbein University, of Ohio, and the first principal of Avalon College; Samuel W., a merchant at Avalon; Mary E., the only living daughter, wife of A. W. Jones, M. D., of Westerville, O.; Jacob G., a farmer and carpenter of Mitchell county, Kan.; David E., also a graduate of Otterbein University and now a teacher in Sangamon county, Ill.; George F., a dentist of Garnett Kan., and Hugh M., referred to below. Three of these sons served in the late war, Daniel L., William H. and Matthias H., who were members of the 7th Illinois volunteer infantry; Daniel held a lieutenant's commission in Co. H. Hugh M. Ambrose is numbered among the representative men of Livingston county. He attended Avalon College, where his course was marked with unusual brilliancy, and subsequently he was called to the chair of Ancient Languages in that institution, a position he has since filled with universal satisfaction and credit. Thorough and proficient in all that he does, those who are favored with his instruction can not but he benefited. He has also been brought into official prominence in this county through his election to the position of county surveyor and at present he is the incumbent of that office. His life work has indeed been of great good, but the future holds out for him still greater and brighter prospects.
1798 - >1866 David Pusey Inskeep 68 68 ~1810 Hugh Meharry 1797 - 1872 Johann Jacob Sonner 75 75 Jacob's grandfather, George Adam GEETING (1741-1812), was an ordained minister in the German Reform Church (1783-1804); and an ordained minister and Bishop in the United Brethren Church (1804-1812). He was a close friend of William OTTERBEIN, the founder of the United Brethren Church. The site of the Mt. Hebron Cemetery and Geeting Meeting House (near Keedysville, Washington Co., Maryland), is designated as Historic Site Number 31 of the United Methodist Church.

Jacob's father, Anthony SONNER (1760-1843) " built a very substantial grist mill on the north bank of the East Fork of White Oak Creek, which was operated by members of the family until 1900. Sonner's mill was a Highland Co. landmark for over half a century. The Sonners also established a saw mill near the grist mill." The land was granted him for his war service, on Massie and Kerr Survey No. 3849 in the northeastern corner of White Oak Township.

Anthony SONNER is sometimes credited with organizing the first United Brethern Church in Highland County. Since he arrived a year before William AMBROSE, this seems plausible. Services were held in the Sonner's log home for several years. Eventually, the congregation purchased a blacksmith's shop on the south bank of White Oak Creek, about opposite Sonner's Mill, and this structure was converted for use as a church. It was called Sonner Chapel. A cemetery was laid out about a half mile from the Chapel on the New Market-Mowrystown Pike. In 1871, a new church was erected about a quarter of a mile south "on the cross roads". The land for the cemetery apparently was donated to the church by Anthony as later deed transfers except "one acre near the center of the farm for the grave yard". 1762 - 1842 Mathias Ambrose 80 80 1768 - 1823 Catherine Ambrose 55 55 1766 - <1843 Margaret "Peggy" Ambrose 77 77 ~1772 Peter Ambrose Cecil AMBROSE suggests this might be Mathias' brother who was killed in the Revolutionary War according to the Widmyer pension file. However, the IGI lists his birth in 1772. ~1774 Philip Ambrose Was killed by Indians in Virginia. 1781 - 1849 Frederick Ambrose 68 68 According to "Howe's Historical Collection of Ohio" by Henry Howe, he was one of the first settlers in Champaign County. The History of Champaign County says he came to Ohio in 1799. He settled on the Mad River, in what later became Champaign County. When Urbana was later laid out, he moved to town and started a pottery. He also engaged in the mercantile business, was quite active in local politics, and served as one of the early sheriffs of the county, from 1821 to 1825 and 1833 to 1847. He was listed as an Elector for Champaign County, 8 Oct 1811; no. 22 in a list of 87 voters. He was also elected Treasurer of the County from 1840 to 1847. He and and his first wife, Jennie, had nine children, but only four have been found.

In Chancery Records for Champaign Co. Vol. 1, there are 11 references to Frederick Ambrose. No other Ambrose is named. The early references are to service on the grand or petit jury. In 1833 Frederick Ambrose was appointed guardian ad litem for the Hanback children [pg. 78]; and for the Taylor children [pg. 80]; also for Lung children [pg 92]. Frederick Ambrose admin. of Alexander Allen vs.. Sally Allen et al. Has to do with selling of a lot owned by Alexander Allen. In 1838 Frederick Ambrose admin. of Wm. Winsor deceased v. Hannah Weldon et al. Again, having to do with lot in Urbana. 1784 - 1869 Jacob Ambrose 85 85 The following deed record appears in Champaign County Deed Book Vol. N, page 496:
1836 John Goddard and wife Mary sell to Joseph Ford
For fifty five and one half dollars. ( Land study by Pat Stickley says 77 acres) parcel of land to wit: being part of sw 1/2 of SEC. 20 in t. five of range eleven...beginning at the nw corner of a 20 acre lot deeded by Thomas Ford to Jacob AMBROSE, thence west forty-two and one half poles, thence s to the nw corner of a nine (?) acre lot deeded by said Thomas Ford to Josiah Richards, thence e to said 20 acre lot, thence n. to the place of beginning, Save and except two acres lying in a square out of the NE corner of the above described land heretofore deeded by the said John Goddard and wife Mary to Nancy Porter in trust for her eldest child, supposed to contain nine and one fourth acres more or less.

 ~1781 - ~1865 John Bell Ambrose 84 84 1785 - ~1865 Daniel Ambrose 80 80 Daniel was in attendance, and purchased several articles at the public sale of William Henry Ambrose's personal estate on 26 December 1811. 1787 - 1856 Solomon Ambrose 69 69 1774 - ~1835 Rosanna Clover 61 61 1751 - 1844 Henry Clover 93 93 He is mentioned in his brother-in-law's will (Mathias) 15 Nov 1843. [Ambrose Family History, Book IX, page 205].

Purchased 200 acres on Kings Creek, Twin Twp., Ross County, Ohio, 10 Jul 1804 (Deed Book 4 p475). Henry sold this property 27 Jul 1807 (Deed Book 7 p232). [JVT]

He is mentioned in his brother-in-law's will (Mathias) 15 Nov 1843. [Ambrose Family History, Book IX, page 205]. 1767 George W. Rizer Moved to Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland with his Father between 1793 and 1794.

