Descendants of John Meighen and Christena Watters
PART II - These are some of my notes related to a 5-generation chart for the descendants of John Meighen and Christena Watters. The children of John and Christena are given in Meighen family history to include Peter, Elsie, Hugh, John, Susanna, Abigail, Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, and Margaret. Also included in the article below are possible daughers Louisa and Catherine. If you would like further details, or would like to share notes, on these families please let me know.
Peter Meighen
Peter Meighen married Elizabeth Morrison and raised their family in and near Seneca township, Guernsey Co., Ohio, a township which became part of Noble County when it was formed in 1851. Peter is found farming in Seneca in 1830 as well as in 1850, raising a family which included Hugh, Belinda, Christiana, Mary, Catherine, John, James, Ann, and William. In 1854 Peter died in his early 50's, leaving widowed Elizabeth and youngest daughter Ann to move in with the Lawheads, i.e. her eldest daughter Belinda. Peter is buried at Coen Church Cemetery.
Hugh, son of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Hugh Meighen married Louisa Jane Lawhead in 1849 Guernsey County and established a farm in Lodi township, Athens County, Ohio in the 1850s. It was here they raised their family, and it was here the couple would spent the remainder of their days. Many of their children remained in Athens County raising their families as well. Hugh and Louisa had at least 7 children who married, Louisa (aka Eliza) passing way in 1901, and Hugh in 1908.
They are buried at Asbury Cemetery in Athens County.
Belinda, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Daughter Belinda (aka Melinda or Linda) married James Lawhead in 1849 Guernsey Co., Ohio and also moved to Lodi township in Athens County. This was the township her brother Hugh had established his farm. James Lawhead was a brother of Hugh's wife Louisa, both children of Elisha Lawhead. When Belinda's mother Elizabeth widowed, she came to live with the Lawheads in Athens County, along with Belinda's youngest sister Ann. The Lawheads later moved to Meigs County, Ohio, where widowed mother Elizabeth Meighen was again living with them in 1880. The Lawheads are known to have had 2 surviving children. Belinda is believed to be buried in Chester Cemetery, Meigs County, Ohio.
Christiana, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen?
Christiana also seems to be a member of Peter's family, as suggested by the 1840 census. Christiana Meighen married William Thomas in 1846 Guernsey County, and they also moved to Lodi township, Athens County, by 1860. By the latter half of the 1860s the Thomas' moved to Carroll County, Missouri where it is thought that Christiana may have died by the early 1870s. They had a family of at least 9 children.
Mary, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Mary Meighen was married to David Culbertson in 1856 Noble County, and was left a widow at an early age. They were not known to have any children, and Mary remained a widow for the remainder of her life. She lived with other members of the extended family, spending some time with brother John while he was living in Indiana. She lived for a number of years with her aunt, Mary Ann (Meighen) Bates. Mary died in 1912 Noble County and was buried at Coen Church Cemetery.
Catherine, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Other members of Peter and Elizabeth's family included daughter Catherine who married Hugh Bates in 1856 Noble County. They raised their family in the Seneca township area and the two remained there the remainder of their lives. They had a large family of 12 children. Both Hugh and Catherine are buried at Bates Cemetery in Wills Creek, Noble Co., Ohio.
John, son of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Another son John married Sarah Jane Coen in 1857 Noble County, and they raised their family in the Seneca township area. They had 4 children, 2 of whom reached the age of marriage. John and Sarah were members of Mount Ephraim church, and spent the remainder of their days in the Seneca township area. John and Sarah are buried at First M.E. Church Cemetery, Coen, Noble County, Ohio.
James, son of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
James married Susannah Riggs in 1857 Noble county, and they followed other members of the family to Athens Co., Ohio. James and Susannah reared a family of 7 prior to making a move West. They are found in Grundy County, Missouri in the 1880s, and it was here that many family members were married and spent their remaining lives. James and Susannah are buried at Berry Cemetery, Galt, Grundy Co., Missouri.
Ann, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
Ann was the youngest daughter of the family and was living with her widowed mother in 1860 Lodi township at the age of 19. If she married it is unknown to this author. A death date for Ann of September 18, 1871 is cited in family history.
William, son of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen
At the death of his father, William was about age 8 or 9. At first he likely lived with other members of the extended family, before becoming a laborer on farms in Guernsey county until reaching the age of maturity. It was here that he married Mary E Winnett in 1874 and, after a few short years in West Virginia, they returned to Ohio and raised a family of 4. William died in Guernsey County in 1903, his wife Mary in 1923. They are buried at Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
Elsie Meighen
The early census points to one, or two daughters, of John & Christena who were born by 1805. A daughter named Elsie is mentioned in family history (who married Thomas DeLong), however records suggests it was a Catherine Meighen who married Thomas DeLong and Catherine was born about 1811. If there was a daughter named Elsie she may have been one of the older daughters.
