Cousins - ABSALOM WEESE 1801 1880

ABSALOM WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born May 15, 1801 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died February 21, 1880 in Randolph Co., (W) VA. He married MARGARET EUNICE MARSTILLEROctober 09, 1823 in Randolph Co.,VA. (W)Va, daughter ofNICHOLAS MARSTILLER. She was born September 16, 1806 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died 1887 in Randolph Co.,VA.



Notes for ABSALOM WEESE:
There is another story of Absalom Weese once having Union soldiers in one part of the house and Confederates in another, the family shuffling back and forth to keep them separated. Also, it is said that several doctors and their families took refuge in the Weese home during a battle, and stories have been handed down about the disposition of the soldiers, they going door to door demanding food, women for their dances, or anything else they felt they needed. The Weese family survived the war intact, and in the 1870 Federal Census Absalom Weese's occupation is listed as a wheelwright. His son Elias, the former war prisoner, was assaulted by Charles Hill of Elliott's Ridge in 1873. For this offense, Hill was fined $1.00. In 1876, the Reverend Simeon Davis married his second wife, Hannah Shifflett, at the home of Absalom Weese. Absalom Weese died in February of 1880. His widow went to Elliott's Ridge and lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Christena and George W. Hill. In May of 1886, Eunice Weese brought a lawsuit against her two sons, George and William Weese. In her complaint she contended that she had been denied her dower interest in several tracts of land conveyed by Absalom Weese in her lifetime. These tracts
were about 21/2 miles from Beverly on Dodson Run, and one, conveyed by Absalom to George Weese, was the one on which Absalom had resided. She contended that she had asked her sons for her dower, but they refused her request. This suit, like an earlier one in the family, appears to have been settled out of court. It is not known if Eunice Weese lived the rest of her life with the Hills. She, like her husband and several of her children, is buried in the small Weese cemetery just east of the present day location of Daniels Body Shop on Dodson Run Road.

"My father was George Washington Hill. And Mom's full name was Christena Margaret Bosworth Weese. Her father was Absalom Weese, my grandfather. He was a farmer and he lived about two miles up from Beverly on Dodson Creek (Dodson Run). His children was Uncle George Weese, Uncle Bill Weese, Uncle Elam Weese, and Elias and Hoy. That's the boys. And there was Mary Ellen, and Maggie, and Liddie (Lydia), and Aunt Celie (Cecelia), and one little girl that had never been named. They called her Sissie. She died when she was just little. And there was Mom (Christena M.B. Weese). And Sarah. I've heard Mom talk about a Jacob Weese, but I don't know who he was.

"I was at Absalom Weese's house once, after he was dead. One of the grandchildren was living there. Uncle George Weese got his farm from Absalom, and Uncle Bill got his farm from Absalom. Park got his farm from Absalom. The Weese Cemetery is on Absalom's farm. Grandma Weese's people (Eunice Marstiller Weese's) came from Germany. Mom had a little bit of a trunk about that long (14 inches) and about that deep ( 7 inches). It was solid wood. Her people brought it from Germany. She had a Bible that I guess was from there. It was before they put the 'S' in the alphabet. It was written in English but 'F' stood for 'S '. I had an awful time readin' that thing. Grandma Weese died when Effie (her sister) Was just little. Effie can just remember her dying.

"Mom remembered a big battle (Civil War) at Beverly. They could hear the guns and cannons. The soldiers would get use of someone's house and have dances and they would ask the girls to come. You almost had to go 'cause if they got insulted it was hard to tell what they might do. You had to keep them in a good humor. She said (her mother) one time they had the Rebels in one room of their house and the Union in the kitchen he family kept them apart. They was through there and come in and demanded something to eat. The people in Beverly had left their homes when they had that battle. The doctors and their wives come out there (to Absalom Weese's) to stay. Dr. Bosworth and Dr. Tolbert. There was another child born to Absalom and Eunice named "Sissie", she died as a baby. Absalom had a step father, Peter Buckey, who married Sarah March 1, 1836 following the death of Jacob jr."

More About ABSALOM WEESE:
Burial: Weese cemetary, Dodsons Run WV
Deeded land from parents on Kings Run 1828

Children of ABSALOM WEESE and EUNICE MARSTILLER are:


i. MARY ELLEN WEESE, b. Abt. 1825; d. Abt. 1851.


Notes for MARY ELLEN WEESE: Mary Ellen Weese sewed for people. She was working at Beverly I think for one of the doctors. She knew she was dying and wanted to go home to die. They wanted her to stay. She said what day and time she would die, and when that day and time came, she died. Mary never married.

ii. GEORGE M WEESE, b. April 13, 1825; d. April 28, 1910, Randolph Co., (W) VA; m. CLARINDA ENOCH, January 19, 1847; b. June 17, 1835; d. July 12, 1906.