The family Bible as published in the NGS Quarterly, Vol 83, No 1, gives a death date for George RIZER of 7 Jan 1853. It is not clear if this refers to George Senior, or Junior. ~1785 - ~1819 Sophia Marquart 34 34 1802 Anna Nancy Rizer 1825 - 1840 Maria Inskeep 15 15 ~1803 - 1880 George Ambrose 77 77 1797 - 1850 Sarah Wolfe 53 53 John Yost ~1792 - 1853 Elizabeth 61 61 ~1824 - 1880 Jacob Henry Ambrose 56 56 ~1812 Julia S. Hendricks 1807 - 1894 Margaret "Polly" Rizer 86 86 "Aunt Polly" lived to become a legend. She delighted in telling her children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews about the early pioneer days and the long trek from Virginia to Ohio. 1806 - <1815 Christian Ambrose 9 9 1819 - 1896 Nancy Lieb 77 77 Her family lived in Greenfield, Ohio. 1799 - <1839 Jacob Ambrose 40 40 1823 - 1905 William Sonner 81 81 1824 - 1901 George A. G. Sonner 77 77 The initials, A. G., appear on the official records pertaining to George, including his tombstone. It is possible he was named for his great grandfather, George Adam GEETING. On Nov 5, 1850, he left Highland County for Ripley Co., Indiana, where he remained until 1857, On 12 Nov 1857, he removed to Union Twp, Wells Co., Indiana.

The initials, A. G., appear on the official records pertaining to George, including his tombstone. It is possible he was named for his great grandfather, George Adam GEETING. On Nov 5, 1850, he left Highland County for Ripley Co., Indiana, where he remained until 1857, On 12 Nov 1857, he removed to Union Twp, Wells Co., Indiana. 1826 - 1910 John Sonner 84 84 1830 - 1911 Anthony Sonner 80 80 1832 - 1917 Isaac Wilker Sonner 84 84 1837 - 1925 Mathias Sonner 88 88 1828 Elizabeth Ann Sonner 1840 Rachel Sonner 1808 - 1889 Lewis Ambrose 80 80 ~1810 - <1870 William Ambrose 60 60 ~1844 William Eliphaz Ambrose 1813 - 1854 Sarah M. Perkins 40 40 1816 Mary Ann Weller ~1831 Sarah Elizabeth Hurtt 1797 - 1883 Mathias "Ticey" Ambrose 86 86 Listed in Deed Book 4, page 166, Morgan County records, 26 Dec 1846, 324 acres on Sleepy Creek. Henry and William AMBROSE are mentioned in this deed. Also David and Mathias are deceased. ~1798 - 1888 Mary Ann Buck 89 89 1826 - 1876 Jacob Ambrose 49 49 1844 - 1892 Mary Lavinia Ambrose 47 47 1840 - 1846 Susanna Crum Ambrose 5 5 1840 - 1842 Catherine Ambrose 2 2 1843 - 1922 Daniel Lieb Ambrose 79 79 1844 - 1931 William Henry Ambrose 87 87 1847 - 1926 Mathias Hathaway Ambrose 78 78 By 1872, Mathias had graduated from Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, with a B.A. degree. Later, he took an M.A. degree at the same university. He taught school for a time after graduation. At the time of his marriage in 1872, he was Principal of the High School in Knoxville, Illinois.

In 1873, Mathias and his bride went to Avalon, Missouri, to take the position of Principal of Avalon Academy. His father, Lewis Duckwall, sold his farm in Logan Co., Illinois, and also moved to Avalon at this time.

Mathias entered the Ministry and held Pastorates in Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois, before going to Palestine, Illinois, in 1895, as Pastor of the old Presbyterian Church on Main Street. After retiring from the ministry, he and his wife lived in Chicago until her death in 1918. After that, he spent much time in travel. He lived in Puerto Rico for two years where he became especially interested in the Mission School and the Spanish Language. 1849 - 1914 Samuel Wesley Ambrose 65 65 1851 Mary Elizabeth Ambrose 1853 - 1950 Jacob Glossbrenner Ambrose 96 96 He was named for Bishop Jacob GLOSSBRENNER, a charter member of the Virginia United Brethren Conference. 1861 Hugh Meherry Ambrose 1822 - 1903 Jacob D. Ambrose 80 80 ~1839 - 1864 Emily Ambrose 25 25 ~1840 - 1842 Ambrose ? 1 1 infant
 1833 - 1901 John Ambrose 68 68 1843 George Ambrose 1845 - <1850 Lydia Ambrose 5 5 1838 - 1862 Levi P. Ambrose 24 24 1840 Lewis Ambrose 1842 Henry Ambrose 1848 - 1888 John C. Ambrose 40 40 1804 John Bell Ambrose According to the birthplaces shown for his children on the 1850 Census, John Bell came to Ohio some time between 1841 and 1845. 1827 - 1906 Ann "Nancy" Fenner 78 78 1813 - 1864 Nicholas T. Ambrose 51 51 1817 - 1879 Elizabeth Ann "Bethany" O'Brien 62 62 After Nicholas death, Bethany married Peter Shirley, father-in-law to her son George Henry. 1836 - 1915 John Daniel Ambrose 78 78 1839 - 1917 Mary Elizabeth Ambrose 78 78 1844 - 1908 Peter Smith Ambrose 64 64 He was known as "Black Pete", identifying him among several Peter Ambroses in the area, because he was very handsome and of dark complexion. 1819 - 1905 Mathias D. Ambrose 86 86 1814 - 1870 Anna M. Vanorsdall 55 55 1849 - 1916 Catherine Belle Ambrose 66 66 According to descendant Elizabeth Schulze, she was christened as Catherine Belgium AMBROSE. However, she always wrote her middle name as "Belle". ~1846 - <1900 Daniel Ambrose 54 54 ~1847 Sarah Frances "Fannie" Ambrose 1853 John William Ambrose He worked for the B&O railroad. ~1860 - <1900 Elizabeth Ann Ambrose 40 40 1833 - 1919 Alcinda Inskeep 85 85 1827 - 1830 David Inskeep 2 2 1818 - 1894 William Pusey Inskeep 75 75 1820 - 1843 Rachel Inskeep 23 23 1823 - 1897 Susannah Inskeep 74 74 1831 - 1832 Mary Lane Inskeep 1 1 1836 - 1920 Carey Inskeep 84 84 1839 - 1897 Anna Eliza Inskeep 58 58 1841 Marian Inskeep 1827 - 1896 Lewis Ambrose 69 69 1828 - 1855 James Madison Ambrose 27 27 1831 - 1921 Katherine Ambrose 90 90 1840 - <1887 Joseph W. Ambrose 47 47 1844 - <1890 E. Ann Ambrose 46 46 1848 - 1868 Emma J. Ambrose 19 19 1842 - 1843 Susannah M. Ambrose 9m 9m 1854 - <1890 Isaac W. Ambrose 36 36 ~1836 Wesley Meharry ~1830 Susan Meharry ~1832 Emily Meharry ~1834 Francis Meharry ~1827 Catherine Ambrose 1829 - 1896 Peter V. Ambrose 67 67 ~1782 - <1860 Elizabeth "Betsy" Crum 78 78 ~1772 Henry Ambrose Henry purchased 50 acres "on the drains of Sleepy Creek" from Edward Crabb and his wife Rachel on the 25th of September, 1801. He is listed as having purchased personal property from the sale of his father's estate on 26 December, 1811. In August of 1815, he sold the 50 acres purchased in 1801, and the deed indicates he is a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia. 1853 - 1935 James Thomas Ambrose 82 82 ~1850 John W. Ambrose 1827 Elizabeth Ambrose 1830 Rosanna Ambrose 1832 - 1884 Robert Buck Ambrose 51 51 1836 - 1912 Susanna Ambrose 76 76 1841 - 1862 Mathias Albert Ambrose 21 21 1840 - 1926 Robert Buck Ambrose 85 85 Believed to have fought in the Civil War, on the opposite side from his brother, Tice. 1849 - 1917 John W. Ambrose 68 68 John followed his brother Jacob to Oregon in about 1888. They went by covered wagon and were stranded for a time in the desert when they ran out of water. John struck out on his own, found water, and came back for his family. They settled in the John Day valley where he became a sheep rancher. He was elected sheriff of Grant County Oregon and served two terms in the 1890's. A shackling device called the "Oregon Boot" was used by him, and is now in the museum in Canyon City. ~1809 - 1865 Henry Ambrose 56 56 Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Cert. No. 5966 shows Henry Ambrose of Montgomery County, Ohio purchased on 16 Mar 1837; "the North East quarter of South East quarter of Section thirty six, in Township four South of Range three East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Lima, Ohio, containing forty acres.