There is one interesting possibility suggested by at least one family tree. This was an Elsie 'Meighen' who married Jesse Headley. In the Headley family trees her name is given to be 'Mahan'. The spelling of the Meighen name in early Ohio marriage records is variously given as Mehen, Meehen, Mehon, Mehin, and Mahen, so it is not unreasonable to believe Elsie 'Mahan' Headley may have been part of John and Christena's family. Elsie Headley was born about June 14, 1804, according to her gravestone in Marion Co., Illinois, and she was born in Pennsylvania.
Elsie and Jesse Headley initially raised their family in Malaga, Monroe Co., Ohio (on the border of 'old' Guernsey county). By 1850 Jesse & Elsie's family were living in Pee Pee township, Pike Co., Ohio. Both of these places were within a few miles of where Meighen families had also lived. Jesse and Elsie then relocated to Marion County, Illinois, where Elsie died on October 10, 1865.
Hugh Meighen
Hugh married Elizabeth Casner in 1842 Guernsey County, Ohio. Being nearly 40 years of age at the time of this marriage, it is unknown to this author if he may have married previously. What is known is this Meighen family farmed in Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio at an early date and are located there by 1850. Hugh and Elizabeth had a family of 5 known children, including Sarah, Adam, John, Hester and Peter. Hugh died in 1860 Ross Co., Ohio, and his wife in 1879, both buried at Tuvell Cemetery, near Chillocothe.
Sarah Jane, daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth Meighen
Sarah married Martin Rozell about 1860 in Ross Co., Ohio. They had a family of 3 surviving children, members of the family moving to Grand Pass, Saline County, Missouri by the 1880s. Sarah and Martin moved to Ottawa twp, Franklin County, Kansas by the turn of the century where they both died, Martin in 1910 and Sarah in 1929. They are buried at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa.
Adam, son of Hugh & Elizabeth Meighen
Adam married Mary Ann Cockerell in 1870 Ross County, Ohio, and they had four daughters: Flora, Elizabeth, Harriet and Clara. Adam was left a widower when Mary Ann died in 1876, and he remarried in November 1880 Ross County to Rose Ann Holdren. Adam was living as a divorcee in Noble County in 1910, and later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to live with his daughter Harriet. He died there in 1930.
John, son of Hugh & Elizabeth Meighen
John was living in 1880 with his widowed brother Adam at the age of 28. He later moved with his older sister Sarah to Missouri and Kansas. John never married and died in Kansas about 1930. He is buried at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa.
Hester Ann, daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth Meighen
Hester married George Ridgeway in 1872 Ross County, Ohio. Hester died in August of the same year. Her burial is said to be in Tuvell-Meighen Cemetery in Huntington township.
Peter, son of Hugh & Elizabeth Meighen
Peter was about 4 years old when his father died, and lived with his widowed mother for a time. After his mother's death in 1879 he is found working on a farm in Guernsey County, and it was here that he married Isabelle Gooderls in 1880. They had a family of 4 which included Charles, Letha, Eva and Vera. Peter died in 1936 and Isable in 1951, both buried at Northwood Cemetery in Cambridge.
John Meighen
John married Nancy Rinehart in 1830 Guernsey County, Ohio and they had 10 children, 7 of whom are known to have married. Their family remained and farmed in Guernsey County, where John died in November 1866, buried at Mt. Ephraim Cemetery in Seneca township. Nancy Rinehart Meighen died a few years later, her death given as June 23, 1870, and by the 1870 census two of the younger children were found living with Bates relatives. John and Nancy's children included Perry Comodore, Sarah, Susannah, Peter, Mary Melissa, Nancy, Armelia, John, Rinehart, and Samuel.
Nancy Rinehart is said to be a sister of Enos Rinehart who married Susannah Meighen (sister of John Meighen). The family of Nancy and Enos are covered in an article about the Rinehart families of Ross County, Ohio.
Perry Comodore, son of John & Nancy Meighen
Perry married Mary Catlett about 1853, and they farmed in Wayne township, Noble County, Ohio for over 50 years. They raised a family of 9, all of whom married. Perry died at age 88, and Mary at age 91. Both are buried at Senecaville Cemetery.
Sarah, daughter of John & Nancy Meighen
Sarah is thought to have 1st married John Bush and had a daughter Rebecca in 1852. Sarah is then believed to have married Joseph Danford, and had a son Reuben in 1856. Sarah married John Selby on July 12, 1860 in Guernsey County and had a family of 5. They farmed in Noble County into the early 1900s. Sarah died in 1909 and is buried at East Union Cemetery, Noble Co., Ohio.
