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Report
The Ancestry of Richard Milhous Nixon
Second Edition, 1970, marked "Rose Mary
Woods Office copy". (Continued in 10:14).
29 pages of 66.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Page 1 of 1
THE ANCESTRY OF
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
by
Raymond Martin Bell
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pennsylvania
First edition 1954
Revision 1966
Second edition 1970
Dedicated to
Francis Anthony Nixon
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Hannah Milhous Nixon
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
On September 26, 1952 Mrs. Florence B. Sterner, of Menges Mills,
Pa. wrote to the compiler of these notes asking for assistance in
determining the forebears of Senator Richard Nixon. She was a friend
and former neighbor of Senator Nixon's mother and wrote at the sugges-
tion of Miss Jessica C. Ferguson, Genealogist at the Pennsylvania State
Library. The family knew of George Nixon who was killed at Gettysburg.
They thought that he was likely a native of Washington, County, Pa.
A search of Washington County court records showed two earlier
Georges with George, Sr. purchasing a farm at Washington, Pa. in 1803.
George Sr. 's son, Seeds Nixon, was the connecting link. Delaware records
showed a marriage of George Nixon and Sarah Seeds in 1775. Ohio records
listed a Revolutionary veteran named George Nixon, who had a son Seeds.
The pension application (S8919) of George, and wills and deeds of New
Castle County, Del. showed that George Nixon, Sr., who bought a farm
at Washington, Pa.. in 1803, was a son of James Nixon of Delaware; that
he went to Ohio in 1830. Later research showed that the Revolutionary
veteran died in Illinois in 1842 at the age of 90. He was the grand-
father of George Nixon III, who died at Gettysburg in 1863. The Civil
War soldier was the grandfather of Richard Nixon's father.
Research turned next to the Trimmer family of Washington County, for
the Civil War soldier had married a Trimmer. By a roundabout way invol-
ving amateur radio a copy was obtained of the manuscript Genealogy of
the Trimmer Family, written in 1904 by David Trimmer of McArthur, Ohio.
Correspondence with the parents of Richard Milhous Nixon showed that
on the maternal side his Milhous, Griffith and Burdg ancestors had lived
within 40 miles of Washington, Pa. This eventually led to the tracing of
all lines. The results are here presented.
The compiler of this record found the Nixons listed as members on
the rolls of the First United Methodist Church (Washington), for which
he is records custodian. A sampler which had puzzled Miss Florence
Eisele, of Natchez, Miss. for many years turned out to bear the names
of members of the Nixon and Wilson families.
To search out some lines such as Moore required many years of
digging - only to end up with the discovery of the record in a book
printed in Philadelphia in 1897.
It was found that the parents of both Nixon and Milhous grandfathers
were married in Washington County, Pa.: George Nixon - Margaret Trimmer
1843 in a Methodist ceremony; Joshua V. Milhous - Elizabeth P. Griffith
1847 in a Quaker one.
The excellent Quaker records facilitated searching. A number of the
Nixon ancestors were ministers in the Society of Friends. All the maternal
lines are Quaker, and on the paternal side, Scothorn, Moore, Clemson,
Strode, Dickinson, Miller, and possibly some in Maryland.
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Not counting families written up in county histories, the
following lines are known to have published genealogies:
Scothorn, Trimmer, Moore, Dickinson, Clemson, Milhous,
Mendenhall, Griffith, Price, Burdg, Hemingway, Cattell,
Potts, Gaskill, Lippincott, Shinn.
Nearly two hundred persons answered letters written by the compiler.
Many were happy to spend time digging through the old records. Family,
church, court, census and pension records were consulted, as well as
many family and county histories.
A special note should be added about the calendar. Before the Gre-
gorian calendar was adopted in 1752, in records, especially Quaker,
the tenth month was Dec ember and the year began March 25. Eleven days
had to be added to 1700-dates. For example, George Washington was born
Feb. 11-1731 (old Style) or Feb. 22-1732 (New Style). In Quaker records
this would be 12m 11 1731/32. Some dates in this book may be incorrect
because writers did not understand the calendar changes. Examples are:
Old
New
10m 1 1741
Dec. 1-1741
11m 1 1741/42
Jan. 1-1742
12m
1
1741/42
Feb. 1-1742
lm 24 1741/42
Mar. 24-1742
lm 25 1741/42
Mar. 25-1742
2m 1 1742
Apr. 1-1742
These examples do not take into consideration the eleven added days.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS (mimeographed) by RMB
1953 The Washington County (Pa.) Ancestors of Vice-President
Richard Milhous Nixon (with Jessica C Fersuson)
1954 The Nixon Chart; The Ancestry of Richard Milhous Nixon;
The Family of Anthony Trimmer; West with the Milhous and
Nixon Families
1956 Nixon (Descendants) (with Ralph H Lane)
1957 From James to Richard, the Nixon Line (second edition 1969)
1959 Trimmer Family Outline (with Ira A Brown)
1962 The Trimmer Family (with Ira A Brown)
1963 Thomas Wadsworth, Harford County, Md.
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AcknowledgemEnts
It is difficult to list the many individuals and libraries that have
helped in this project. In addition, a number of governmental agencies
have provided assistance. In recent months special aid have been provided
by Mrs Florence Main (Ohio), Warren W Nixon (Iowa), Robert Barnes (Mary-
land), Frank R Baird (Pennsylvania), and John W Haines (New Jersey).
These are some of the persons who have helped over the years:
Mr & Mrs Frank A Nixon
Dr & Mrs Ernest L Nixon
F Donald Nixon
Mrs C H Nixon
W K Nixon
Roy B Nixon
Mrs Alice Nixon Wyatt
Mrs Margaret Nixon Martin
Mrs Joyce Nixon Sanden
Mr & Mrs Reynolds M Everett
Mrs Edna Jordan
Mrs Susan Sheehan
Harry A Diehl
Jerry F Peter
Mrs Frederick Banks
Mrs Bertha M Nickell
George Swank
Mrs Hazel Dubenhorst
Arthur M Saltzer
Mrs Thomas J Hannon
W Clifford Lant
Mrs Dick Pugh
Mrs Willard G Isaacson
Mrs Cora S Winkler
Mrs Ruth M Smith
Mrs Grayce Farthing
Miss Cornelia F Walker
Don L Berry
Mrs Revelie 7 Brannon
Mrs Edith G Nunes
Mrs Dorothy Z Milhous
Mrs Jessamyn West McPherson
Henry H Beeson
Gerald V Mendenhall
William F Mendenhall
Thomas L Anderson
M G Price
Mrs Rebecca B Colesar
George W Ingram
Philip Meyer
Walter Farwell
Samuel J Clokey
Miss Dorothy Laird
Mrs E F Gaskill
Leon deValinger
Ira A Brown
Miss Rose Mary Woods
Ralph H Lane
Donald H Rogers
Mrs Bertha Kamm
Carl Boyer III
A Russell Slagle
Mrs Paul Monks
Mrs Lawrence E Goeller
Miss Rebecca Wadsworth
Mr Frank Wadsworth
Mrs Eloise Wadsworth
Miss Florence Eisele
Miss Jessica C Ferguson
Ralph McIlvaine
Mrs W A H McIlvaine
Mrs Harold Fitzgerald
Mrs Eleanor Melson
Mrs Florence Sterner
Beverly Brown
Mrs Sarah Butler
Mrs Mary Richardson
Roger Thomas
Wallace Johnston
Charles Hines
John C W Riddle
Mrs L E Gibbons
C G James
Mrs H N Lazenby
Mrs Hazel B Williams
Warren E Pickett
Charles M Ewing
Charles Custer
There are many others who directly or indirectly have been helpful
in this project. They deserve our thanks.
We thank Dr George E McCracken for publishing the complete Nixon
family tree in The American Genealogist for April 1970.