A Henry Ambrose appears on the census of Monroe Twp., Miami County, Ohio, in 1835, and again in 1840 (pg 434). This Henry purchased lots 23 and 24 in Frederick, Miami County, on 1 Mar 1844 from Alexander Helmick [Book 21, pg 243]. His estate was filed for probate on 25 Jul 1865 [case No. 04162].

Another estate was filed for probate 27 Nov 1869 for Henry AMBROUSE [Case No. 04791, Bk C1, pg 0072]. ~1820 Joseph B. Ambrose ~1817 Lucy Ambrose ~1837 Mary E. Hyre ~1797 Margaret Ambrose ~1797 Martha Ambrose ~1795 - >1860 David Ambrose 65 65 He is listed as an appraiser in the Morgan County estate of Thomas BARNEY, filed 4 Feb 1851. 1812 - 1892 George Ambrose 79 79 While not proven, we believe this George is the son of Mathias AMBROSE and Rosanna CLOVER. An earlier researcher suggested a birth date of 1794, but also indicated he died in Ogle Co., Illinois. Circumstancial evidence includes his birth place (Morgan Co.) as given in his obituary, and the fact that his brother, David, also migrated to Illinois, although some miles distant, in Macoupin County.

Obituary from THE DAILY HURONITE, Huron, South Dakota Friday, July 22, 1892, page 4 column 3.

Mr. George Ambrose died at his home on the corner of Illinois and Second streets in this city at 1 o'clock Friday morning, July 22, 1892. Had he lived until the 30th inst., he would have been 80 years old. He was born in Morgan county, Virginia in 1813. Married Miss Anna Hess in Rockingham county, Va, in 1848, and in 1854 removed to Rochelle, Illinois, where they resided until 1881, when Mr. Ambrose came to Huron and settled upon a homestead four miles south of this city. He resided upon his farm the required time and then made final proof. In the spring of 1882 his family joined him here, he having built a comfortable home for them on the corner of Second and Ilinois steets [sic].

Mr. Ambrose was the father of six children, five of whom with their mother, are now living, viz: Mrs. Hotalling, who resides with her husband and family on a farm few miles south of this place; Mrs. Davis, wife of Rev. W. B. Davis of Clarence, Iowa; Mrs. John Cain, of Olympia, Washington, and Mr. Charles and Miss Georgia Ambrose of this city.

Mr. Ambrose was a quiet, unassuming man; he was devoted to his home and family and was an exemplary citizen.

Arrangements have not yet been completed for funeral services, but is understood they will be held on Sunday.

Miss Georgia Ambrose who was visiting in Olympia is expected to reach here with Mrs. Cain and Mrs. Davis tomorrow evening. Other relatives are also looked for, and until their arrival the hour of service will not be named. 1801 - 1872 Mary "Polly" Ambrose 71 71 1803 Rosanna Ambrose ~1808 Hannah Ambrose Moved to Troy, Ohio. 1805 John Ambrose 1808 - ~1847 Susannah Ambrose 39 39 1810 William Ambrose 1787 - 1842 Peter Clover 54 54 Peter taught school as early as 1817/1818 in a little log cabin built and located in the "Clover Settlement" along with farming his land. Peter became the guardian of the deceased Daniel Teter's two children: Daniel Jr. and Margaret (Polly) in 1818. Was elected Justice of the Peace for Franklin County in 1820, 1823, and 1829. 1789 - 1841 Joshua Clover 52 52 1791 - 1834 Jacob Clover 42 42 1794 - 1867 Solomon Clover 73 73 1796 - 1871 Margaret Clover 75 75 1798 - 1865 Henry Clover 66 66 1801 - 1872 Samuel Clover 70 70 1803 - 1878 Philip Clover 75 75 Deed: case no. 010279, Vol.9, pg. 326.
 1805 Rosanna Clover Benjamin Lilley 1807 John Clover A John CLOVER married Elizabeth Burnet HUBBARD in Trumbull County, Ohio on 23 Dec 1831. However, there is no proof this John was the son of Henry. 1809 - 1858 William Clover 49 49 Deed: case no. 03883, Vol. 4, pg. 307.
Will: Case # 03883 (1859) Clover, William Est. Vol. 4, page 307.
Census: 1850, Microfilm 432, Roll M 432 608 (Part 2), National Archives 000 030.
Census: 1860, Microfilm No. H 653, Roll 962.
Census: 1870, Microfilm.
 1810 - 1871 Aaron Clover 61 61 D. >1890 Elizabeth Ambrose 1812 - 1880 Nelson Ambrose 68 68 1814 - 1898 William Henry Ambrose 84 84 Listed in Deed Book 8, page 264, 26 Mar 1861 -- 150 acres 2-1/2 miles south of town of Bath.