Susannah, daughter of John & Nancy Meighen
Susan married widower Thomas Jefferis in 1854 Noble County, and had 2 or 3 daughters before Thomas died in 1860 in Beaver township. What became of Susan after the 1860 census, this author is unaware.
Peter, son of John & Nancy Meighen
Peter married Eveline Peters in 1860 Guernsey County, and had a family of at least 7. Peter and Eveline spent their married lives in Jackson twp, Guernsey Co., Ohio. They are both buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Mary Melissa, daughter of John & Nancy Meighen
Mary married Lott Triplett in 1856 Guernsey Co., Ohio and moved shortly after to Warren County, Illinois with members of the Triplett family. Her husband died there in 1862, and Mary returned to Ohio marrying John Rutherford in 1868 Noble County. Mary had 3 children from the 1st marriage, and another child from the 2nd marriage. Her whereabouts after the 1880 census is unknown to this author, her second husband remarried in 1893 Noble County, Ohio.
Nancy Jane, daughter of John & Nancy Meighen
Nancy appears to have married John R Dinges, lived in Noble Co., Ohio, and they had 4 children named Ambrose Dinges, Anna Maria Dinges, John Rutherford Dingies, and William Carter Dingies. Nancy may have died between 1883-1888, since her husband appears to have remarried in 1888.
Armalia, daughter of John & Nancy Meighen
There is some indication that Armalia had a daughter named Mary Melissa Wilson, and they were living with Armalia's sister Sarah (Selby) in 1870 Noble co., Ohio. Mary Melissa Wilson (Moorhead), born in 1865, is buried in Senecaville, Guernsey Co., Ohio.
John, son of John & Nancy Meighen
After the death of his father, John was living with his aunt Mary Bates. John married Mary Dollison in 1872 Guernsey Co, Ohio, and they had a family of 5. They farmed in Guernsey County. John and Mary are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Samuel, son of John & Nancy Meighen
After the death of his father, Samuel was living with his cousin Wyatt Bates. Samuel married Sarah Wyscarver in 1874 Noble County, Ohio, and they raised a family of 5, farming at first in Noble County, but spending their remaining days in Guernsey County. They both lived past the age of 80. Samuel and Sarah are buried in Harmony Christian Cemetery.
Susannah Meighen
Susannah was born in Pensylvania about 1808, and her husband was Enos Rinehart. Enos was a brother of Nancy, wife of John Meighen. They married in 1827 Guernsey Co., Ohio, and had 14 children. They farmed at first in Guernsey County, and then in the 1840s they began farming in Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio. After Enos' death in 1874, widowed Susan lived with some of her married children. She was living with the Wilcoxes in nearby Pike County, Ohio in 1880, with her daughter Jane.
Samuel, son of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Samuel married Maria Jane Kerns [Kearns] in 1849 Pike county, and they had 10 children. After living in Pike County, near Maria's parents, the family began farming in nearby Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio where they raised their family and spent their remaining days.
Abigail, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Abigail married Robert Hayes in 1849 Ross County, Ohio, and they had 6 children. They farmed in Huntington township, until moving to Logan County, Illinois in the early 1860s. It was here they spent their remaining lives, passing away at relatively young ages sometime before 1875.
John, son of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
John married Elizabeth Bradford in 1851 Scioto County, Ohio and they had 11 children. They spent the first few years farming in Huntington township, before moving to nearby Pebble township in Pike County. John died in 1893 and Elizabeth in 1915, both buried at Pentecostal Church of Christ in Ross County, Ohio.
Louisa, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Louisa married Samuel Hayes in 1850 Ross County. Samuel was a brother of Abigail's husband Robert Hayes. The family farmed in Huntington township until Samuel's death there in 1863. They had 7 known children, who were spread among various households after Samuel's early passing. Louisa was to marry again, to Joseph Collins in 1873 Ross County. By 1880 Louisa was again widowed and living with some of the children in Fayette Co., Ohio. Louisa later lived in Nebraska and Oklahoma with her youngest daughter Flora.
Levi, son of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Levi married Mary Magdalene Arieon in 1864 Champaign Co., Ohio. The family farmed in Huntington township, and are known to have at least 6 children. Levi's whereabouts after 1880 is unknown to this author. His wife Mary remarried about 1893 and died in 1923.