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INTRODUCTION
When a man becomes President of the United States of America,
there is interest in his ancestry:
(1) to find out something about the background of the man;
(2) to discover who his relatives are.
President Nixon was born in California. His father was born in
Ohio; his mother in Indiana. His parents, two of his grandparents
and two of his great-grandparents died in California. All of his
grandparents, all of his great-grandparents and 13 of his 16 great-
great-grandparents lived at one time in Ohio. The sixteen were born in:
Pa. 6; Md. 4; N. J. 3; Del. 2; Ohio 1.
The places of death are:
Ohio 7; Iowa 3; Ind. 2, Pa. 2; Mo. 1; Md. 1.
There are a number of unusual facts concerning the Nixon ancestors:
(a) they all lived in a narrow band from the region of Baltimore
to that of Newark; several went from Mass. or Long Island to N. J.;
(b) on the average they landed in the U. S. about 1695; there is no
record of any landing after 1775;
(c) two-thirds were Quaker, coming from both sides of the family;
(d) many of the families are well-known and have published genealogies;
(e) a conservative estimate is that over two million Americans are
"cousins" of President Nixon, going out as far as 9th cousins;
(f) except for the Trimmers all the lines go back to the British Isles,
mainly England, with a few Scottish and Welsh families, and
several families stopping in Ireland on the way to America;
(g) on the maternal side there is considerable longevity, for the
first four generations the average age is 80 (for the paternal
it is 60); and then for the great-great-great-grandparente
on the maternal side the average is 77, at time of death.
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Richard Milhous Nixon had eight great-grandparents, two of whom
died after he was born. The eight branches are:
NIXON - the earliest record is in 1731 when James Nixon bought a farm
in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co., Del. He may have come from Ire-
land. His descendants migrated to Washington Co., Pa., Ohio and Cal.
Miss Ferguson and Dr. Lane assisted the compiler in this branch.
TRIMMER - John Trimmer, of German origin, is listed in Hunterdon Co.,
N.J. in 1739. He probably migrated to New Jersey some years earlier.
This familyHived in Morris Co., N.J., Juniata Co., Pa. and Washington
Co., Pa. where a Trimmer married a Nixon. The Genealogy by David Trim-
mer was valuable. This has never been published.
WADSWORTH - the name of Thomas Wadsworth appears in Harford Co., Md.
in 1741 when he was married. His origin is not known. The family moved
to Ohio where a Wadsworth married a Nixon. Miss Rebecca Wadsworth
supplied helpful family data, as did Robert Barnes and Florence Main.
MOORE - James Moore migrated from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland to
Lancaster Co., Penna. sometime before 1759.
The family were Quakers.
James' father, also James, was married in Ireland in 1714. The family
likely originated in England. The movement was west from Lancaster Co.
to Centre Co. and Allegheny Co. in Pa. and then to Ohio, where a Moore
married a Wadsworth. The chief source is The Ancestors and Descendants
of Andrew Moore by J.A.M. Passmore, Phila. 1897. Others assisting were:
Mrs. Ruth M. Smith with the Lillian Rowell charts, Warren W. Nixon
and Florence Main. This branch was the hardest to trace.
MILHOUS - Thomas Milhous, born 1699, went from Timahoe, Co. Kildare,
Ireland to Chester Co., Pa. in 1730 (settling nine miles west of James
Nixon). His grandfather, also Thomas, was living in Carrickfergus, Co.
Antrim in 1669, when John , father. of the younger Thomas, was born.
The family may have originated in England. From Chester Co. the Mil-
houses moved to Ohio, Ind. and Cal. Mrs. Martha Gibbons provided
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histories by William Milhous (b. 1839) and Mrs. Dorothy Z. Milhous.
The Milhous Bibles, at the Library of Congress, were used in the 1969
inaug ration of the President.
GRIFFITH - William Griffith went from Wales to New Castle Co., Del.
about 1700. His family moved to York Co., Pa. and then Washington Co.,
Pa. where a Griffith-Milhous marriage occurred. James Griffith 1808-
1892, of York Co., Pa. wrote a history of the family. Mrs. Florence
Sterner supplied a copy from the original in the York Co. Histl. Socy.
BURDG - the Burdg family is found at Great Neck, Long Island in the
1670's. From here they went to Monmouth Co., N.J., Fayette Co., Pa.
and Ohio, where a Milhous married a Burdg. The main source is Burdg
and Allied Families by Howard G. Burdg, Conway, N.H. 1950.
HEMINGWAY - the Hemingways appear in Roxbury, Mass. about 1634. They
then moved to Burlington Co., N.J. and then Ohio, where a Hemingway
married a Burdg. The chief source is Ralph Hemmenway and His Descendants
by C.A.H. Newton, Napierville, Ill. 1932-43.
Into the above eight branches married eight more:
WILSON - New Castle Co., Del.; Washington, Pa.
HUNT - Washington Co., Pa. likely from N.J. This line has yet to be traced.
LYTLE - Baltimore Co., Md. Data supplied by Robert Barnes.
BROWN - Ireland; Frederick Co., Va.; Hampshire Co., W.Va.; Perry Co, Ohio.
Data supplied by Florence Main.
VICKERS - Bucks Co. and Chester Co., Pa.
PRICE - A.Arundel Co., Md. Data supplied by A. Russell Slagle.
MATTHEWS - New Castle Co., Del.; Baltimore Co., Md.
MALMSBURY - Burlington Co., N.J.; Columbiana (now Mahoning) Co, Ohio
Help received from John W. Haines.
In all there are about one hundred ancestral lines mainly concen-
trated within seventy miles of Wilmington, Del. where the first Nixon
appeared.
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16 MAIN LINES
(earliest record)
Br Brown
Mi Milhous
Tr
Bu Burdg
Mo Moore
Gr Griffith
0
Ni Nixon
miles
50
?Hu
He Hemingway
Pr Price
Hu Hunt
Bu
Tr Trimmer
Ly Lytle
Vi
Vi Vickers
(from
Mal Malmsbury
PHILA.
LI)
Wa Wadsworth
Mat Matthews
Mo
Wi Wilson
X
He (from
Mi
Pa.
Mal
Mass)
Ni
Wi
Mat
Md.
Wa
Gr
Ly
W.Va.
Del.
Pr
N.J.
Va.
Br
ANCESTORS IN VICINITY OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
HEMINGWAY
MALMSBURY
OHIO
W.VA.
PENNA.