More About GEORGE M WEESE:
Burial: Park Cemetary, Beverly WV (Daniels property Dodsons Run)

iii. WILLIAM WEESE, b. March 12, 1828, Randolph Co., (W) VA; d. May 29, 1913; m. ANNA STALNAKER, September 28, 1859; b. Abt. October 1834; d. October 24, 1910.


Notes for WILLIAM WEESE: Uncle Bill Weese married Ann Stalnaker. Their children was Dutt, Matt and Morgan.

iv. SARAH WEESE, b. Abt. 1831; m. (1) GEORGE WASHINGTON STALNAKER, October 30, 1866, Randolph Co.,VA; b. 1828, Randolph Co.,VA; d. December 18, 1883, Randolph Co.,VA.; m. (2)CHENOWETH.


Notes for SARAH WEESE: Aunt Sarah Weese married Washington Stalnaker. Then he died of cancer. He had what they called a rose cancer on his face and it finally killed him. She had one son by him, Harry Stalnaker. And a daughter Edith.
Newsletter shows a marriage to a Chenoweth 11/30/186? illegible.

v. ELAM BOSWORTH WEESE, b. March 05, 1833, Randolph Co., (W) VA; d. June 03, 1909, Kansas City, MO; m. NANCY JUDY, December 16, 1866, Kansas City, MO; b. 1836, Pendelton Co, VA; b. 1835, Pendleton Co.,VA.


Notes for ELAM BOSWORTH WEESE: Uncle Elam Weese married a girl whose first name was Nancy. I don't remember what her last name was. She wasn't from around here. Uncle Elam went to Kansas City and lived and died there. He only come back to visit. They had George. I don't know if they had any more children or not.

vi. MARGARET WEESE, b. April 20, 1838, Randolph Co., (W) VA; d. June 20, 1864, Randolph Co., (W) VA.


Notes for MARGARET WEESE: Margaret A. "Maggie" Weese, another daughter, was courted by a Union Captain during a war. Family legend states that his name was "Captain Ott" or Captain Otto. The army service records at the National Archives in Washington D.C., shed a good deal of light on just who this individual might have been. It seems that one William Otto was enrolled on April 5, 1861, in Company A of the 2nd Virginia Infantry. In August of the same year, his record states, he was an orderly sergeant at Beverly, Virginia (West Virginia), and was at that time commissioned a Captain. He was still at Beverly in September of 1862. Weese family legend states that this "Captain Otto" was infatuated with Maggie Weese, and wanted to marry her. But she, for some reason, was convinced that she was dying (which she did on the 20th of June, in 1864) and she refused "Captain Otto's" advances. The war record of William Otto would seem to fit into this tale, for on the 12th of March, in 1862, from the summit of Cheat Mountain, he wrote to Lt. Col. Robert Moran, commander of the regiment:

"In consequence of my present position having become unpleasant beyond my powers of endurance, l hereby tender my immediate and unconditional resignation of the commission I now hold as Captain...and ask that you accept the same."

Brigadier General Milroy recommended acceptance of the resignation and Otto was given an honorable discharge.

vii. HOY M WEESE, b. Bet. 1840 - 1843; d. September 08, 1928, Randolph Co., (W) VA; m.HARRIET S. FLINT, March 27, 1880, Randolph Co.,WV1; b. December 15, 1855, Randolph Co.,VA; d. June 14, 1928.


Notes for HOY M WEESE: also have birth at 1843 "Faded ages"
Two tenths of a mile past the site of the Collett place, is the driveway to the home of Rev. Robert Lowther, of the Hart Chapel Church and Academy. To the right, just past that, can be seen the old house that was once occupied by the family of Hoy Weese. This section of the road commands a spectacular view of the mountains and valleys to the west, a view that would have changed little since the turn of the century, if one could ignore the communities and highway that have come into the valley relatively recently. Hoy Weese was raised on his father's farm on Dodson Run, and his wife Harriet "Nettie" Weese was the actual owner of the property on the ridge. She had been married and divorced before her marriage to Weese, and her former husband, Zachariah Taylor, went west. She was a daughter of George Flint, who was the first postmaster at Glady. She married Hoy Weese in 1880, and in 1885 they lived on Glady Fork where Weese owned no property, but had one cow, three calves, four sheep, three beds, and was seven or eight miles from the nearest school. This came up in a suit in court over custody of Clinton Taylor, a child of Harriet Weese by her first marriage. In 1887 she purchased the Elliott's Ridge place from Marshall Chenoweth, getting 20 acres for $50.00. In 1893 she purchased 11 1/2 more for $100.00. Hoy and Nettie Weese had several children of their own, among these being Asa, Elam B., Cynthia, and Louida. Aries Hill later occupied the Hoy Weese place and Weese returned to Glady Fork. Uncle Hoy Weese married Nettie Flint. They lived just up the road from us (George Hill's, Elliott's Ridge). They had Acie, and Elam, two boys, and two girls, Cynthia and Louida, Lodie they called her.