Ezeriah and Enos and William, sons of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Early accounts of Ezerias (Ezerias, Ezra) Rinehart or his younger brothers Enos and William are somewhat vague. They all lived at least into their teens, and there is a good possiblity they were the Ezeriah, Enos and William Rinehart who all served in the 73rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, a regiment which was formed at Chillicothe. If that is the case then Enos died August 06, 1864 at Vining Station, Georgia; and William died May 26, 1864 at New Hope Church, Georgia. Ezerias Rinehart appears to have married Carolina Haynes in July 1861 Ross County (or should this read 1867?). They had a son named James born in 1869. Ezeriah passed away in 1901, his wife Caroline in 1899, according to the records of Klutz Cemetery in Ross Co., Ohio.
Sarah Jane, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Sarah married Harrison Hayes, a younger brother of Robert and Samuel Hayes listed above. They married in Ross County in 1859 and spent the first 10 years farming in the same County. After a short stint in Piatt Co., Illinois the family returned to Ross County, and in 1878 moved across the county border into Pee Pee township, Pike County, Ohio. Later the couple moved to Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois. They had 11 children, some of whom died at young ages.
Susannah, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Susannah married James Acton in 1879 Pike County, and it was in this county they remained, farming in Pebble township. Susannah appears to have had two children prior to her marriage to James, who were named Fanny and Emma. James and Susannah, as well as Fanny, are buried at Mt. Latham Cemetery, Pike Co., Ohio.
Nancy Jane, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Nancy Jane married Alonzo Wilcox in 1879 Pike County, and they lived in that county for a time. They had 2 children. Before the turn of the century they were farming in Twin township, Ross County, Ohio; and it was it was here they both passed on, Nancy in February 1919, and Alonzo in February 1920. They are buried at Twin Township Cemetery, Ross Co., Ohio.
Mary Ann, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
It is unknown to this author if Mary Ann married. She was still living with her parents in 1880, at the age of 31.
Esther Linda, daughter of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Esther married Albert McBride in 1874 Pike County. They had perhaps 2 sons and a daughter Alice who was born 1879. It was at this time, or shortly after, that Esther died. Her husband never remarried and died in 1914. They lived in Pebble township.
Robert Hayes, son of Susannah & Enos Rinehart
Robert married Hannah Jane (Jennie) Freeman in 1882 Pike County, and they moved to Union township, Fayette Co., Ohio, raising a family of 4. Robert died in 1924 and his wife in 1926.
Abigail Meighen
Abigail married George Ross in 1831 Guernsey County, Ohio and had at least 9 children: William, Amos, Matilda, John, James, Mary George, Almestia (Marinda Ellen?), and Bethel. They lived for a time in Guernsey County before moving to a new farm in Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio during the 1840s. It was in Ross County they raised their family, and where many of the children were married. Later in life the couple moved to the area of Nodaway County, Missouri where George died in 1893 and Abigail in 1897. Abigail and George are buried at Prairie Home Cemetery in Nodaway County.
William, son of Abigail and George Ross
William married Elizabeth Hughey in 1862 Ross County, Ohio, and had 3 children who reached the age of marriage. They lived all of their married lives in Ross County, where William died in 1881 at almost age 50, while Elizabeth lived to be age 76.
Amos, son of Abigail and George Ross
Amos was born in 1834 and married Elizabeth Rinehart in 1858 Ross County, Ohio. They are listed together in the 1860 Huntongton twp, Ross Co. ,Ohio census. They had 3 children before Amos died in 1865 as a result of the Civil War. He served in Co. B, 63rd Ohio and is buried at Annapolis National Cemetery. Amos and Elizabeth's infant daughter Emma (born October 25 1863) is buried at Pentecostal Church of Christ Cemetery in Huntington township. Amos' wife Elizabeth remarried James Swope in 1867, and the Swopes remained in the Paxton area of Ross county. In the 1890 Veterans census Elizabeth Swope is cited as the widow of Amos Ross who served in Co. B, 63rd Ohio Infantry.
(NOTE: A younger Amos Ross, born abt. 1838 and a son of Isaac Ross, married Hannah Jenkins in 1860 Pike Co., Ohio. They are listed together in the 1860 Perry twp, Pike Co., Ohio census, and he is listed in there in the June 1863 Civil War Draft Registrations at age 25. This Amos served in Co. E, 63rd Ohio, died on October 2, 1863, and is buried at Memphis National Cemetery)
Matilda, daughter of Abigail and George Ross
Matilda married Barzilla Rozell in 1855 Ross County, Ohio, and they had 3 children. They lived their married lives in Ross County, and passed away in 1912 and 1911, respectively. They are both buried at Grandview Cemetery near Chillicothe.