MOORE
Pittsburgh
TRIMMER
HUNT
Washington
NIXON
MILHOUS
BURDG
Wheeling
WILSON
GRIFFITH
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FAMILY TREE
On the following pages an outline is given of the known ancestors
of Richard Milhous Nixon. He is (1). His father is (2), his grand-
fathers (4) and (6), his great-grandfathers (8) (10) (12) (14), and
BO on. Each generation doubles as it goes back. Eight generations
are listed. The following surnames appear:
Armstrong
Harbour
Parker
Harry
Parsons
Bagley
Hartley
Passmore
Baldwin
Haven
Pearce
Barret
Hemingway
Pennell
Batchiler
Henderson
Perkins
Biddle
Hewes
Phillips
Bowne
Hunt
Pierson
Bradford
Hussey
Potts
Brinton
Hyandson
Price
Brown
Prothereth
Budd
Inskeep
Burdg
Record
Burson
James
Roberts
Butterworth
John
Johnson
Scothorn
Carter
Seeds
Cattell
Lester
Shattuck
Clark
Lewis
Shinn
Clayton
Lightfoot
Southwick
Clemson
Lippincott
Stanhope
Lytle
Strode
Davis
Day
Ma lmsbury
Thomas
Dickinson
Maris
Thomasson
Dillon
Mason
Trimmer
Dixson
Matthews
Twiggs
Duncalf
McComas
McCulley
Vickers
Evans
McElwain
Mendenhall
Wadsworth
Foote
Mickle
Webster
Forster
Milhous
Wellsmith
Miller
White
Gaskill
Moore
Wiley
Gibbons
Morse
Wilson
Giles
Wise
Goody
Nixon
Wood
Griffith
Wright
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16 George Nixon
1784-aft 1860 DE PA OH
8 George Nixon
m c1806
1821-1863 PA OH
17 Hannah Wilson
c1790-cl827 DE PA
4 Samuel Brady
m 1843
Nixon
18 Anthony Trimmer
1847-1914
c1781-1841 PA
PA OH
9 Margaret Ann Trimmer
m 1824
1826-1865 PA OH
m 1873
19 Margaret Hunt
1804-1876 PA OH
2 Francis Anthony Nixon
1878-1956 OH CA
20 Robert Wadsworth
m 1908
1785-1867 MD OH
10 Thomas Wiley Wadsworth
m 1823
1826-1879 MD OH
21 Elizabeth Lytle
1794-1831 MD
5 Sarah Ann
m 1850
Wadsworth
22 Joseph Dickinson Moore
1852-1886 OH
1794-1860 PA OH IA
11 Mary Louise Moore
m 1825
1832-1918 OH
23 Jane Brown
1807-1886 OH IA
1 Richard Milhous Nixon 1913-
24 William Milhous
1783-1874 PA OH
12 Joshua Vickers Milhous
m 1807
1820-1893 OH IN
25 Martha Vickers
1786-1873 PA OH
6 Franklin Milhous m 1847
26 Amos Griffith
1848-1919 OH IN CA
c1798-1871 PA OH
m 1879
13 Elizabeth Price Griffith m 1820
1827-1923 PA OH IN CA
I
27 Edith Price
1801-1873 MD PA OH
3 Hannah Milhous
1885-1967 IN CA
28 Jacob Burdg
1783-1862 NJ PA OH IN
14 Oliver Burdg
m 1807
1821-1908 PA OH IN CA
29 Miriam Matthews
/IN
1786-aft 1860 MD PA OH
7 Almira Park Burdg m 1846
1849-1943 OH IN CA
30 James Hemingway
1801-1893 NJ OH IA MO
15 Jane Hemingway
m 1823
1824-1890 OH IN
31 Hope Malmsbury
1804-1865 NJ OH IA
32 George Nixon
64 James Nixon
16 George Nixon
65 Mary
66
33 Sarah Seeds
67
8 George Nixon
68
34 William Wilson
69
17 Hannah Wilson
70 Nathan Scothorn
35 Eleanor Scothorn
4 Samuel Brady Nixon
71 Hannah Twiggs
36 Paul Trimmer
72 Anthony Trimmer
73 Elizabeth
18 Anthony Trimmer
74 Moses McElwain
37 Jane McElwain
9 Margaret Ann Trimmer
75 Agnes Miller
76
38 William Hunt
77
19 Margaret Hunt
78
39 ?Margaret
79
2 Francis Anthony Nixon
80 Thomas Wadsworth
40 Thomas Wadsworth
81 Rebecca Passmore
20 Robert Wadsworth
82 ?Matthew Wiley
41 Mary Wiley
83
10 Thomas Wiley Wadsworth
84 Guy Lytle
42 George Lytle
85 Elizabeth Webster
21 Elizabeth Lytle
86 Alexander McComas
43 Elizabeth McComas
87 Deborah Hartley
5 Sarah Ann Wadsworth
88 James Moore
44 Joseph Moore
89 Elizabeth Dickinson
22 Joseph Dickinson Moore
90 Thomas Clemson
45 Mary Clemson
91 Elizabeth Strode
11 Mary Louise Moore
92 Alexander Brown
46 Isaac Brown
93 Mary Bradford
23 Jane Brown
94 ?Thomas Clayton
47 Mary Clayton
L Richard Milhous Nixon
95 ?Mary
96 Thomas Milhous
48 William Milhous
97 Sarah Miller
24 William Milhous
98 Joshua Baldwin
49 Hannah Baldwin
12 Joshua Vickers Milhous
99 Mercy Brown
100 Thomas Vickers
50 Thomas Vickers
101 Rebecca Dillon
25 Martha Vickers
102 Joshua Mendenhall
51 Jemima Mendenhall
103 Lydia Mendenhall
6 Franklin Milhous
104 William Griffith
52 Jacob Griffith
105 Esther Davis
26 Amos Griffith
106 Record Hussey
53 Lydia Hussey
107 Miriam Harry
13 Elizabeth Price Griffith
108 Samuel Price
54 Daniel Price
109 Ann Moore
27 Edith Price
110 John Hussey
55 Elizabeth Hussey
111 Elizabeth
3 Hannah Milhous
112 Joseph Burdg
56 Jacob Burdg
113 Mary Harbour
28 Jacob Burdg
114
57 Judith
115
14 Oliver Burdg
116 Oliver Matthews
58 William Matthews
117 Hannah John
29 Miriam Matthews
118 Isaac Griffith
59 Ann Griffith
119 Ann Burson
7 Almira Park Burdg
120 Isaac Hemingway
60 James Hemingway
121 Elizabeth Haven
30 James Hemingway
122 Ephraim Armstrong
61 Elizabeth Armstrong
123 Elizabeth McCulley
15 Jane Hemingway
124 ?John Malmsbury
62 Benjamin Malmsbury
125
aymond M. Bell
31 Hope Malmsbury
126 James Cattell
secod.