Served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.

This family lived next to a FENNER family: Daniel 55, Mary 50, William 26, Sarah, 19, Mary 16, Susannah 14, Daniel 12, Christena 11. Daniel a farmer with property valued at $400. The next family to them are Christopher YOST 30, Ann 25, Sarah 6, George 5, John 9/12. Christopher is a farmer with property valued at $500. ~1809 - 1865 Wiley Barton 56 56 ~1810 - 1856 Susan Elizabeth Ambrose 46 46 ~1803 Thomas Prather ~1836 Mary Ann Harlan 1853 - 1915 Jesse Harlan Ambrose 61 61 1854 - 1910 Aaron Daniel Ambrose 55 55 1855 - 1923 George Wheeler Ambrose 67 67 1858 E. F. H. Ambrose ~1860 - ~1894 Jeremiah N. Ambrose 34 34 ~1805 Julia Ann Green 1835 - 1918 Sarah Catherine "Kate" Ambrose 82 82 Sarah C. A. Smallwood is listed as Relative of Jacob Ambrose who died either 1854 (Film #184108:403:14496) or 1859 (Film # 184108:403:14495).

Kansas:
March 2 1876 Witness that knew of Smallwood and Payne marriage: Elias Shull, Pension Clerk Kansas

April 29 1876 Guardianship Paper Kate Payne for Wilkinson, Jr.
Declaration for Pension of Children Under Sixteen Years of Age

June 6, 1876 Witness knew for 20 years and just Wilkinson as child of Smallwood marriage Mary F. Tice Kansas

June 11, 1876 Witness Married for six months to Wilkinson Statement of
only child, Wilkinson--George McDaniel, of MO, the post master who helped her get $63 from commanding officer Spellman sent to St. Francisville, Clark County, MO.

August 1, 1876 Another Declaration for Pension of Children Under
Sixteen Years of Age--Lewis Smallwood as a witness

July 14, 1876 Kate Payne (age 41) gave Attorney Bishop Coumine? power
to pursue Claim for minor child, Wilkinson Smallwood born 4 Dec. 1862

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah:
May 16, 1901 Declaration of a Widow for Restoration of Pension Kate
Smallwood Payne (age 65)
Harden Payne died Dec. 14, 1892 at Topeka, Kansas
Witnesses: John P. Doolan and Mrs. Rosetta Doolan (knew her four years)

September 20, 1916 Request for Increase
Sarah C. Payne (age 81) born August 11, 1835 in Virginia Samuel Brooks ~1844 - >1900 Mariah Alice Whisner 56 56 ~1805 Sarah Toland ~1800 Maria Waugh ~1821 Susan Ambrose ~1821 Ella Ambrose Napoleon Ambrose Alfred Ambrose 1827 - ~1868 John Wesley Ambrose 41 41 ~1800 George W. Aulabaugh Bushrod Aulabaugh He does not appear on the 1850 census, so he may have died as a child. ~1825 Susan Aulabaugh ~1832 Lucy Ann Aulabaugh Maria Aulabaugh She does not appear on the 1850 census, so she may have died as a child. 1827 - 1907 Robert Bruce Aulabaugh 80 80 George Durham John Wesley Durham George W. Durham William Durham Mary Frances Durham Sarah Durham She married Mr. HEFFNER. Martha Durham ~1809 John Kitchen ~1840 Charles Kitchen ~1845 Emiline Kitchen Louis Yost 1834 - 1923 John Wesley Ambrose 89 89 1787 - 1862 Christena Teter 75 75 Died at age 75yrs 8mos 9days in Koscuiko Co., Indiana.
 1812 - 1881 Catherine Clover 69 69 1814 Elizabeth Clover 1816 - 1864 Elkannah Clover 48 48 Civil War: 40th Ohio Vol Infantry.
Gardner Cemetery, Franklin Co., Ohio, died at age 48yrs 4mos 12days.

1850 Census lived in Pleasant Township, Franklin Co., Ohio. 1822 - 1852 Henry Clover 29 29 1824 Samuel Clover 1825 John K. Clover 1828 - 1852 William A. Clover 23 23 1831 - 1852 Austin Birchard Clover 20 20 1794 - 1868 Rachel Wroten 73 73 1843 - 1917 Anna Jane Ambrose 74 74 1853 - 1930 Mathias Washington Ambrose 76 76 1821 - 1907 Anna Eliza Virginia Snowdeal 85 85 She was listed as a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in 1865. ~1845 - <1860 Margaret Ann Ambrose 15 15 1843 - 1923 Mathias Skinner "Tice" Ambrose 80 80 Believed to have fought in the Civil War, on the opposite side from his brother, Robert. The name "skinner" is a nickname from when he worked as a mule skinner on the Maryland side of the Potomac on the C & O Canal. 1851 - 1951 Jacob Daniel "Jake" Ambrose 99 99 He was a school teacher for a time, and also ranched sheep in Eastern Oregon. 1854 Mary Jane Ambrose 1859 - 1938 Anna Eliza Virginia Ambrose 79 79 1857 Jacob Wesley Ambrose 1858 - 1880 William Nicholas Ambrose 22 22 1861 - 1928 George Henry Ambrose 67 67 Arthur N. Danley ~1810 Mary Ann Ambrose John S. Gordon ~1816 - <1870 Martha A. Cook 54 54 1827 - 1917 Mary Caroline Touchstone 89 89 1808 - 1867 Elizabeth Hawkins 59 59 ~1813 Juliet Ann Lock 1797 Sophia Rizer ~1811 Maria Jane Rizer 1799 George W. Rizer 1805 - 1853 Benjamin F. Rizer 47 47 1795 - <1870 Catherine Rizer 75 75 1790 Anne Rizer 1794 - >1870 Rezin Barnes 76 76 Jacob Portmess D. ~1818 Richard Thralls ~1809 Hetty Ann Rizer 1802 William Rizer He is not mentioned in Henry AMBROSE's will, so he may have died young.