John, son of Abigail and George Ross
John married twice. First to Lizzie Rief in 1865 Ross County, with 3 known children. He moved to Missouri in the early 1870s and secondly married Sarah Elizabeth Curnutt, and had an additional 3 children. John died in 1918 in Holt County, Missouri, and was buried at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri.
James, son of Abigail and George Ross
James appears to have died at age 12, on September 14, 1852, and is buried at Pentecostal Church of Christ Cemetery in Huntington township.
Mary, daughter of Abigail and George Ross
Mary married Ebenezer Rozell in 1860 Ross County, Ohio, where two of their surviving children were born. In the early 1870s the family moved to Missouri where two more children were born. They spent most of their married lives farming in Clay township, Holt Co., Missouri. Mary and Ebenezer are buried at K of P Cemetery, Maitland, Missouri.
George, son of Abigail and George Ross
George was age 5 in 1850 and he was age 15 in 1860. George's later wherabouts are uncertain to this author. Note: A researcher suggests he died July 1917 in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, however this George (who married Elizabeth Stultz) was born about 1842 and was a son of Amos Ross per his death certificate.
Almestia, daughter of Abigail and George Ross
A 2-month old Almestia appears in the 1850 household of George & Abigail. She appears to be the Marinda Ellen Ross who died September 8, 1852 and is buried at Pentecostal Church of Christ Cemetery in Huntington township.
Bethel, son of Abigail and George Ross
Bethel was a physician. He had also moved to Missouri where he married Mary Harman on January 06, 1881 in Maitland, Holt Co., Missouri. Bethel died in Holt Co., Missouri in August 1884. He was buried in Nodaway County, Missouri.
Mary Ann Meighen
Mary Ann married Bethel Bates in 1831 Guernsey County, raising a family of 13 in Seneca township, Guernsey County (now Noble County), Ohio. It was here they spent their lives, both being buried at Bates Hill Cemetery, in Noble County, Ohio. Their children included Abraham, Hugh, Rebecca, Simeon, Harriet, Lewis, Patrick, Rosaline, Herman, Luana, Susannah, Bethel, and Levi.
Abraham, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Abraham married Mary A. Morris about 1854, and farmed in Guernsey County until about 1869, when the family moved to Highland township, Greene County, Indiana. It was here the last of 7 surviving children were born. It was also here the family remained, Abraham dying in 1913, and his wife a number of years before this. Abraham was buried in Newark Cemetery, Greene County, Indiana.
Hugh, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Hugh Bates married Catherine Meighen in 1856 Noble County, Ohio. Catherine was a daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Meighen. At first the couple was farming in Jackson township, Guernsey Co., Ohio, but soon moved to a farm in Seneca township where they spent the remainder of their days. They had 13 children, 9 of whom married. Hugh died in 1899 and Catherine in 1904, both buried at Bates Hill Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
Rebecca, daughter of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Rebecca married Samuel McNutt in 1860 Noble County, Ohio. The family farmed in various locations in Guernsey and Noble counties before settling in Richland township, Guernsey County, Ohio. They had 9 children, 4 of whom are known to have married. Samuel died in 1917 and Rebecca in 1919, both butied at Senecaville.
Simeon, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Simeon married Mary Kirkbride in 1861 Noble County, Ohio, and they had a large family of 14. They farmed for many years in Wayne township, Noble County, Ohio, Simeon dying in 1897 and Mary in 1911. Both are buried at Mt. Ephraim Cemetery.
Harriet, daughter of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Harriet married Moses Moore in 1860 Noble County, Ohio. They farmed in Guernsey County most of their married lives, bearing 9 children, 4 of whom are known to have married. Moses died in 1906 and Harriet in 1911, both buried at Clark's Cemetery, Guernsey Co., Ohio.
Lewis, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Lewis married Sarah Kirkbride in 1865 Noble County, and they had 9 children who were all born in that county. All 9 children lived to marry. Lewis died at an early age in 1885, leaving widowed Sarah to raise the children. Sarah died in 1914, buried at Bates Hill Cemetery.
Patrick, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Patrick married Mary Ellen Hughes in 1866 Noble County. They had two children before Ellen and both children tragically died in 1869. In 1881 Patrick remarried to Mary Morris and they had 6 children, 3 of which died as infants. They farmed in Marion township, Noble Co., Ohio, and the couple are buried at Bates Cemetery.
Rosaline, daughter of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Rosaline married Samuel Stewart in 1866 Noble county. They moved to a farm in Buck township, Edgar County, Illinois where two sons were born. Samuel died in Illinois sometime prior to 1899, and Rosaline moved back to Ohio and remarried Martin Snode. Martin died a few short years later, and Rosaline went to Oklahoma and lived with her son Albert for a time. Rosaline passed away in 1920 Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, and was buried in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.