More About HOY M WEESE: Burial: Weese cemetary, Dodsons Run WV

viii. LYDIA A WEESE, b. 1841; d. September 08, 1928, Chicago, IL; m. HARVEY W. MARTIN, October 13, 1861, Randolph Co.,WV; b. 1837.


Notes for LYDIA A WEESE:
went to Chicago see notes for Henry Martin; sons also listed as Clifton, Cole and Elwood.

Notes for HARRY W MARTIN: Another daughter of Absalom Weese, it is said, married a soldier, this one being Harry W. Martin. Both of these women lived out their lives with these men.

"Aunt Liddie Weese married Harry Martin, and they lived in Chicago. He worked in a factory. He made good money. He gave all the family watches as gifts. He was a soldier stationed here in the Civil War. I don't know what side he was on. While he was here he got acquainted with Aunt Liddie Weese and she married him. She had a boy, Clifford Martin, was about five years old when Harry got back from the war. They had three boys, Clifford, Cale, and Elwood. They didn't have any girls."

ix. CECILIA WEESE, b. June 06, 1845, Randolph Co., (W) VA; d. March 17, 1919; m. WILLIAM H BONHAM, March 27, 1894; b. 1840, Charleston,VA.


Notes for CECILIA WEESE:
"Aunt Celie Weese married Bill Bonham. He was a soldier in the Civil War too. Aunt Celie met him while he was here. After they got married they lived around here for awhile, and then moved to Charleston (111 Randolph Street). They had Caleb and some other boys. Their girls was Lou and Stella and Lena. They was in nursin' school. They wanted me to come down there and go to school with them, but Mom wouldn't let me. If I had I probably never would have married.

Notes for WILLIAM H BONHAM:
William H. Bonham. He was a native of the Charleston area who had entered the service at Aultz, Virginia, in July of 1861, being mustered in at Charleston in Company A, 8th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry This unit later became part of the West Virginia Cavalry. In the summer of 1862, he was stationed at Cologne, in Mason County, Virginia ( West Virginia). In August he was detached for recruiting service. The following summer he was on daily duty as provost guard. In February of 1864 he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer at Martinsburg. The following month he married Cecelia, daughter of Absalom Weese. That summer he was a Captain, a duty clerk at headquarters.

x. ELIAS WEESE, b. April 16, 1834, Randolph Co., (W) VA; d. November 18, 1887, Randolph Co., (W) VA; m. HELEN GRIFFITH, February 14, 1867; b. November 17, 1849.


Notes for ELIAS WEESE: also have birth as 1834 "Faded ages"
Family legend also states that Elias Weese was captured by Union troops and taken to Camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio, as a prisoner.

"Uncle Elias Weese married Helen Griffith. She was always jolly and full of life. She was a sister of my Grandmother Hill and Charlie's (her husband's) Grandmother Hill. They had Bruce and Orville and Bernard and Dora. Uncle Elias didn't own anyplace. He lived around. One time he lived in the valley between Elkins and Beverly. During the Civil War he was working on his farm up on the hill from Beverly. They (soldiers) saw him and thought he was a spy that carried information back and forth, and they arrested him. They took him to Camp Chase until after the war. While he was there he caught a disease and almost died. He died at home. Farmed on Kings Run and carpenter."

xi. CHRISTINA MARGARET BOSWORTH WEESE, b. December 17, 1849; d. November 15, 1939; m.GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL, January 14, 1869, Randolph Co., (W)Va; b. 1819.


Notes for CHRISTINA MARGARET BOSWORTH WEESE: Eunice (Marstiller) Weese lived with daughter and son-in-law George Hill in 1880.

[The following appear to be duplicate entries. There are probably some conflicting dates, etc.]


++. GEORGE MARSTILLER WEESE, b. April 13, 1826, Randolph Co.,VA1; d. April 28, 1910, Randolph Co.,WV1; m. CLARINDA ENOCH, June 10, 1853, Randolph Co.,VA; b. June 17, 1835; d. July 12, 1906.