College 1969
63 Jane Cattell
127 Hope Gaskill
128
130
132
134
136
138
140 Nathan m Mary Lewis
280 Robert Scothorn
142 John m Eleanor Thomasson
286 Paul
144 John
146
148 Robert m Isabel
150 James
152
154
156
158
160
162
164 Luke m ?Kezia
166
168 George
170 Michael m Elizabeth Giles
340 John Webster
342 Nathaniel
172 Alexander m Elizabeth Day
344 Daniel McComas
346 Nicholas
174
176 James m Susanna Forster
178 Joseph m Elizabeth Miller
356 Daniel Dickinson
358 Gayen
180 James m Sarah
182 John m Magdalene James
364 George Strode
366 Morgan
184
186
188
190
192 John m Sarah Mickle
384 Thomas Milhous
386 Robert
194 James m Catharine Lightfoot
390 Thomas
196 John m Hannah Johnson
392 John Baldwin
394 Joshua
198 Samuel m Ann Clark
396 George Brown
398 John
200 Abraham m Mary
400 Thomas Vickers
202 Nicholas in Mary
204 Benjamin m Lydia Roberts
408 Benjamin Mendenhall
410 Owen
206 Aaron m Rose Pierson
412 John Mendenhall
414 Thomas
208 William
210
212 John m Margaret Record
424 John Hussey
214 John m Frances
428 Hugh Harry
216 Mordecai m Elizabeth White
432 Mordecai Price
434 Guy
218 Walter m Ann
220 John m Ann Inskeep
222
224 David m Elizabeth Bowne
448 David Burdg
450 William
226
228
230
232 Thomas m Sarah
464 Oliver Matthews
234
236 Abraham m Hannah Lester
472 Howell Griffith
474 Peter
238 Joseph m Rachel Potts
476 George Burson
478 Jonas
240 Joshua m Abigail Morse
480 Joshua Hemingway
482 Joseph
242
244
246
248 ?John
250
252 James m Ann
504 Jonas Cattell
254 Jonathan m Jane Shinn
508 Josiah Gaskill
510 John
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1120 Robert Scothorn
560 Francis Scot-
1121 Ann Barret
280 Robert Scothorn (horn
561 Marie
140 Nathan Scothorn
562 Henry Gibbons
281 Mary Gibbons
70 Nathan Scothorn
563 Helen
282 ?Thomas Lewis
141 Mary Lewis
283 ?Jane Thomas
142 John Twiggs
71 Hannah Twiggs
143 Eleanor Thomasson
286 Paul Thomasson
72 Anthony Trimmer
144 John Trimmer
148 Robert McElwain
74 Moses McElwain
149 Isabel
150 James Miller
75 Agnes Miller
164 Luke Wiley
82 ?Matthew Wiley
165 ?Kezia
84 Guy Lytle
168 George Lytle
340 John Webster
170 Michael Webster
341 Hannah Butterworth
85 Elizabeth Webster
342 Nathaniel Giles
171 Elizabeth Giles
344 Daniel McComas
172 Alexander McComas
345 ?Elizabeth
86 Alexander McComas
173 Elizabeth Day
346 Nicholas Day
347 Sarah
352 ?James Moore
176 James Moore
88 James Moore
177 Susanna Forster
712 Daniel Dickin
356 Daniel Dickinson
178 Joseph Dickinson
713 Mary
(son
357 Elizabeth
89 Elizabeth Dickinson
358 Gayen Miller
179 Elizabeth Miller
359 Margaret Henderson
90 Thomas Clemson
180 James Clemson
181 Sarah
182 John Strode
364 George Strode
91 Elizabeth Strode
366 Morgan James
183 Magdalen James
367 Elizabeth Prothereth
734 Evan
384 Thomas Milhous
192 John Milhous
385 Elizabeth
96 Thomas Milhous
386 Robert Mickle
193 Sarah Mickle
387 Mary
194 James Miller
97 Sarah Miller
390 Thomas Lightfoot
195 Catharine Light-
(foot
391 Mary
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392 John Baldwin
784 John Baldwin
196 John Baldwin
393 Catharine Carter
786 Joseph Carter
98 Joshua Baldwin
787 Catharine
197 Hannah Johnson
394 Joshua Johnson
(Parker
395 Mary
198 Samuel Brown
396 George Brown
99 Mercy Brown
397 Mercy
199 Ann Clark
398 John Clark
400 Thomas Vickers
200 Abraham Vickers
100 Thomas Vickers
401 Esther
201 Mary
202 Nicholas Dillon
101 Rebecca Dillon
203 Mary
1632 Francis
denhall
408 Benjamin Men-
816 Thomas Men- Mendenhall
817 Joan (denhall
204 Benjamin Mendenhall
1636 Robt
409 Ann Pennell
818 Robt Pennell
1637 Isobel
819 Elizabeth Hyandson
102 Joshua Mendenhall
410 Owen Roberts
820 Hugh Roberts
821 Jane
205 Lydia Roberts
411 Mary
412 John Mendenhall
3304 Richard Maris
bro. of 408
1652 Richard Maris
206 Aaron Mendenhall
3305 Ann
826 George Maris
413 Elizabeth Maris
1653 Alice
103 Lydia Mendenhall
827 Alice Wellsmith
414 Thomas Pierson
207 Rose Pierson
830 Henry Dixson
415 Rose Dixson
831 Rose
208 William Griffith
104 William Griffith
3392 John Hussey
1696
Christopher Hussey
3393 Mary Wood
848 John Hussey
3394 Stephen Bat-
1697 Theodate (chiler
Batchiler
424 John Hussey
11698 Isaac Perkins
849 Rebecca Perkins
3398 Humphrey Wise
1699
Susanna Wise
212 John Hussey (same as 110)
3399 Susan
106 Record Hussey
1425 Ann Inskeep
213 Margaret Record
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428 Hugh Harry
13432 Thos Brinton
1716 Thomas Brinton
214 John Harry
3433 Ellen Mason
858 William Brinton
3434 William Biddle
1717 Ann Biddle
107 Miriam Harry
429 Elizabeth Brinton
3436 John Bagley
1718 Edward Bagley
859 Ann Bagley
215 Frances
1719 Ann
1728 Thomas Price
864 Thomas Price
1729 Elizabeth Phil-
432 Mordecai Price
lips dau. of Robt.
216 Mordecai Price
865 Elizabeth Johnson
866 Thomas Parsons
433 Mary Parsons
867 Isabella
108 Samuel Price
868 Guy White
434 Guy White
869 Elizabeth Wright
217 Elizabeth White
870 Samuel Griffith
435 Elizabeth Griffith
|871 Mary
218 Walter Moore
109 Ann Moore
219 Ann
896 Jonathan Burdg
448 David Burdg
224 David Burdg
897 Hannah
112 Joseph Burdg
900 Samuel Bowne
450 William Bowne
225 Elizabeth Bowne
451 Elizabeth
928 Thomas Matthews
464 Oliver Matthews
232 Thomas Matthews
116 Oliver Matthews
233 Sarah
472 Howell Griffith
236 Abraham Griffith
118 Isaac Griffith
474 Peter Lester
237 Hannah Lester
475 Mary Duncalf
476 George Burson
238 Joseph Burson
477 Hannah
119 Ann Burson
478 Jonas Potts
239 Rachel Potts
479 Mary
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1920 Ralph Hemingway
960 Joshua
3842 John Hewes
Heming-
1921
Elizabeth Hewes
way
3843 Mary Foote
dau. of Robert
480 Joshua Hemingway
961 Joanna Evans
240 Joshua Hemingway
962 Josiah Stanhope
481 Rebecca Stanhope
120 Isaac Hemingway
963 Susannah
482 Joseph Morse
241 Abigail Morse
246 Jonn McCulley
123 Elizabeth McCully
504 Jonas Cattell
252 James Cattell
126 James Cattell
505 Mary Pearce
253 Ann
2032 Edward Gaskill
1016 Samuel Gaskill
2033 Sarah
508 Josiah Gaskill
2034 Lawrence Southwick
1017 Provided Southwick
2035 Cassandra
254 Jonathan Gaskill
2036 Richard Lippincott
son of Anthony
1018 Restore Lippincott
2037 Abigail Goody
127 Hope Gaskill
509 Rebecca Lippincott
2038 William Shattuck
1019 Hannah Shattuck
1020 John Shinn
510 John Shinn
255 Jane Shinn
1021 Jane
511 Mary ?Budd
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(1) RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON b Jan 13-1913 Yorba Linda, California
m Jun 21-1940 Patricia Thelma Ryan b Mar 16-1912 Ely, Nevada
Graduated from Whittier College 1934, Duke Law School 1937;
Elected: to Congress 1946, 1948; to Senate 1950; Vice-President
1952, 1956; President 1968
1. Patricia Nixon b Feb 21-1946
2. Julie Nixon b Jul 5-1948 m Dec 22-1968 Dwight David Eisenhower
b Mar 31-1948
(See Friedrichs: Präsident Dwight D. Eisenhowers
Vorfahren und Verwandte, Neustadt/Aisch, 1955)
Parents
(2) FRANCIS ANTHONY NIXON & (3) HANNAH MILHOUS
Francis b Dec 3-1878 Elk Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio; d Sep 4-1956
La Habra, Cal; m Jun 25-1908 Whittier, Cal Hannah
b Mar 7-1885 near Butlerville, Jennings Co, Ind;
d Sep 30-1967
Francis (Frank) was brought up as a Methodist; Hannah as a Quaker.
After their marriage he became a Quaker. He moved as a boy to Woodgeard
Road, Ebenezer Ridge, south of Hue, Ohio. He attended Ebenezer School
and Ebenezer Methodist Church at Mount Pleasant, Vinton Co. After his
mother's death he lived with his uncle Elihu (Lyle) Nixon. He worked as
a motorman in Columbus, Ohio from 1901 to 1907 before moving to Whittier,
Cal - a warmer climate. At a party given by the conductor with whom he
worked he met Hannah Milhous.