Herman, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Herman (aka Harmon) went with his sister Rosaline to Edgar County, Illinois and it was here that he married Emeline Stewart. It is possible that Emeline was a sister to Samuel Stewart who married Rosaline. Herman farmed in Buck township, as did his sister's family. He later moved to Paris, and lived there for a time. In 1896, perhaps the time his widowed sister moved back to Ohio, Herman and Emeline moved back to Noble County, Ohio. His wife Emeline died in 1906 while on a visit to some of the children in Edgar Co., Illinois. Widowed Herman was living in Caldwell in 1910. He died in Florida in 1929 and was buried beside his wife in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.
Louana, daughter of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Louana (aka Luana) married John Franklin Groves in 1869 Noble County, Ohio. They farmed in Seneca township their married lives, having 10 children. John died there in 1924, and Luana died in 1933 where they were both laid to rest at Mt. Ephraim Cemetery.
Susannah, daughter of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Susannah married John Christopher in 1870 Noble County, Ohio, and they had 6 children. They farmed in Noble County all their married lives, four of their married children living in the vicinity. John died in 1915 and Susanah in 1929. She is buried at Bates Hill Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
Bethel, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Bethel married Abigail Stotts in 1874 Noble County. They had four children. Shortly after marriage and the birth of their first child, the family moved to Dickinson County, Kansas where the 2nd child was born. He soon moved back to Ohio where he farmed on the old Bates homestead in Seneca township. After Abigail's death in the early 1920s, Bethel married Ann (Smallwood) Bates, widow of Moses Bates (son of Timothy and Sarah). Bethel and Abigail are buried at Bates Hill Cemetery.
Levi, son of Mary Ann and Bethel Bates
Levi was the last of the children, born in 1853, and he died at a young age.
Louisa F Meighen
A daughter named Margaret is mentioned in Meighen family history to have married Levi Glover. The author is fairly certain it was Louisa F Meighen who married Levi Glover in 1834 Guernsey County, Ohio. It was the general area of Mt. Ephraim, on the Guernsey - Noble County, Ohio border, that they raised their family of 11. Their children included Enos, Susannah, William, Chistina, Elizabeth, John George, Bethel Bates, Mariah, Levi, George, and Louvina. Louisa and Levi are buried at Mt Ephraim Cemetery in Noble County, Noble Co., Ohio, where they both died in the 1880s.
Enos, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
Enos married Mary Fidelia Fowler in 1861 Noble County, Ohio. They had 3 known children, perhaps two others dying as infants. Enos died at age 38 in Noble County in 1874 and was buried in Halleys Ridge Cemetery. His widow and children would later move to Guthrie County, Iowa, where she died in 1929.
Susannah, daughter of Louisa and Levi Glover
Susanna married Charles W Arndt in 1858 Noble County, Ohio. They had 4 children, 2 dying as infants, before Susanna died herself at age 34, buried at Halley's Ridge Cemetery. Charles and one of his sons moved to South Dakota, where Charles died in 1912.
William, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
William married Margaret A Shepler in 1871 Guernsey County, Ohio, and they had 4 children. After farming in Noble County for a few years the family moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, where they spent a number of years farming. Later in life the couple moved to Los Angeles County, Calforinia where William died in 1925 and Margaret in 1929.
Christina, daughter of Louisa and Levi Glover
Christina married Curtis Willey in 1868 Noble County, Ohio. Shortly after marriage the couple moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, where they farmed during much of the 1870s. They next moved to the Dakota Territory (South Dakota) where they remained a number of years. They had a family of 5, many who remained in South Dakota. Later in their marriage Louisa and Levi lived in Missouri and then back in Iowa, where Christina died in Des Moines in 1942, 5 days short of her 100th birthday. Christina and Curtis are buried at Redding Cemetery in Ringgold County, Iowa.
Elizabeth, daughter of Louisa and Levi Glover
Elizabeth was born about 1846 and was still single in 1880. Her death date has been suggested to be on February 15, 1890.
John George, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
John married Maria Jane Lyons in 1872 Noble County, Ohio. They lived in Noble County only a few years before moving to Ringgold County, Iowa. About 1888 the family moved to South Dakota. They had a family of 7, and lived in the Butte County area for many years. Maria died in 1908 and John later died in 1929, both buried at Beals Cemetery in Vale, Butte Co., South Dakota.