++. ELIAS WEESE, b. March 20, 1836, Randolph Co.,VA1; d. November 18, 1887, Randolph Co.,WV1; m. HELEN GRIFFITH, February 14, 1867, Randolph Co.,WV; b. November 16, 1847.

++. MARGARET A. WEESE, b. May 20, 1838, Randolph Co.,VA; d. June 20, 1864, Randolph Co.,WV.


Notes for MARGARET A. WEESE: Have more data on her and her courtship by a Union Captain named William Otto [will put it in later].

++. CECELIA WEESE, b. January 05, 1845, Randolph Co.,VA; d. March 17, 1919; m. WILLIAM H BONHAM, March 27, 1864, Randolph Co.,VA1; b. 1840, Charleston,VA.


Notes for WILLIAM H BONHAM: William H. Bonham. He was a native of the Charleston area who had entered the service at Aultz, Virginia, in July of 1861, being mustered in at Charleston in Company A, 8th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry This unit later became part of the West Virginia Cavalry. In the summer of 1862, he was stationed at Cologne, in Mason County, Virginia ( West Virginia). In August he was detached for recruiting service. The following summer he was on daily duty as provost guard. In February of 1864 he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer at Martinsburg. The following month he married Cecelia, daughter of Absalom Weese. That summer he was a Captain, a duty clerk at headquarters.


++. CHRISTINA MARGARET BOSWORTH WEESE, b. December 07, 1849, Randolph Co.,VA; d. November 15, 1939; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL, January 14, 1869, Randolph Co.,VA; b. August 10, 1849, Randolph Co.,VA.




3. CATHERINE WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born September 29, 1804, and died April 26, 1900. She married DR. JONATHAN DANIELSApril 06, 1824 in Randolph Co. W VA, son of WILLIAM DANIELS and CATHERINE STALNAKER. He was born 1790 in Randolph Co., (W)VA, and died February 04, 1885. [Also states that he was born 1801 in Randolph Co.,VA].


Children of CATHERINE WEESE and JONATHAN DANIELS are:


i. ELAM BOSWORTH DANIELS, b. 1832; m. LOUISE WILMOTH; b. July 30, 1836, Randolph Co.,VA.

ii. WILLIAM DANIELS.

iii. JACOB DANIELS, b. September 11, 1827, Randolph Co.,VA1; d. 1855; m. CATHERINE PHILLIPS, 1852, Randolph Co.,VA1; b. April 15, 1831, Randolph Co.,VA.

iv. ALPHEUS DANIELS, b. 1840.

v. SQUIRE DANIELS.

vi. CATHERINE DANIELS, b. July 11, 1834, Randolph Co.,VA; d. October 28, 1900; m. JACOB YOAKAM, JR., March 17, 1856, Randolph Co.,VA; b. January 20, 1832; d. December 17, 1918.

vii. MARIA DANIELS, b. August 04, 1838, Randolph Co.,VA; d. May 11, 1913; m. JOHN TURNER HACKER, 1858, Randolph Co.,VA; b. March 06, 1812; d. December 13, 1896.

viii. MARTHA DANIELS, b. 1831, Randolph Co.,VA; m. ELI WAMSELY; b. December 27, 1831, Valley Bend, Randolph Co., (W)Va; d. 1916.


More About ELI WAMSELY: Burial: Shavers Run, Randolph Co., WV

ix. HAMILTON DANIELS, b. 1829, Randolph Co.,VA.

[The entries below are duplicates and may contain conflicting information]


x. SQUIRE WILLIAM DANIELS, b. 1825, Randolph Co.,VA.

xi. ELAM BOSWORTH DANIELS, b. 1833, Randolph Co.,VA; m. LOUISE WILMOTH, 1856, Randolph Co.,VA; b. July 30, 1836, Randolph Co.,VA.

xii. MONA DANIELS, b. 1836, Randolph Co.,VA.





4. FRANCES WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born Abt. 1805 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died July 29, 19121. She married JOHN G. PHILLIPS August 02, 1828 in Randolph Co.,VA. He was born May 17, 1804 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died August 22, 1841.{another source states she married JOHN PHILLIPS August 19, 1828].


Children of FRANCES WEESE and JOHN PHILLIPS are:


i. RANDOLPH DAVID PHILLIPS, b. July 02, 1829.

ii. CATHERINE PHILLIPS, b. April 15, 1831, Randolph Co.,VA1; m. JACOB DANIELS, 1852, Randolph Co.,VA; b. September 11, 1827, Randolph Co.,VA; d. 1855.