 1793 Jacob Rizer He is not mentioned in Henry AMBROSE's will, so he may have died young.

 1807 - 1837 Philip Rizer 29 29 Martha ~1839 George W. Rizer ~1849 S. M. Ambrose 1831 Archibald M. Ambrose 1856 - 1939 David Edward Ambrose 82 82 1858 George Franklin Ambrose 1808 Mary Bowers ~1795 Mary Ann Poff ~1826 - ~1856 Gatch Ambrose 30 30 "The war with Mexica made no great stir among the people of Champaign, through the progress of the victorius troops from Vera Cruz to Mexico was hailed with enthusiasm similar to that over the country generally.... The newspapers of the county do not return any names of the volunteer soldiery who were at Buena Vista, the heights of Monterey, of the storming of Chapultepec, but a green memory has kept in remembrance of names of Evan Jenkins, ... and Johnson K. Putman - all of whom were from Champaign, who volunteered in the Army of the Rio Grande. To these may be added the name of Gatch Ambrose, youngest son of Frederick Ambrose, whose name has appeared in these pages as one of the oldest pioneers. Young Ambrose was engineer on a Mississippi River steamboat, which he left for the war. Passed safely through its dangers; afterward joined the ill-starred expedition of William Walker, "the gray-eyed man of destiny," and, with other young men deceived into participation in the Nicaraguan expedition, paid the penalty with his life." [The History of Champaign County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., 1881, p265]
 1790 - 1824 Jane "Jennie" Tanner 34 34 1824 - 1901 Margaret J. Ambrose 77 77 1827 - 1848 Elizabeth Ambrose 21 21 D. <1859 Samuel Bailey 1827 - 1899 Joseph F. Stone 72 72 ~1822 Wilson J. Neil 1822 - 1906 Anna Hess 84 84 1819 - 1884 Newton Ambrose 65 65 1830 - 1898 Alice Ann Ward 68 68 1849 - 1930 Frederick W. Ambrose 81 81 ~1829 William M. Ambrose ~1832 Mary F. Ambrose ~1837 Edury Ambrose ~1839 Lydia P. Ambrose ~1841 James W. Ambrose ~1845 Caroline V. Ambrose 1863 - 1899 Mary Alice Stone 35 35 1865 - 1948 Thomas F. Stone 83 83 ~1807 Jacob Ambrose ~1810 - <1854 Peter Ambrose 44 44 From Champ. Co. Guardianship book pg. 45 of book but #507: 20 Sept 1854
Benj F. Goodrich gdn. of Francis Amrrose 13; Maretha Ambrose 11; John
Ambrose 9; Minor heirs of Peter Ambrose decd. Surety: Evans Glen.
 ~1839 Susan Ambrose ~1809 Elizabeth Mc Cumsey Mary Glenn 1820 - 1900 Jacob Ambrose 80 80 1852 Mary E. Ambrose ~1855 Alice Ambrose ~1858 Margaret Ambrose Emma Ambrose Anna Belle Ambrose ~1869 Newton Ambrose The IGI shows a marriage for a Newton AMBROSE to Josie R. MOYERS on the 26 Oct 1881 in Highland County, Ohio. While not proven, this is probably the same man. 1857 - 1898 Charles Benton Ambrose 41 41 ~1836 George D. Ambrose ~1845 Mary S. Ambrose ~1848 Elizabeth C. Ambrose ~1831 - 1890 Phoebe Ann Adair 59 59 It is not certain that Phebe is the daughter of Jacob Sr. She appears in his household on the 1850 census, but may be a first wife for Jacob, Jr. ~1849 - 1900 Rebecca J. "Becky" Ambrose 51 51 Mary Blocher ~1818 Henry Ambrose 1853 - 1920 Ella V. Ambrose 67 67 ~1864 Columbus J. Ambrose >1870 Nathan Ambrose ~1812 Catherine Ann Ambrose ~1815 - <1870 Christian C. Ambrose 55 55 ~1806 Rachel Ambrose Boggs ~1854 - >1928 Georgia Ann Ambrose 74 74 >1860 - >1928 Eva M. Ambrose 68 68 1849 - 1926 Rosanna Catherine Ambrose 77 77 ~1829 Mathias Aulabaugh ~1834 Elizabeth Aulabaugh ~1838 George Aulabaugh ~1841 Joseph Aulabaugh ~1843 Ann Aulabaugh 1833 Mary Clover 1838 - 1886 Jeremiah Clover 47 47 Marriage record: Franklin County Ohio Marriage Records, No. 7-496. Franklin County Genealogical Society. Page 210.
William H. Lambert Civil War records, no. 723071.
IGI File, Batch M513353, Source no. 285144, Film.
Death Record for William H. Lambert, No.26386. Ohio Historical Society, 1985 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211.
Census: 1880, Microfilm Reel 1015, 211 third Column left, 58 page right. Franklin County Genealogical Society, 570 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43216.
 1811 - 1889 Sarah Graham 78 78 ~1833 Elizabeth Jane Clover 1839 - 1853 James W. Clover 14 14 ~1835 Thomas H. Clover Marriage Certificate of Thomas H. Clover and Martha Brown, 18 May 1859, Certificate No. 7-277, Franklin County Marriages, Ref. No. 1803-1864 TEA, Complied by Franklin County Genealogical Society, 570 West Broad St., Columbus Ohio 43216.
 1842 - 1853 Nancy E. Clover 10 10 ~1847 Rose Ann Clover 1850 William Charles Clover 1816 Solomon Clover 1817 - 1886 Orin Clover 68 68 ~1820 Zebulon Clover 1824 - 1899 George M. Clover 74 74 Clover Exchange Newsletter: Vol. 2, Issue 2, Nov. 1986, page 20,21.
 1829 Rachel Clover Marriage: Franklin County Marriages Records, page 212, Doc. No. 5-119, Franklin County genealogical Society.
 1827 - 1831 Levi Clover 3 3 ~1836 Joshua Clover Marriage: Book: Franklin County Marriages No. 7-172. 1837 Millia Jane Clover Experience Hazel 1833 - 1910 Willis Clover 77 77 Civil War Vet: 95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Company D. 1827 - 1844 Catharine Clover 16 16 1807 - 1870 Joshua Cole 63 63 Marriage: Book: Franklin County Marriages No. 2-213. 1833 Thomas Cole 1838 John Cole Resided in 1870 and 1880 in Koscuisko Co., Indiana. 1838 - 1883 Elizabeth Cole 45 45 1805 - 1864 Mary Ann Mc Kendre 59 59 Marriage: Book: Franklin County Marriages No. 2-114. 1824 Nancy Maude Clover ~1827 - 1881 Rosanna Clover 54 54 Moved to Doniphan Co., Kansas. 1837 - 1899 Benjamin Hutchinson Clover 62 62 Served in Congress from 4 March 1891 to 3 March 1893.