Bethel Bates, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
Bethel married Mary Ellen Willey about 1877 in Ringgold County, Iowa, the place other family members had established farm homes. They had 7 children, most of which were born in Butte Co., South Dakota, where the moved by 1880. They spent the remainder of their married lives in that area and are both buried in Vale, Butte Co, South Dakota
Maria, daughter of Louisa and Levi Glover
Maria also married in Ringgold County, Iowa. She married Jethro J Griffith in 1876, and they had 5 children, each who married. The family remained in Ringgold County, farming in Middle Fork township their remaining lives. Maria died in 1905, and is buried at Redding Cemetery in Ringgold County, her husband remarrying about 1909.
Levi, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
Levi died at age 7 and is said to be buried at Halley's Ridge Cemetery in Noble County, Ohio
George H, son of Louisa and Levi Glover
George is not known to have married. He died at age 52 and is buried at Beals Cemetery in Vale, Butte Co., South Dakota.
Louvina Jane, daughter of Louisa and Levi Glover
Louvina married Hugh Debolt in 1888 Ringgold County, Iowa, and the couple had 5 children. Farming in Iowa into the very early 1900s, the family then established a farm by 1910 in Hurricane township, Carroll County, Missouri. Here they remained before relocating to Iowa again. Hugh died in 1937 and Louvina dying in 1944, both are buired in Promise City Cemetery in Wayne County, Iowa.
Catherine Meighen
A daughter named Elsie is mentioned in Meighen family history, "who married Thomas DeLong and was farming in Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1836 and possibly moved to Ross Co., Ohio." The author has located Ohio death certificates for four of the children of this Thomas DeLong and his wife's name was Catherine Meighen (born about 1811). Thomas and Catherine were likely married in the Guernsey County, Ohio area where Thomas is noted with land records in 1833, and appears to be in the 1840 Beaver township census there. The family of Thomas and Catherine also made the move to Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio (like other members of this Meighen family), and are found in the census there from 1850 through 1880. In line with other children of John and Christena Meighen, daughter Catherine was born in Pennsylvania to an Irish born father and Pennsylvania born mother. Both Thomas and Catherine DeLong lived past the 1880 census, and their family included John, James, Sarah J., Ceselia, William P., Thomas W., and Eliza Ellen. Catherine died in Ross County on February 20, 1883, at age 71y 7m 10d.
John, James and Ceselia, elder children of Thomas and Catherine DeLong
At this writing, the author has been unable to uncover later records for these three children.
Sarah J., daughter of Thomas and Catherine DeLong
Sarah was born October 12, 1841 in Ross County and remained single throughout her life. She lived with her younger sister Eliza until her death on March 01, 1928 in Pultney twp, Belmont Co., Ohio. Sarah's death certificate cites her parents as Thomas Delong and Catherine Meehin? (Noble Co., Ohio natives). She was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio.
William Penn, son of Thomas and Catherine DeLong
William was born March 13, 1847 in Ross County and he married Eva F Richardson in the same county in 1869. They lived in Ross County up unto the time of Eva's death in 1920. Thomas would later live with his children, passing away on January 12, 1941 at Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio. They raised a family which included Laura H, Emma W, Gusta B, Katherine, Martha, Edith, Edna, Gertrude, Milburn Hugh, and twins Lowell M and William P. William's death certificate cites his parents as Thomas Delong and Catherine Mahan.
Thomas W, son of Thomas and Catherine DeLong
Thomas was born December 27, 1853 in Ross County and he married Flora Jeanette Holdren in 1877 Ross County. They raised their family and spent their remaining lives in Ross County, Thomas dying in 1934 and Flora in 1942. Their family included Alvin Otis, Katie V, Ethel, Leora Ellen, Thomas Roscoe, Maude and Goldie. Thomas' death certificiate cites his parents as Thomas Delong and Katherine Meighen (Ohio natives). Thomas and Flora are buried at Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe.
Eliza Ellen, daughter of Thomas and Catherine DeLong
Eliza was born May 10, 1855 in Ross County and married James C Carney in the same county in 1888. They had a family of four daughters, Rosa, Bessie, Alta and Verney. They lived in Pultney township, Belmont County, Ohio, where James passed away in 1919, while Eliza lived until 1941. Eliza's death certificate cites her parents as Thomas Long and Catherine Meighen (Ohio natives). She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Sarah Jane Meighen
Sarah married Timothy Bates in 1843 Guernsey County, Ohio. Timothy was a brother of Bethel Bates, who married Sarah's sister Mary Ann. They farmed most of the married lives in Wayne township, Noble County, Ohio, raising a family of 9. Their children included Lavina, Eli, Wyatt, Samuel, Louisa, Susanna, John Henry, Hugh, and Moses. The couple were both buried at Bates Hill Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio, she dying in 1907, and he in 1915.