5. HANNAH WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born 1806 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died August 08, 1888. She married WILLIAM MCLAIN. {This appears to be duplicated below; see 11. Hannah Weese]


Child of HANNAH WEESE and WILLIAM MCLAIN is:


i. MARTHA MCLAIN, m. JOSEPH TETER ROHRBAUGH; b. 18301.




6. JACOB M WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born February 18, 1808 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died November 14, 1888 in Beverly, WV. He married JUDITH CROUCH August 15, 1831 in Randolph Co.,VA. She was born 1808 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died April 17, 1881 in Randolph Co.,WV.



Notes for JACOB M WEESE:
Sharline Boykin has his death in Iowa.
Died at age 81. Had 7 children by Judith Crouch
Burial: Old home place near Beverly,WVA.

Children of JACOB WEESE and JUDITH CROUCH are:


i. ENOCH WEESE, b. 1832, Beverly, Randolph Co.,VA; d. 1879, Randolph Co.,VA; m. MARY CURRENCE, December 18, 1851, Randolph Co.,VA; b. 1829, Randolph Co.,VA; d. August 06, 1885, Randolph Co.,VA.


More About ENOCH WEESE:
Occupation: farmer1
More About MARY CURRENCE:
Cause of Death: dropsy

ii. ANDREW CROUCH WEESE, b. 1835, Beverly,VA; d. 1907, Elkins,WV; m. (1) AMY JANE HART, September 30, 1857, Beverly ,VA; b. September 04, 1824, Beverly, VA; d. September 20, 1888, Beverly,WV. m. (2) Clarissa Schoonover.


Notes for ANDREW CROUCH WEESE:
Andrew served in Capt. McClanaghan's Va. Horse Artillery in Civil War. Died at the age of 72, in Randolph Co.,VA, buried at Hazelwood Cemetery in Beverly,WVA. First wife Amy Hart, second was Clarissa Schoonover. He had 6 children with Amy Hart. None with Clarissa Schoonover. His brother Jacob C. Weese served with him in Civil War.

Source: Birth Record of Emmett Wees, Randolph Co., WV, Bk. 1, p. 60; Notes for AMY JANE HART: She was 54 when she died at home on King's Run near Beverly,WVA. Her great grandfather was John Hart who signed the Declaration of Independence. Cause of Death: Flux.

iii. ELIZA JUNE WEESE, b. July 28, 1837, Randolph Co.,VA; d. June 06, 1911, Randolph Co.,VA; m. MARSHALL CHENOWETH, June 20, 1856, Randolph Co.,VA; b. October 23, 1833, Elkins,WV; d. September 23, 1910, Randolph Co.,VA.

iv. ANGELINE WEESE, b. 1839, Randolph Co.,VA; d. January 02, 1881; m. JOHN I. DANIELS, November 05, 1863, Randolph Co.,WV; b. April 12, 1840, Randolph Co.,VA; d. 1925.

v. JACOB C. WEESE, b. December 27, 1840, Randolph Co.,VA; d. May 07, 1890, Randolph Co.,WV; m. PHILADELPHIA BURNS REESE TRIPLETT, December 14, 1865, Randolph Co.,WV; b. January 25, 1848, Randolph Co.,VA; d. December 18, 1919, Randolph Co.,WV.


Notes for JACOB C. WEESE: Served in McClanahan's Battery,CSA during the Civil War.

vi. CAROLINE WEESE, b. 1844; d. February 01, 1913; m. JOHN I. DANIELS, June 02, 1881; b. April 12, 1840, Randolph Co.,VA; d. 1925.

vii. TAYLOR WEESE, b. July 24, 1848, Randolph Co.,VA; d. November 25, 1908, Randolph Co.,WV; m. CHRISTENA TRIPLETT, May 30, 1869, RandolphCo.,WV; b. February 08, 1846, Randolph Co.,VA; d. April 20, 1918, Randolph Co.,WV.


7. JOHN W. WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born March 05, 1810 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died December 13, 1881 in Randolph Co. , WV. He married MARY ANN RENNIX January 12, 1836. She was born October 12, 1817 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died July 29, 1882.


Children of JOHN WEESE and MARY RENNIX are:


i. MARTHA WEESE, m. JOHN HARRISON DE WITT, 1870, Randolph Co., (W)Va.

ii. ELIZABETH WEESE, b. 1863, Randolph Co.,VA5; m. HERVEY DANIELS, 1888, Randolph Co.,VA5; b. 1862, Randolph Co.,VA.

iii. EMILY WEESE, b. 18675; m. EUGENIOUS ISNER,JR.; b. 1863.

iv. MARTHA WEESE, m. JOHN HARRISON DEWITT.