After marriage they lived in Whittier, Lindsay, Yorba Linda and
returned in 1922 to East Whittier, where they operated the Nixon Market.
From 1947 to 1950 they lived on a farm at Menges Mills, York Co, Pa.
Again for health reasons they returned to Whittier and later lived at
nearby La Habra, California.
1. Harold Samuel Nixon b Jun 1-1909 d Mar 7-1933
2. Richard Milhous Nixon (1)
3. Francis Donald Nixon b Nov 23-1914 m Aug 9-1942 Clara Jane Lemke
a. Lawrene Mae b Jul 18-1943
b. Donald Anthony b Dec 12-1945
C. Richard Calvert b Aug 28-1952
4. Arthur Burdg Nixon b May 26-1918 d Aug 1925
5. Edward Calvert Nixon b May 3-1930 m Jun 1-1957 Gay Lynne Woods
a. Amelia b Jun 4-1958
b. Elizabeth b Apr 14-1960
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Grandparents
(4) SAMUEL BRADY NIXON & (5) SARAH ANN WADSWORTH
Samuel b Oct 9-1847 Smith Twp, Washington Co, Pa; d Apr 28-1914
Vinton Co, Ohio; mlOct 15-1852 Hocking Co, Ohio Sarah
b Oct 15-1852 Hocking Co; d Jan 18-1886 Vinton Co
Samuel was six when he moved to Ohio; he was 16 when his father
was killed at Gettysburg, Pa. He farmed, taught school and carried
ma il. Sarah's health was not good. Attempts to find a better climate
in the Carolinas and Georgia failed. Samuel married secondly Lutheria
Wyman b Oct 18-1863 d 1948 Cal. After Samuel's death she married
Dr W V Marshburn in California. Samuel and Sarah are buried in
Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Vinton County, Ohio.
1. Irene Chloe Nixon b Jul 12-1874 d Dec 1-1901 Ohio m Nov 10-1895
Henry Engle - three children
2. Walter Wadsworth Nixon b Sep 3-1876 d Mar 11-1867 Cal m
Nellie May Coverdale b Jan 22-1885 d Feb 10-1963
a. Vivian Nixon b Nov 16-1904 m George I Fraser b Aug 4-1901
Children: George Edgar, Robert Paul, Walter Ferris, Herbert Ray
b. Henry Wadsworth Nixon b Jan 7-1908 m Margaret Nicklewarth
b Jul 17-1909 - Child: Christine Ann
C. Thelma Nixon b Jul 12-1914 m John D Lucas b May 6-1906
Children: John D Jr, Judith Ann
d. Wanda Nixon b Mar 18-1922 m Waldo H Meeker b Oct 17-1920
Child: James Walter
3. Francis Anthony Nixon (2)
4. Carrie May Nixon b Feb 20-1881 d Apr 1-1968 Cal ml
George J Wildermuth b Jul 12-1878 d Apr 20-1919
a. Merrill E Wildermuth b Apr 23-1902 d Oct 28-1949 m
Blodwin Jenkins b Jun 11-1899 d Jan 18-1965
i. Barbara Jean m Jerry Schacht
ii. Don Allen b Aug 13-1940 m Janell Shepard
b. Floyd E Wildermuth b Dec 17-1909 m Ruby I Aabel
i. Ann Marie b Jun 20-1940 m Richard Allen Homiczowski b Sep 23-1940
ii. Betty Diane b Dec 29-1943
Carrie May m2 Merton Skinner
5. Ernest Leland Nixon b Apr 21-1883 d Mar 4-1969 State College, Pa
m 1914 Mary Kennedy
a. Alice Nixon
m Lavan Linton
b. Ernestine Nixon
m Charles J Noll
C. Leland Warren Nixon
6. Hugh Henry Nixon b Jan 24-1892 d May 3-1965 Cal ml Bernice Pike
b Jun 27-1901 d Apr 10-1960; m2 1961 Helene Clarkson
a. Loren Hugh Nixon - deceased
b. Joyce Adair Nixon b Jan 1-1921 m Milton Robert Sanden b Aug 26-1920
i. Sharron Gail b Oct 16-1942 m Michael Weakley
ii. Nicky Robert b Oct 13-1947
C. Roger Lee Nixon b Sep 16-1927 m Alice Christensen
i. June m James Glynn
ii. Ann m Joe M Kana
d. Neva Joan Nixon b Mar 20-1930 m Thomas Cotter
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(6) FRANKLIN MILHOUS & (7) ALMIRA PARK BURDG
Franklin b Nov 4-1848 near Colerain, Belmont Co, Ohio;
d Feb 2-1919 Whittier, Cal; ml Aug 14-1872 Sarah Emily Armstrong
b Aug 21-1850 d Jul 19-1877; m2 Apr 16-1879 Jennings Co, Ind
Almira Park Burdg b Sep 16-1849 Columbiana Co, Ohio
d Jul 23-1943 Whittier, Cal
Franklin was six when he moved to Jennings Co, Ind. He was a nursery-
man. He migrated to the Quaker colony at Whittier, Cal 1897. His family
joined in the typical westward movement in the America of the 1800's.
1. Griffith William Milhous b May 8-1873 d
m Dec 7-1899 Cora Edna Green
Children: Esther Emily, William Carleton
2. Mary Alice Milhous b Feb 21-1875 d Jan 2-1909
m May 1900 Williard N Cummings; no issue
3. Emily Milhous b Apr 25-1877 d Aug 7-1877
4. Edith Milhous b Jun 30-1880
m Philip Hunter Timberlake
Children: Elizabeth, Philip Franklin, Priscilla Jane
5. Martha Milhous b Aug 25-1882 d May 11-1968
m Jan 14-1913 Laurence Eugene Gibbons
Children: Edith Catharine, Almira Laurene (d 1941), Mildred Rose
6. Hannah Milhous (3)
7. Ezra Charles Milhous b Mar 18-1887
m Dec 8-1909 Anna Lima Hudson
Children: Josephine (d inf), Robert Franklin, Charles, Jane,
Alice May, Oliver, Philip Laurence, William, Jesse,
Calvin, Elizabeth
8. Jane Burdg Milhous b Dec 29-1889
m Apr 26-1912 Harold Chantry Beeson
Children: Joseph Alden, Sheldon Chantry, Barbara Jane
9. Elizabeth Milhous b Jul 7-1892 d Oct 4-1930
m Nov 1912 Russell Earl Harrison
Children: Russell Earl Jr, Lucille, Rosellen (d 1942)
10. Rose Olive Milhous b Jun 23-1895
m Oscar Obid Marshburn
Children: Hadley Earl, Howard Albert, Theodore Franklin, Marygene
Great-grandparents
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(8) GEORGE NIXON III & (9) MARGARET AND TRINTER
George b 1821 Washington, Pa; d Jul 1863 Gettysburg, Pa;
m Jan 10-1843 Washington Co, Pa Margaret b 1826 Smith Twp,
Washington Co; d Mar 18-1865 Vinton Co, Ohio - buried McArthur
George was twelve when he moved to Smith Twp, Washington Co, Pa.
He was married by Rev Thomas M Hudson, Methodist presiding elder, at
the home of his sister, Eleanor Scothorn, in South Strabane Twp. He
lived in Smith Twp, likely at Midway until he and his family moved
to Elk Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio in 1853. His father, George II, had moved
to Vinton Co in 1844.
On Nov 9-1861 George enlisted in the Union Army. The records at
Washington list him as:
age 40, farmer, 5-2 feet, brown eyes, light complexion and hair.