Lavina, daughter of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Lavina married Lewis J Moore in 1868 Noble County. After living in Seneca township a few years they bought land on Glady Creek in Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio, where Lavina passed away in 1884. She was buried at Bates Hill Cemetery, in Noble Co., Ohio. They had no known children.
Eli, son of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Eli married Jane Seviers and they farmed in Seneca township. Eli died there in 1896, buried at Bates Hill Cemetery, and Jane lived a long life as a childless widow. Jane is said to have taken care of Cora Rossiter, who later married Henry C Bates, a son of Wyatt R Bates. Jane lived with Henry and Cora Bates for many years.
Wyatt R, son of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Wyatt married Sarah Craig in 1869 Noble County, Ohio, and they had two children before she died. Wyatt remarried to Maria Cleary in 1879 Noble County and they also had two children. Wyatt farmed most of his life in Marion township, where he died in 1924. He and his wife Maria are buried at Summerfield Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
Samuel B, son of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Samuel married Lydia Moore in 1875 Noble County, and they had at least 5 children. They farmed in Wayne township at the time. After the death of Lydia, Samuel remarried Mary Bodkins of Batesville, and they had two children. Samuel died in 1928 and is buried at Bates Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
Louisa and Susanna, daughters of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Louisa died at age 11 and Susanna died at age 11 months, and are both buried at Bates Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
John and Hugh, sons of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
John died at about age 2 1/2, while Hugh died at age 5. Both are also buried at Bates Cemetery in Noble Co., Ohio.
Moses M, son of Sarah Jane and Timothy Bates
Moses married Ann Sarah Smallwood in 1884 Noble county, Ohio and they had 6 children. They farmed most of their married lives in Seneca township, on part of the old Bates homestead. Moses died in 1925, and his wife remarried Bethel Bates, son of Bethel and Mary Ann (Meighen) Bates. Moses and Sarah are buried in Bates Hill Cemetery.
Margaret Ann Meighen
This author has a strong suspicion that daughter Margaret mentioned in Meighen family history was Margaret Ann Meighen who married Duncan Ross on Oct 26, 1843 Guernsey County, Ohio. Her name is listed as Mahen in the marriage record, consistent with other early Ohio Meighen marriages. Duncan may have been a brother/cousin of George Ross, who had married Margaret's sister Abigail Meighen. Soon after marriage Duncan is found farming in Huntington township, Ross County, Ohio; where other members of the extended Meighen-Bates-Glover families had also started farms of their own. Margaret and Duncan had a son Isaac and they appear to have had a daughter Mary Ellen Ross born in 1846 (she is cited as a daughter of Duncan Ross in her husband's biography). Margaret Ross died on March 29, 1849 and is buried at Pentecostal Church of Christ Cemetery in Ross County. Her stone reads age '28y6m21d, wife of Duncan'. Duncan remarried Elizabeth Green on March 03, 1850 in Ross County, Ohio, and they had at least six children. Duncan and Elizabeth, with many of the children, moved to Sangamon County, Illinois in the 1870s, where Elizabeth died in 1887. Duncan married again, to Anna Mullen in 1888, and he lived to be 89 years of age.
Isaac, son of Margaret Ann and Duncan Ross
Isaac served in company H, 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Isaac is known to have married a couple of times. He married Rachel Rowe on April 02, 1866 in Ross Co., Ohio, and they had daughter Sarah Ellen Ross, born May 15, 1867, before they separated. Isaac then married widowed Mary Stansfield in 1873 Sangamon Co., IL, and they had twin sons and a daughter. Isaac also appears to have married Mary Zimmerman in 1890 Cook Co., Illlinois. Isaac was a blacksmith, living with his wife Mary in 1912 Chicago, as suggested by his father Duncan Ross' biography. Isaac died in Chicago on December 27, 1931.
Mary Ellen, daughter of Margaret Ann and Duncan Ross
Mary Ellen married James McCalister in 1864 Ross County, Ohio. They farmed a number of years in the Scioto and Huntington township areas where 8 of their 10 children were born. By the middle part of the 1880s, they moved to Sangamon Co., Illinois, where Duncan and Elizabeth had moved earlier. The couple spent the remainder of their lives in Sangamon County, where Mary Ellen died in 1918, and her husband in 1925. They are both buried at Mechanicsburg Cemetery in that county. Postscript: One family member suggests Mary Ross may have been a a daughter of Elizabeth Green from a previous relationship. If so, then Duncan Ross was her step-father and she adopted the Ross name.
Return to the 5-generation chart, showing descendants of John and Christena Meighen.
Compiled by Dennis Walsh, January 2005. (email: DELETETHISwalsh004@gmail.com)