8. JESSE WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3 WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born Abt. 1813 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died December 19, 1887 in WV. He marriedMAHALIA STALNAKER September 10, 1832 in Randolph Co. VA, daughter of ANDREW STALNAKER and CLARRISA DANBURY. She was born 1816 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died in WV.



Notes for JESSE WEESE:
MARRIAGE: Michael Yokum Group sheet submitted to FHL 1974
Randolph Marriage records Film # 464981 FHL
CENSUS: 1820 Randolph. age under 10
1860 Randolph age 47
WILL: Mentioned in Father's will Randolph Co. Film # 464981 FHL Vo l 2 p. 390

Children of JESSE WEESE and MAHALIA STALNAKER are:


i. JACOB WEESE, b. Abt. 1834, WV; m.CATHERINE GAINER.

ii. DAVID B WEESE, b. September 07, 1835, Randolph Co., WV; d. Mt. Pleasant,OH; m. (1)VIRGINIA JANE DODRILL, October 03, 1854, Randolph VA; b. January 22, 1837; d. September 02, 1901, Mt. Pleasant,OH; m. (2) ELIZABETH LINCICOME, December 11, 1902.

iii. LEONARD F WEESE, b. July 28, 1837; d. October 25, 1919, Randolph Co., WV; m. MARY ELEANOR LOUK, July 13, 1858, Randolph Co. VA; b. December 14, 1837, Randolph Co.,VA; d. June 21, 1914.


Notes for LEONARD F WEESE: On the left side of the road, at about one and six tenths miles past the site of George Hill's family home, is where once was the home of the Leonard Weese family. Weese was a brother-in-law of Paul Louk, he being married to Louk's sister, Nellie. It is in this area that the ghost of Paul Louk is reputed to roam. Also in this area, but across the road, the homes of French Kittle and Levi McQuain once stood. McQuain was married to Mary, a daughter of Hiram Hill. On the left side of the road in this area, if one is facing south, is a large pond. A little below it is an old chimney, the remains of the cabin of Pete Weese. Below there the remains of a road can be seen to the left, if one looks closely, and it leads up the hill to the east, to the Weese Cemetery. This burial ground is all but forgotten now, but in it are the graves of Leonard Weese and his wife; Charlie Weese and wife Amelia; Howard F. Weese; Eddie Blanche Teter, daughter of Leonard Weese; Emma E.Weese, wife of Mart Weese; another Howard Weese, who died aged 2 days; Richard Lee Weese, died also in infancy; Hoy Weese, his wife Nettie Weese, and their son Asa Weese. On September 16, 1879, a post office called Files Creek was opened in the area, with Johnson Pritt as postmaster. It was discontinued on October 31, 1881. Pritt was also surveyor of the highway on the Beverly and Circleville Road on June 30, 1883, when he was excused by the county for some illness. He was replaced by Leonard Weese. Weese was allowed $75.00 out of the county levy for work on the road in March of 1886. Len Weese lived across the creek (Hill Run) from the road on the left. His house burned down. I went there the day it burned and ate sauerkraut out of a barrel that had burned off. I helped carry him to his grave. One of the hardest things I ever did. We went almost in a straight line from his house to the grave. His house was this side of the divide. We carried him to the grave by hand. Most of Mart Weese's children went west with their grandmother.

"Levi McQuain lived where French Kittle lived last. Past the small house of Pete Weese. (Below the pond). Turn right. When he (McQuain) moved to the Mount Vernon area he sold that place to French Kittle. He (Kittle) was married to Len Weese's daughter. When their youngest child was born, French's wife died. Len Weese raised her. Grace is her name. She is living (July 26, 1984)."

More About LEONARD F WEESE:
Burial: Weese cemetary Elliot's Ridge/Beverly WV
More About MARY ELEANOR LOUK:
Burial: Weese cemetary Elliot's Ridge/Beverly WV

iv. ANDREW J WEESE, b. Abt. 1839, Randolph Co. VA; d. October 04, 1911; m. FRANCIS E. SNIDER, October 10, 1861, Randolph Co. VA; b. February 03, 1841, Randolph Co., VA; d. April 04, 1906.


More About FRANCIS E. SNIDER: name could be Francis B.

v. JOHN D. WEESE, b. December 25, 1842, Randolph Co. VA; d. August 10, 1927, Randolph Co. VA; m. AGNES PRITT, June 05, 1866, Randolph Co. VA; b. 1849, Randolph Co.,VA.