He was mustered into service at Waverly, Pike Co, Ohio as a private in
Company B, 73rd Regiment of Ohio Infantry. His regiment reached Gettys-
burg, Pa at 2 pm Jul 1-1863 and went into position near what is now
the National Cemetery. On July 2 there was sharpshooting and on July 3
there was battery fire. George was fatally wounded and died a few days
later. (The exact date is not known.) His grave is close to the spot
where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous dedicatory address. The marker reads:
GEORGE NIXON CO. B REGT. 73
Just ninety years later on Jul 5-1953 his great-grandson, Richard Mil-
hous Nixon visited and placed flowers on the grave.
The widow survived him for 20 months. At her death Mar 18-1865 she
left eight children, ages 21 to 5. See her widow's pension records in
the National Archives (wc 84443).
1. Martha L Nixon b 1844 m Aug 30-1862 John Vansky
Children: George, Mamie, Will
2. David Palmer Nixon b Jan 23-1846 d Nov 21-1932 Goshen, W Va
m Dec 20-1871 Rachel H Clark d Jan 21-1925
a. Louisa L Nixon b Sep 10-1872 d young
b. C Frank Nixon b Nov 11-1874 d 1920, unmarried
C. Olive G Nixon b Nov 1876 d Jun 9-1963 m A G Alderson
d. Columbus Henry Nixon b Sep 15-1879 d May 16-1966
e. George Nixon d young
f. Mary A Nixon b May 21-1883 d May 3-1965, unmarried
3. Samuel Brady Nixon (4)
4. Margaret Lovina Nixon b 1849 m Jul 6-1865 William W Carson, no record
5. Sarah Elizabeth Nixon b Sep 15-1851 m Robert Shields
Children: Elliott (d inf), William John, Blanche, Mary Melissa, Georgeta
6. William Francis Nixon b Feb 2-1854 d Aug 12-1863
7. Boston A Nixon b Apr 6-1856 d Jun 16-1939, buried Aumsville, Ore
ml H C Livingston; m2 cl888 Lucy Christian b Mar 16-1865
McDowell Co, W Va d Jul 6-1939 Springfield, Ore
a. Charles M Nixon b May 20-1881
b. Margaret Nixon b Mar 9-1890 d Feb 23-1970 m Claude Martin
C. George Thomas Nixon b Feb 11-1892 d May 3-1965
d. Winford Kessler Nixon b Oct 6-1894
e. David Palmer Nixon b Jul 6-1896 d Jun 25-1964
f. Henry Delbert Nixon b 1898 d 1962
B. Matilda Nixon b Apr 15-1900 m Richtor Carron
h. Marie Nixon b Mar 3-1902 m Percy Ross
i. Albert Nixon b 1904 d Oct 3-1922 m Linnie Fertog
8. Hiram D Nixon b Mar 15-1858 d Jan 26-1927 Washington CH, Ohio
m Nov 13-1880 Clarinda J Leach d Jun 9-1909
a. Roy Benson Nixon b Dec 29-1881
b. Austin Roscoe Nixon b 1883 d Mar 1953
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C. Dallie C Nixon b Nov 3-1887 d 1888
d. Guy Brandon Nixon b May 24-1891 d Nov 5-1963
e. Clara Hazel Nixon b Aug 30-1893 d Jul 1935
f. Elizabeth Marie Nixon b 1895 d May 18-1921
9. Elihu (Lyle) Andrew Nixon b Aug 22-1860 d Jan 7-1948 Frankfort, Ohio
m Apr 5-1882 Alice J Roach b Sep 20-1865 d Sep 6-1923
a. Alta Estella Nixon b May 13-1883 d Jan 8-1965 m Albert Young
b. Dora Blanche Nixon b Feb 12-1885
c. Bertie Ray Nixon b Nov 8-1887
d. Mamie Murdell Nixon b Nov 23-1889
e. Marie Bell Nixon b Aug 16-1891 m Lewis Bates
f. Earl Motley Nixon b Apr 30-1893
g. Freddie Ernest Nixon b Jul 12-1898
(10) THOMAS WILEY WADSWORTH & (11) MARY LOUISE MOORE
Thomas b Feb 10-1826 Harford Co, Md; d Sep 11-1879 Hocking Co,
Ohio; m May 30-1850 Morgan Co, Ohio Mary b Dec 24-1832
Morgan Co; d Nov 10-1918 Vinton Co, Ohio
Thomas moved from Harford Co, Md to Morgan Co, Ohio at the age of /ing CJ
eleven. He was a storekeeper. He moved from Morgan Co to Washington Twp, Hock-
before 1860. He and his wife are buried at the Ebenezer Cemetery,
Mount Pleasant. Mary married secondly George Amerine (b Jul 11-1820).
They lived near Chapel Hill, east of Fairview.
1. Elizabeth Jane Wadsworth b May 23-1851 m 1869 William Henry Vanscoy
2. Sarah Ann Wadsworth (5)
3. Mary Frances Wadsworth b Jun 11-1855 d May 17-1857
4. Rebecca Melissa Wadsworth b Nov 3-1858 d Dec 21-1876
5. Robert Franklin Douglas (Frank) Wadsworth b Mar 14-1862 d 1955
Longmont, Colo; buried Iowa; ml Hester Johnston; m2 Mabel Gates
Children: Claude 1882-1909, Clifford 1884-1915
6. Melinda Annetta Wadsworth b Nov 9-1866 d Mar 24-1881
7. Matthew Wiley Houston (Hugh) Wadsworth b Jul 20-1870 d Nov 10-1935 Ohio
m Dec 24-1889 Henrietta Hankins
Children: Archie Dale 1892-1927, Mary Rebecca 1894- , Hazel
(Goeller) 1897-
(12) JOSHUA VICKERS MILHOUS & (13) ELIZABETH PRICE GRIFFITH
Joshua b Dec 31-1820 Colerain, Belmont Co, Ohio; d Apr 15-1893
Bigger Twp, Jennings Co, Ind; m Dec 23-1847 Washington Co, Pa
Elizabeth b Apr 28-1827 W Pike Run Twp, Washington Co, Pa;
d May 3-1923 Whittier, Cal
Joshua moved from Ohio to Indiana in 1854, arriving March 23rd.
His Quaker membership was transferred from Short Creek Mtg to Drift-
wood Mtg. Elizabeth, a Quaker minister, was still active at the age of 90.
She moved west with her son, Franklin.
1. Franklin Milhous (6)
2. Jesse Griffith Milhous b May 11-1851
ml May 23-1878 Mary Frances McManaman; m2 Aug 16-1919 Laura E McClure
Children: Charles Stephen (d inf), Walter E, Grace Anne m Eldo West
(mother of Jessamyn West, the author)
3. Edith G Milhous b Jan 11-1853
m May 15-1872 Lewis I Hadley
Children: Emma Florence, Bessie M, Ethel, Chester A, Helen
4. William Henry Milhous b Nov 7-1855 d Apr 19-1866
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5. Charles W Milhous b Apr 21-1858
m Jan 1-1884 Rose Urseola McClure
Children: Frank M, Neva Blanche, Gertrude Lucile, Charles William
6. Jane R Milhous b Sep 9-1860 d Oct 16-1860
7. Martha J Milhous b Oct 5-1861
m Feb 1-1883 Wilmer C Ware
Children: Elsie, Ada, Roy, Ella Elizabeth, Edith Winifred, Evelyn Wiln
8. Amos Walter Milhous b Oct 23-1863 d Apr 20-1866
(14) OLIVER BURDG & (15) JANE M HEMINGWAY
Oliver b Sep 28-1821 Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, Pa; d Jun 11-1908
Whittier, Cal; m Apr 29-1846 Jane b Apr 30-1824 Mahoning Co,
Ohio; d Apr 5-1890 Jennings Co, Ind
Oliver moved from Fayette Co to Columbiana Co, near Salem, Ohio in
1835. In 1853 he migrated to Jennings Co, Ind and later to California.
1. Martin Burdg b Apr 29-1847
ml Oct 19-1870 Annie Hale; m2 Jan 28-1889 Emma Bringham
Children: Ezra, Emerson, Emmet, Foster, Bertha, Ella, Oliver;
Almira J, Ethel
2. Almira Park Burdg (7)
3. Ezra Burdg b Dec 20-1854 d Apr 30-1871
4. Maryetta Burdg b Nov 19-1860 d Oct 14-1867
Greatgreatgrandparents
(16) GEORGE NIXON II & (17) HANNAH WILSON
George b 1784 Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co, Del; living
1860 Richland Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio; ml cl806 Washington, Pa
Hannah b c1790 Del; d c1827 Washington; m2 Nov 16-1830
Washington, Pa Christine Pence
George was 19 when to moved to Washington, Pa. He married 16-year
old Hannah Wilson, daughter of William and Eleanor (Scothorn) Wilson.