When first married he moved to Illinois and then to Kansas. Moved to Cowley County Kansas in 1871.

Served in Congress, representing the Third Congressional District of Kansas.

Claim in section 16, township 31, range 7, east, in Grouse Valley.

Benjamin was very active in securing bonds fot the Southern Kansas Railway.

At the town of Lazette he built a sawmill and a gristmill. He had one of the largest and most fertile farms in the county, 1,600 acres in Grouse Valley.

He was the first justice of the peace in Windsor township.

He was a Populist,served as county commissioner in Illinois, and was a candidate for the state legislature in Kansas.

Religious views: Methodist.

Engaged in agricultural pursuits: member of the board of school commissioners 1873-1888, twice president of the Kansas State Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union and twice vice president of the national organization of that order, selected as the candidate of the Farmers' Alliance Party.

Obituary Topeka Daily Capital, Dec. 31, 1899. 1841 - 1896 John Clover 55 55 Civil War Vet: Company D, 186th OVI.
Served from 16 Feb 1865 to 18 Sept 1865.

Child: Gracie Clover: Daughter of Laura Beasley, born 31 Dec. 1887.
John Clover raised this girl. Question as to who her father may have been, pension papers state that the mother swore the child to John Clover. It does not
say who her father was. ~1804 - 1862 Sidney Walker 58 58 1829 George Clover 1832 Margaret Clover Nathan Clover 1836 Mahala Clover 1840 Catherine Clover 1806 - 1872 Rachel S. Keene 66 66 1843 - 1905 Phillip K. Clover 62 62 City Directory of Columbus, Ohio, 1874 lists Philip Clover. ~1818 - 1861 Sarah Atha 43 43 ~1835 Thomas H. Clover ~1836 - 1861 Elijah H. Clover 25 25 1841 - 1906 Eliza Clover 64 64 Marriage record: Book 2, Page 144.
Clover Chapel: Methodists, built in 1835 just north of where Alton Station.
Alton Cemetery: Franklin Co., Ohio Cemeteries, Vol VIII, page 26.
 ~1845 Russell B. Clover Civil War: Co. G, 185th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ~1848 Harriett Clover 1852 Samuel Clover ~1835 - 1903 William H. Clover 68 68 Civil War Vet: Co. G, 185th OVI.
Certificate No. 564528, National Archives Records. 1814 - 1896 Mary Ann Clover 82 82 1834 - 1844 Rose Ann Cole 9 9 ~1835 Martha Clover 1826 - 1836 Adron Clover 10 10 James Monroe Clover ~1851 - 1905 Charles B. Clover 54 54 1850 - 1917 Leonard B. Clover 67 67 1807 - 1875 Effie Widner 68 68 ~1832 Aaron Clover 1837 - 1897 Effie J. Clover 59 59 ~1840 Mary E. Clover ~1845 - 1928 Solomon Clover 83 83 Will: Book: Index To Estates Assigments And Trusts, Probate Court, Franklin Co, Ohio, 1801-1897 Vol. 1. Case No. 06360 (1867) Clover, Solomon, Est. Vol 6, page 141.

Civil War Vet: Co. G, 185th. OVI.

Census: 8 Aug 1870 in Ohio.
 1849 - 1854 Rebecca Clover 4 4 ~1842 - 1920 Caroline Clover 78 78 1825 - 1899 Margaret Jane Clover 73 73 1845 - 1846 Fred C. Clover 1 1 1831 - 1834 Jacob Clover 2 2 1839 William Clover ~1865 Anna E. Ambrose 1866 - 1938 Charles E. Ambrose 72 72 1868 - 1957 Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Ambrose 89 89 1870 Elmira Frances Ambrose ~1842 Mary E. Ambrose ~1846 - 1910 Laura F. Ambrose 64 64 According to Dale Dalton, this family later moved to Abilene, Texas. A Laura Coffey appears on the 1880 census in Grainger County (pg 504), but she is 29 and seems too young to be this Laura. ~1849 John H. Ambrose ~1849 Hamilton P. Ambrose 1832 - 1902 John W. Ambrose 69 69 1835 - 1887 Sarah E. Ambrose 51 51 1837 - 1911 Lucy E. Ambrose 73 73 1840 - 1882 Christian C. Ambrose 41 41 1843 - 1915 Henry W. Ambrose 71 71 1844 - 1909 Francis H. Ambrose 64 64 1847 - 1923 Eliza Ann Ambrose 75 75 ~1837 George W. Ambrose ~1839 - ~1890 Carter B. Ambrose 51 51 ~1841 Winifred C. Ambrose ~1843 Eliza Ambrose ~1845 Martha A. Ambrose ~1847 Lucinda F. Ambrose 1818 - 1898 John C. Ambrose 79 79 Moved to Champaign County, Ohio in 1831, then to Quincy, Logan County, Ohio. Worked as a carpenter, then went into the hotel business. In April, 1861, he sold out and went to Mason City, Mason County, Illinois. He purchased 40 acres to farm, then in Nov 1864, he opened the first restaurant in Mason City, which he ran for 3 years. 1826 - 1907 Rosanna A. Yost 81 81 ~1832 Susan ~1852 William J. Ambrose ~1854 Flora B. Ambrose ~1856 Walter Ambrose ~1859 Charles C. Ambrose 1841 Francis M. Ambrose ~1843 Maretha Ambrose ~1847 John G. Ambrose ~1842 Rebecca Rachel Ambrose ~1832 - <1900 Mary Electra Powell 68 68 Mary Electa Ambrose is listed as an heir of Henry Powell in pg. 515 of will book and pg. 122 of "Will Abstracts of Champaign Co., Ohio, Books A thru F 1810-1888". Henry Powell's will was probated 18 Nov 1868.
 1832 James Roe Ambrose 1837 Mary Ann Mc Cumsey Henry Ambrose ~1816 - ~1886 Nancy Leopard 70 70 Marriage 1 George DUGAN
    * Married: 19 DEC 1833 in Berkeley County, Virginia 7