Notes for JOHN D. WEESE:
Newsletter has birth 1-21-1840
Burial: Kittle Cemetary

vi. CHRISTENA E WEESE, b. Abt. 1844, Randolph Co. VA.

vii. MARY VIRGINIA WEESE, b. Abt. 1847, Randolph Co. VA; m. RANKIN W STALNAKER, July 04, 1872, Randolph Co. W VA; b. 1851, Randolph Co.,VA; d. January 31, 1936.

viii. SARAH E WEESE, b. Abt. 1849, Randolph Co. VA; d. January 26, 1937; m. ORLANDO CHANNELL, October 08, 1865; b. 1843.

ix. LUCY ANN WEESE, b. April 20, 1851, Randolph Co. VA; d. March 05, 1941, Mt Vernon, Randolph Co., WV; m. ELIJAH C. DANIELS, October 05, 1870, Randolph Co. VA; b. April 12, 1847, Randolph Co., (W)VA; d. December 11, 1913, Randolph Co., (W) VA.


More About LUCY ANN WEESE: Burial: Mt. Vernon Cemetary, Randolph Co., WV
Notes for ELIJAH C. DANIELS: Buried in Mt. Vernon Cem.,Elkins,WV along with his wife

x. ALLEN C WEESE, b. February 16, 1852, Randolph Co., WV; d. August 21, 1926, Valley Bend Dist., Randolph Co., WV; m. MARY E WARD, January 16, 1874; b. January 02, 1852, Randolph Co., W Va; d. April 24, 1933, Beverly, Randolph Co., W Va.


More About ALLEN C WEESE:
Burial: August 22, 1926, (Beverly Cemetary)
Notes for MARY E WARD:
Runner Funeral Home, Elkins
Burial: April 25, 1933, Beverly, Randolph Co., WV
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

xi. HENRY HARPER WEESE, b. Abt. 1855, Randolph Co., WV; d. May 20, 1929, Randolph Co., WV; m. (1) CECILIA LLOYD, October 15, 1876, Randolph Co. W VA; b. 1860; d. 1893; m. (2)HANNAH SHIFLETT, August 20, 1895, Beverly, Randolph Co., WV; b. 18585; d. 1896; m. (3)LUCEBA DANIELS, May 28, 1897, Randolph Co. W. VA; b. [1867 or 1870], Randolph Co.,WV.


Notes for HENRY HARPER WEESE:
Newsletter has death 11-22-1929
Burial: Baker Cemetary
Notes for HANNAH SHIFLETT:
Hannah Shiflett widow of Rev Davis, brought 3 children into family- Cowen, Wilford and Simeon Davis Jr.

xii. DOLLY WEESE, b. September 25, 1855, Randolph Co., WV.

xiii. FRANCIS MARION WEESE, b. September 07, 1860, Randolph Co. VA; d. November 22, 1925, Beverly, Randolph Co., WV; m. REBECCA JANE GOOD, February 09, 1882, Randolph Co. W VA; b. 1862.


Notes for FRANCIS MARION WEESE: Goff Cox's grandfather

xiv. EMMETT WEESE, b. 1863, Randolph Co. VA; m. EDDIE PRITT, April 16, 1891, Mt. Vernon, Randolph Co. WV.

xv. MAGGIE L. WEESE, b. 1870, Randolph Co., WV.


Notes for MAGGIE L. WEESE: "Captain Ott wanted to marry Maggie (Weese). She said that she didn't think she was gonna live. She must've been warned of her death or something because she told them all the day and time, six o'clock, that she was gonna die. She died and then he (Ott) went back to his home and died.

++. LEONARD JESSE WEESE, b. July 28, 1837, Randolph Co.,VA; d. October 25, 1919; m. MARY ELEANOR LOUK, July 13, 1858, Randolph Co.,VA; b. December 14, 1837, Randolph Co.,VA; d. June 21, 1914. [duplicate entry, see iii. Leonard F. Weese above]


More About LEONARD JESSE WEESE:
Burial: Weese cemetary Elliot's Ridge/Beverly WV
More About MARY ELEANOR LOUK:
Burial: Weese cemetary Elliot's Ridge/Beverly WV

++. EMMETT WEESE, b. 1856, Randolph Co.,VA5; m. EDDA PRITT, Mt. Vernon,Randolph Co.,WV5; b. 18685. [duplicate entry, see xiv. Emmett Weese above. Note date differences]

++. FRANCIS MARION WEESE, b. September 06, 1860, Randolph Co.,VA; d. November 24, 19255; m. REBECCA JANE GOOD, February 09, 1882, Randolph Co.,WV; b. 1862. [duplicate entry, see xiii. Francis Marion Weese above. Note date differences]

++. MARGARET L. WEESE, b. 1862. [duplicate entry, see xv. Maggie L. Weese above. Note differences].