Wiiliam was a blacksmith and wagon-maker who had migrated from Dela-
ware to Washington, Pa about 1800. George and Hannah are listed on
the membership rolls of First United Me thodist Church in Washington.
They belonged from about the time of their arriage until Hannah's
death. Hannah was a member of the women's class that met in town on
Friday afternoons. George was a member of the country class that met
Sundays after church.
In 1833 George moved to Smith Twp, Washington Co; in 1844 to Rich-
land Twp, Vinton Co, Ohio. In 1860 he is listed in the census as living
in Richland Twp with his grandson George (b 1829). He may be buried in
Mount Zion cemetery which adjoined the Nixon land. If so, the grave is
unmarked, as is that of his grandson George.
1. William Wilson Nixon b Feb 15-1807 d Feb 7-1891 Vinton Co;
ml Nov 29-1825 Ann Lingenfelter, no issue; m2 Rachel Lenox
Children: George 1829-1919, William, John, James, Rachel Ann,
Sidney E, Isaiah 1843-1927, Mary J, Joseph, Melissa,
Alonzo, Samantha
2. Eleanor Nixon b May 5-1809 d May 2-1891 m Jul 1827 John Scothorn
3. Sarah Nixon m Shaw
4. Mary Ann Nixon m James Lawson
5. James Nixon
6. George Nixon III (8)
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7. Nancy Nixon b 1826 d Apr 1888 Lewis Co, Wash m
Thomas Sinclair b Jan 29-1819 d c1895
8. Eliza J Nixon b 1831 m Mar 28-1860 Zachariah Stevens
9. Seeds Nixon b Mar 8-1833 d Jan 17-1918 Vinton Co m Dec 21-1853
Temperance Waldren
10. Susannah Nixon b 1835 m Jun 6-1851 Asbury Waldren
11. Mark Nixon d 1863 Vinton Co
12. Perry Nixon
Source: The Scothorn Family by Ralph H Lane, Washington, D C, 1955
From James to Richard, The Nixon Line, by Raymond M Bell,
Washington, Pa 1969
(18) ANTHONY TRIMMER & (19) MARGARET HUNT
Anthony b c1781 Fermanagh Twp, Juniata Co, Pa; d 1841 Smith
Twp, Washington Co, Pa; ml c1798 then Northumberland Co, Pa
Jane Manning; m2 Sep 21-1824 Smith Twp Margaret Hunt b 1804
Smith Twp; d 1876 Vinton Co, Ohio
Anthony moved about 1784 to what was then Northumberland Co (Penn
Twp), near what is now the Mifflin-Snyder Co line. Here he married
Jane Manning, who was related to Nathaniel Manning. Her sister married
Nathani el McPher son. In 1802 he moved to Smith Twp, Washington Co,
where he spent the rest of his life. Margaret married secondly Richard
Howard, a native of England. Their daughter, Margaret Ann Howard, was
born in 1846.
1. Paul Trimmer b 1799 d Washington Co
Children: Martin, Samuel, Paul, Jane, Martha & others
2. John Trimmer b 1800 d Washington Co
Children: Zachariah, James, Anthony & others
3. Mary Trimmer m Samuel Bell
4. Nancy Trimmer m George McCready
5. Jane Trimmer ml Thomas Hunt, m2 Hunter, m3 Johnson
6. Rebecca Trimmer b 1808 m Pinkerton
7. Jemima Trimmer m Fulton
8. child
9. Anthony Trimmer b Mar 22-1814 d VintonCo, Ohio mcl844
Lucinda Miller d 1877
Children: David (author of genealogy), Rebecca J, John, Eliza A,
Paul, William, Lucinda, Mary
10. Elizabeth Trimmer b Aug 9-1817 d Jun 7-1907 m Apr 25-1844
Ephraim Johnston b Mar 3-1808 d Mar 24-1886
Children: William, Margaret Jane, Martha Elizabeth, Mary Ann,
Rebecca Esther, Jonn, Sarah Louisa, James, Clara
Roburta, Laura Belle
11. Sarah Trimmer b Sep 14-1820 m Philip Ward
(a daugnter Martna Mavina 1848-1924 m Oliver Tucker)
12. Margaret Ann Trimmer (9)
13. Catnarine Trimmer b 1828 ml Tuten; m2 Easton
14.15. children
16. Samuel H Trimmer b Jan 31-1834 d Vinton Co m Aug 26-1858
Rebecca J Bottomfield
Children: Dallas O, Ida, Maggie, Myrtle, Alice
Source: The Genealogy of the Trimmer Family by David Trimmer, McArthur, Ohio
1904
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(20) ROBERT WADSWORTH & (21) ELIZABETH LYTLE
Robert b Nov 5-1785 Baltimore or Harford Co, Md; d Oct 18-1867
Washington Twp, Hocking Co, Ohio; m Maryland Elizabeth
b Aug 27-1794 d Apr 18-1831 Harford Co, Md
Robert moved in 1837 from Harford Co to Morgan Co, Ohio. In 1860 he
was in Hocking Co. He is buried at Ebenezer Methodist Ceme tery, Mount
Pleasant, Vinton Co, Ohio. Beside him is Rebecca Wadsworth b 1782
d Jun 16-1854, relation unknown.
1. Martha Wadsworth b Oct 5-1824 d Dec 21-1824
2. Thomas Wiley Wadsworth (10)
3. Benjamin Franklin Wadsworth (no living descendants) b Mar 19-1829;
d Jun 22-1902 Warren Co, Iowa; ml Sep 30-1856 Elizabeth Jane
Thomp.son d Jan 10-1866 m2 Mar 16-1871 Mary Elliott Beck b 1843
Children: Robert Bruce, Margaret McClure, Thomas Thompson, Nancy
Barker, Elizabet Salina
Sources: Rebecca Wadsworth and Hazel Goeller
(22) JOSEPH DICKINSON MOORE & (23) JANE BROWN
Joseph b Oct 21-1794 Centre Co, Pa; d 1860 Indianola, Iowa;
m Jun 23-1825 Perry Co, Ohio Jane b Mar 16-1807 Perry Co;
d Feb 26-1886 Indianola
Joseph was born in Centre Co; he was in Allegheny Co, Pa in 1810
and in Morgan Co, Ohio in 1825. He owned a lot on the North Side of
Pittsburgh from 1821 to 1831. In 1854 he moved from Bristol Twp,
Morgan Co, Ohio to Warren Co, Iowa - a few miles east of Indianola.
He and Jane are buried at Indianola. There is a stone for Jane.