Marriage 2 Jonathan LECHRONE b: ABT 1818 in Maryland
    * Married: 12 AUG 1837 in Washington County, Maryland 8 7

Children
   1.  Catharine LECHRONE b: ABT 1839 in Berkeley County, Virginia
   2.  Adam Demetrius LECHRONE b: ABT 1842 in Berkeley County, Virginia
   3.  Ann Lucine LECHRONE b: ABT 1844 in Berkeley County, Virginia
   4.  Jonathan R. LECHRONE b: ABT 1847 in Monroe Twp., Miami County, Ohio
   5.  Sarah Caroline LECHRONE b: ABT 1855 in Monroe Twp., Miami County, Ohio

Marriage 3 Henry AMBROSE b: ABT 1809 in Berkeley County, Virginia
    * Married: 16 NOV 1863 in Miami County, Ohio
 1857 - 1908 Jacob Henry Ambrose 50 50 Sarah 1874 - 1953 Samuel Nelson Ambrose 78 78 1875 - 1953 William Cyrus Ambrose 78 78 1879 Levi Asburry Ambrose 1880 Eva Masselle Ambrose 1872 Lillie May Ambrose 1816 George Rizer Barnes 1819 - 1911 James Thomas Barnes 92 92 1823 - 1831 Rebecca Ann Barnes 8 8 1825 - 1842 Sophia Frances Barnes 17 17 1828 - 1904 Benjamin F. Barnes 76 76 1832 - 1854 Rezin Liles Barnes 22 22 1834 - 1913 William Marian Barnes 78 78 1840 - 1925 Jacob Andrew Barnes 84 84 ~1833 - <1880 John Ambrose 47 47 ~1835 Nelson Ambrose ~1839 - 1872 Richard M. Ambrose 33 33 ~1843 - 1929 Rebecca Ambrose 86 86 ~1844 James Ambrose Eliza Ann Bailey D. 1892 Margaret (Gee) Noble ~1823 Sarah Ambrose ~1833 Samuel Ambrose ~1839 George Ambrose Thomas Jones ~1823 Margaret Ambrose 1858 - 1880 Samuel Seibert 22 22 1823 - 1901 Henry Seibert 77 77 1826 - 1892 Rosannah Ambrose 65 65 ~1846 Philander R. Seibert ~1849 Jacob Seibert ~1851 Mary Seibert ~1854 George Seibert 1855 - 1929 Malcomb Bowers Seibert 74 74 ~1860 Charles Seibert 1852 - 1911 George Edward Ambrose 59 59 ~1862 John C. Ambrose He was murdered in either Seward or Grand Island, Nebraska. ~1866 Elmer E. Ambrose "At one time, lived in Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri. One evening he got drunk, left his mother's house, and was never heard from again." [Charles Ambrose] ~1854 Rosina Ambrose ~1864 Mary G. Ambrose ~1868 Martha J. Ambrose ~1871 Laura Avalena Ambrose ~1859 William L. Ambrose Went West and settled around Mirriam, Kansas. 1809 Mary Ann Ambrose ~1843 Mary E. Ambrose ~1851 Lycurgus E. Ambrose 1855 - 1916 John Ferdinand Ambrose 61 61 1861 - 1939 Newton Isaac Seibert 77 77 ~1846 Martha J. Ambrose 1850 - 1918 Hiram W. Ambrose 67 67 1852 - 1905 Lewis R. Ambrose 53 53 D. 1832 Franklin Inskeep 1851 - 1917 Ann Elizabeth Ambrose 65 65 ~1852 Henry B. Ambrose 1857 John G. Ambrose 1858 George W. Ambrose 1860 Edward C. Ambrose ~1864 Thomas R. Ambrose ~1808 Isaac Clark ~1812 - <1869 Peter Ambrose 57 57 (-) Crabb Eliza Crabb Emma Crabb ~1830 Mathias E. Ambrose ~1822 William Ambrose ~1849 William H. Ambrose ~1843 Joseph L. Kitchen ~1838 Peter Clark 1830 Jacob Ambrose Clark ~1834 John Clark ~1836 Ann Clark ~1837 Joshua Clark ~1845 Isaac Harrison Clark 1856 - 1927 Nancy Virginia Ambrose 71 71 ~1858 Alice V. Ambrose ~1859 Charles L. Ambrose ~1865 Ason McCumsey Ambrose ~1846 John Neil 1848 Elizabeth Neil ~1832 John Ambrose 1851 Peter H. Ambrose ~1854 Mary L. Ambrose 1835 Mary A. ~1848 F. C. Ambrose 1883 Harry W. Ambrose 1886 Amanda J. Ambrose ~1852 Joseph D. Ambrose ~1853 Sarah T. Ambrose ~1855 George M. Ambrose ~1857 Mary M. Ambrose ~1859 Charles E. Ambrose ~1870 Nettie Ambrose ~1873 Judson W. Ambrose 1864 William Ambrose 1779 - 1839 Rosina Crum 60 60 ~1781 - 1854 Christian Crum 73 73 1782 - 1860 Christiana Crum 78 78 1784 - 1860 Mary Ann "Polly" Crum 76 76 1787 - 1861 Lewis Crum 74 74 1790 - 1865 Henry Crum 75 75 ~1797 John Crum ~1801 Rachel Crum She settled in Belmont County, Ohio. 1792 Catherine Crum ~1795 Anna Maria Crum She settled in Highland County. 1799 Sarah Crum ~1811 Magdalena Crum ~1823 George W. Crum ~1838 John W. Crum ~1801 Rachel Mc Cartney Elizabeth Moles 1787 Sarah "Sally" Eagle Martin Wolford ~1713 Anthony Crum An "Anthon Krum" shipped from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship Edinburgh, on 2 Oct 1753, landing at the Port of Philadelphia. While not confirmed, this appears to be our Anthony CRUM. One historian says the family settled first in or near Media, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania. A descendant of Anthony's says they settled by Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania.

Either location was temporary for by 1774, Anthony had purchased 600 acres of land from Lord Fairfax, and was settled in Frederick Co., Virginia, where he would remain permanently. It is reported that he paid 1500 English pounds for the property, an extraordianry sum for the time. This would have paid for the labor of 15 men for 8 or 9 years.