9. SARAH WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born Abt. 1815 in Randolph Co., (W) VA, and died July 07, 1843. She married JOHN JACOB CROUCH October 01, 1833 in Beverly,VA. He was born 1811 in Nicholas Co., KY.


Children of SARAH WEESE and JOHN CROUCH are:


i. NANCY CROUCH, b. 1834, Randolph Co.,VA.

ii. JOHN JACOB CROUCH,JR., b. 1835, Randolph Co.,VA5; d. December 19, 1909, Collins,Story Co., IA; m. CATHERINE SHENKLE, February 25, 1858, Collins, Story Co., IA; b. December 19, 1838, Marion Co., IN; d. May 19, 1883, Collins, Story Co., IA.

iii. LYDIA A. CROUCH, b. 1836, Randolph Co.,VA.

iv. WILLIAM CROUCH, b. 1838, Randolph Co.,VA.

v. MARTHA CROUCH, b. 1841, Randolph Co.,VA.

vi. SARAH JANE CROUCH, b. September 05, 1842, Randolph Co.,VA; m. RUSA BROCKA, February 21, 1858, Randolph Co.,VA; b. 1838.




10. ELI WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3 WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born 1814 in Randolph Co.,VA5. He married EDITH CHENOWETH November 03, 1836 in Randolph Co., VA. She was born March 05, 1814 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died December 16, 1869.


Children of ELI WEESE and EDITH CHENOWETH are:


i. TOLBERT WEESE, b. December 15, 1838, Randolph Co.,VA5; m. MARGARET UNK.5, 1867, Randolph Co.,VA; b. 1843.

ii. LYDIA P. WEESE, b. 1844, Randolph Co.,VA.

iii. PHOEBE ANN WEESE, b. January 25, 1850, Randolph Co.,VA; d. July 11, 1890, Denison, KS; m. CHENOWETH BUNN HART, January 10, 1867, Randolph Co.,VA; b. April 29, 1838, Randolph Co.,VA; d. September 02, 1911.

iv. DELIA WEESE, b. 1853, Randolph Co.,VA.



11. HANNAH WEESE (JACOB JR.5 WEES, JACOB SR.4, FRANTZ3WEISS, HANSS JACOB2, FRANTZ1) was born October 05, 1815 in Randolph Co.,VA, and died August 06, 1887. She married (1)WILLIAM MCLEAN April 01, 1828 in Randolph Co.,VA. He was born June 11, 1799 in Randolph Co., VA. She married (2) JOHN LEARY,SR. January 30, 1834 in Randolph Co.,VA5. He was born September 19, 1812 in Randolph Co.,VA. [This appears to be a duplicate entry; see 5. Hannah Weese above]


Children of HANNAH WEESE and WILLIAM MCLEAN are:


i. RETUS MCLEAN, b. 1829.

ii. SARAH MCLEAN, b. 1831.

iii. MARTHA MCLEAN, b. 18335; m. JOSEPH TETER ROHRBAUGH; b. 1830.

iv. MARY MCLEAN, b. 1835.

v. JACOB MCLEAN, b. 1837.

vi. ELIZABETH MCLEAN, b. 1839.

vii. MINERVA MCLEAN, b. 1841.

viii. FLEMING MCLEAN, b. 1843.

Children of HANNAH WEESE and JOHN LEARY are:


ix. MARY ANN BARBARA LEARY, b. December 18, 1834, Randolph Co.,VA; d. August 11, 1903; m.JOSHUA MCQUAIN, February 08, 1857, Randolph Co.,VA; b. 1831, Randolph Co.,VA.

x. WILLIAM JAMES LEARY, b. April 05, 1836, Randolph Co.,VA; d. August 11, 1922; m. LYDIA M. PETERS, February 28, 1857, Randolph Co.,VA; b. March 15, 1838.

xi. SARAH E. LEARY, b. July 12, 1840, Randolph Co.,VA; d. October 29, 1911; m. JAMES CLAUDIUS LOUK, April 07, 1866, Randolph Co.,VA; b. January 31, 1844, Randolph Co.,VA; d. October 20, 1911.

xii. JOHN LEARY,JR., b. August 28, 1844, Randolph Co.,VA; m. SARAH CHENOWETH, April 23, 1872; b. May 16, 1848.

xiii. MARGARET LEARY, b. March 05, 1846, Randolph Co.,VA; m. ELI SNYDER, May 24, 1868, Randolph Co.,VA; b. April 01, 1847, Randolph Co.,VA.