The first census of the United States (1782-1785) shows Anthony Crum, Sr., and his sons, Anthony, Jr., Christian, Sr., and Henry, were Heads of Families in Frederick Co., Virginia.

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Anthony Crum, Sr. was born about 1713 in the Lower Rhineland, Germany; shipped from Rotterdam on the Ship Edinburgh, landing in the Port of Philadelphia October 2, 1753. He settled first in Pennsylvania and a few years later moved to Frederick County, Virginia. He died about 1804. There is some belief that the Crum Families lived near the Holland Border and the origin may be Dutch rather than German. Anthony Crum purchased 600 acres from Lord Fairfax only a few miles from Winchester. He was apparently a wealthy man. His son Christian married Christiana Schmidt in Pennsylvania before the family moved to Virginia.

None of the Crums were slaveholders. Christian Sr. and Henry Sr., identical twins, were ministers of the Gospel and had their own Churches in Winchester. Christian's Church became known as "Old Crum's Meeting House." Christian preached in German while Henry worked with Bishop Francis Asbury of the Methodist Movement and is said to have preached in English. Christian and Henry were said to have been Chaplains in Washington's Army and were believed to have been with him at Yorktown. They are also said to have sat in Masonic Meetings in Winchester with George Washington.

Christian made some Circuit Rider missions into Maryland and Pennsylvania. He worked closely with Bishop Christian Newcomer, Bishop Otterbein of Baltimore, and several other leading ministers of the area to organize the new denomination, United Brethren in Christ, largely a German speaking church. It grew and spread as immigrants moved westward into new states and territories. Its doctrines were very similar to the English Methodists and in about 1960, the United Brethren in Christ and Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Churches united to form the United Methodist Church denomination.

Quite a few Crum descendants became Ministers. The Crums tended to have large families. Christian Sr. had thirteen. Ten of his children migrated to Ohio, mostly in Highland County. The Crums were Farmers, Carpenters, and Laborers, and a significant number were Ministers.

There are thousands of descendants of Anthony Crum, Sr. scattered throughout the US. There was also another Crum immigrant -- Mathias Crum, Sr. -- who was believed to be a brother of Anthony Sr. There were two distinct lines of "CRUMS" that spread across the country. The descendants of Mathias Sr. early on migrated farther to the West to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and the South. Many of Anthony Sr.'s descendants either stayed in Virginia or moved to Ohio.

Two Crum descendants have authored histories of the Crum Families in America. Judge Lybarger of Ohio covered primarily the Anthony Crum Sr. line which is our line of descent. Ferris B. Crum covered primarily the Mathias Sr. line but did include much of Lybargers' research. Winston Crum of Tennessee was planning a revision of his father's book in 1996-97 but was going to restrict his coverage to the Mathias Crum Sr. line only.

Lowell Shire
 Phillip Stone Margaret Hotsenpillar John Dedrick Bidaman ~1819 Alcinda Crum ~1820 Rachel Lizner Crum ~1827 Strawder M. Crum ~1831 Elijah L. Crum ~1833 Sarah M. Crum ~1835 Ann Crum ~1837 Millie Crum John Harrison Crum ~1833 John S. Crum ~1812 William E. Crum 1824 Christian John Crum 1825 Joseph Delop Crum 1823 William Crum Hannah Barr ~1795 Sarah "Sally" Mc Intyre Ridgway He settled in Highland County, Ohio. Robert Lowry Johns John Wells Gibson Gardner ~1748 - 1819 Johann Henry Crum 71 71 "Henry, and his wife, Modlena, on 17 Nov 1817, conveyed to certain trustees thirty-two poles of land for the erection of a Methodist Church." This is quoted from Ferris B. Crum; A CRUM FAMILY IN AMERICA; but he does not say where this land was located. Mary Magdalena ~1717 Freny Cyphret ~1740 - 1824 Anthony Crum 84 84 ~1750 - 1819 Mary Crum 69 69 ~1752 - <1804 Catherine Crum 52 52 ~1754 Anna Crum ~1756 Elizabeth Crum Anna Elizabeth ~1765 Henry Crum Daniel Heckendorn ~1830 Christina R. Crum ~1833 Mary V. Crum ~1835 Catherine R. G. Crum ~1836 Emily A. Crum ~1831 Sally M. Crum ~1839 A M Crum ~1748 - 1820 Christian Crum 72 72 Christian and his twin brother Henry were both ministers. Apparently Christian was generally considered to be United Brethren, and Henry a Methodist. However, the two brothers worked together closely as did these two early off-shoots of the German Reformed Church. They would often follow each other to the pulpit; Christian preaching to the German United Brethren, and Henry preaching in English to the Methodists.

Christian, and his twin brother, Henry, were both ministers. Apparently Christian was generally considered to be United Brethren, and Henry a Methodist. The two brothers, however, worked together closely as did these two early off-shoots of the German Reformed Church. They would often follow each other to the pulpit; Christian preaching to the German United Brethren, and Henry preaching in English to the Methodists. ~1752 - >1831 Christiana Schmidt 79 79 ~1727 - 1802 Philip A Clover 75 75 Children
1. Barbara CLOVER b: in Germany
2. Henry CLOVER b: 1 APR 1751 in Virginia
3. Christena CLOVER b: 11 AUG 1761 in Virginia
4. Philip A. CLOVER b: BET 1765 AND 1770
5. Margaret CLOVER b: ABT 1771 in Virginia
6. Rosanna CLOVER b: 1774 in Virginia

They may have had 2 more children besides those listed, i.e. Peter and George.

 ~1728 - ~1778 Elizabeth 50 50 1762 - 1838 Mathias G. Rizer 76 76 1762 Mary Michael 1803 Catherine Rizer ~1809 Rachel Rizer 1800 George Rizer D. <1890 Ambrose ? ~1805 Ambrose ~1805 Ambrose ~1805 Ambrose ~1834 - <1850 Clover 16 16 ~1819 - <1830 Ambrose 11 11 ~1805 Ambrose ~1805 Ambrose ~1797 Ambrose ~1827 Ambrose 1807 - 1894 Margaret "Polly" Rizer 86 86 "Aunt Polly" lived to become a legend. She delighted in telling her children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews about the early pioneer days and the long trek from Virginia to Ohio. Mary J B Jarboe Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.