1. Isaac Newton Moore b 1826 d Apr 21-1862 Iowa m Oct 5-1859
Elizabeth Silcott b 1836
Child: Lulu b 1862 m bef 1888 R H Hart - Jordan Valley, Ore
2. Thomas Clemson Moore (Cep) b 1828 d Cal m Oct 17-1851
Elizabeth Betts b 1831, no issue
3. Joseph Alfred Moore b 1829 d Colo; 1887 in Iowa
4. James Washington Moore b 1831 d Nov 15-1912 Colo m Jan 29-1857 Ohio
Grace Campbell Bay b 1832
Children: Fannie (b 1858) m Stout, Rhoda m Sisson, Charles,
Milton 1865-1945, Harry, Jessie (b 1878) m Plummer
5. Mary Louise Moore (11)
6. Sarah Ann Moore b Aug 12-1834 d Apr 5-1878 Ohio m Aug 24-1854
Benjamin Franklin Bay b Jul 15-1826 d Jun 3-1881
Children: Hilas M 1855-1862, Alta M (b 1857) m N C Hortman,
R Alberta m Myers, Jennie m Robinson, Frankie M
(b 1869) m Frank Marsh
7. Melissa Jane Moore b Jun 12-1836 d Dec 18-1856 Ohio m Aug 24-1854
John Rowland b 1829 d 1897
8. Eunice Elizabeth Moore b Jan 26-1839 d Oct 26-1925 Ind m Nov 6-1856 la
George W Pagett b Apr 30-1831 d Sep 17-1904
Children: Charles H 1858-1904, Edmond A 1859-1886, Rosala 1863-1879,
Emma E 1867-1949 m Howard Snyder, Frank R 1871-1956,
William P 1875-1946, Joseph F 1877-1947, Lucy M
1879-1968 m W E Walker
9. John W Moore b 1844; in 1886 doctor in U S Army in San Francisco, Cal
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10. Electa Melville Moore b 1846 d 1894 Cal m c1863 Iowa
Leroy S Laverty b 1842
Children: Viola B 1864-1942 m Robert A Fortney, Flora 1865-1869,
Edmund 1867-1867, Lillian 1868-1962 m Milo Rowell,
Cora 1871-1930, Clarence 1872-1906, Maude 1876-1948 m
Charles Dodge, Lola 1877-1878, Roy 1879-1910, Floyd
1881-1960, Ralph 1884-1966, Minta 1886- m Jack Craven
11. Eliza Ellen Moore b 1848 d Colo; in Neb 1888; m Aug 24-1865
John F Griffin
Children: Benjamin, William, Sarah, L D, Ernest, Lola, Olive m Blain
Sources: Mrs Ruth M (Fortney) Smith, the Lillian Rowell charts
(24) WILLIAM MILHOUS & (25) MARTHA VICKERS
William b Jun 4-1783 Chester Co, Pa; d Mar 15-1874 Belmont Co, Ohio;
m Jun 10-1807 Martha b Mar 27-1786 d May 29-1873
William moved his membership from Uwchland Mtg to Concord Mtg (o) in 1805.
1. Rebecca V Milhous b Mar 29-1808 m 1825 Joseph H Cope
2. Vickers Milhous b Jan 15-1810 d Jan 18-1883 m 1838 Isabella G Wilson
(his son William b 1839 Ohio d Cal wrote a Milhous istory)
3. William C Milhous b Sep 15-1811 d 1884 m 1833 Mary Lightfoot
4. Hannah Milhous b Apr 1-1814 d Nov 11-1903 ml 1835 John Mendenhall;
m2 Hough
5. Thomas Milhous b Jul 6-1818 m 1847 Sarah A Hamer
6. Joshua Vickers Milhous (12)
7. Jane Milhous b Dec 31-1820 d 1905 ml George Rice; m2 Waters
8. Martha Milhous b Aug 17-1822 d Jun 9-1829
Sources: Milhous Family Bibles at Library of Congress
(26) AMOS GRIFFITH & (27) EDITH PRICE
Amos b c1798 Washington Co, Pa; d Sep 10-1871 Columbiana Co, Ohio;
m Dec 7-1820 Maryland Edith b May 9-1801 Gunpowder, Baltimore Co,M
d Feb 11-1873 Short Creek, Ohio
Amos was a member of Westland Mtg until 1854 when he transferred to Red-
stone Mtg. He was in Fayette Co, Pa in 1864. Edith was a famous minister.
1. Daniel Griffith b Oct 9-1821 m Sep 4-1845 Pa Sarah Louise Hough to Ia
2. Jesse Griffith b 1825
3. Elizabeth Price Griffith (13)
4. George P Griffith
1858 to Honey Creek, Iowa
5. Mary R Griffith
6. Amos T Griffith m Oct 26-1864 Ohio Mary E Wood
7. Edith A Griffith
8. Esther P Griffith m Oct 10-1860 Ashahel H Patterson
Sources: Hinshaw; Price papers, Maryland Hi storical Society
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(28) JACOB BURDG & (29) MIRIAM MATTHEWS
Jacob b Nov 20-1783 Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, N J; d Dec 1-1862
near Butlerville, Ind; m Dec 9-1807 Redstone, Pa Miriam
b Jan 20-1786 Balt Co, Md; living 1860 Indiana
Jacob moved from Shrewsbury Mtg to Redstone in 1798; to Westland, Pa
in 1812; to Providence, Pa in 1829; to Upper Springfield, Columbiana Co,
Ohio 1835; to Driftwood, Ind 1853. Lived in Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, Pa
(1802-35.
1. Albert Burdg b 1808 d 1824
2. Peter Burdg b Apr 22-1810 d bef 1812
3. William Burdg b Nov 22-1813 d 1876 m Mar 12-1835 Martha Cope; to Ind 1851
4. Hannah Burdg b Aug 11-1815 d Jan 3-1892 m Dec 22-1836 Benjamin Walker
5. Roland Burdg b 1817 d 1818
6. Lewis Burdg b Apr 16-1819 d 1878 m May 31-1843 Sarah Malmsbury; to Ind '5
7. Oliver Burdg (14)
8. Mary Burdg b Jan 7-1824 d 1887 m May 30-1850 Benjamin a lmsbury
Source: Burdg & Allied Families by Howard G Burdg, Conway, N H, 1950
(30) JAMES HEMINGWAY & (31) HOPE MALMSBURY
James b Jul 23-1801 N J; d Jan 26-1893 Mo; m 1823 in then
Columbiana Co, Ohio Hope b Sep 7-1804 Burlington Co, N J;
d May 10-1865 near West Branch, Iowa
James moved from N J to Ohio in 1818 to what is now Mahoning (then
Columbiana) Co, Ohio. In 1854 he moved to Cedar Co, Iowa and lived
3 miles east of Solon. Hope is buried in Hickory Grove Ceme tery, just
east of West Branch, Iowa. James died at the home of a child in Mo.
Hope moved to Goshen Twp, now Mahoning Co about the time of her marriage.
1. Jane M Hemingway (15)
2. Eleazer D Hemingway b Nov 6-1825 dead 1870 m Apr 5-1850 Maria Negus
(b 1827 d 1893; Iowa
3. Abigail Hemingway b Jul 27-1827 d Oct 10-1863 m Dec 2-1846 Benjamin
(Ellyson; Iowa
4. Isaac M Hemingway b Nov 13-1829 d 1905 to Iowa 1848
m Mar 10-1855 Mary Collins b 1834 d 1926
5. Joseph Hemingway b Oct 12-1831 to Driftwood Mtg, Ind 1857
m Sep 6-1855 Phoebe Passmore
6. Elizabeth C Hemingway b Dec 28-1833 m Oct 24-1869 Israel Livingood
7. John Malmsbury Hemingway b Mar 3-1836 m Mar 3-1859 Elizabeth Varney
8. Sarah Hemingway b Apr 1-1838 m Aug 19-1861 Helan Maxon
9. James Hemingway b Jul 10-1340 d May 16-1863 Vicksburg, Miss
10. Benjamin Hemingway b Feb 12-1843
11. David Park Hemingway b Aug 28-1845 d Aug 4-1917 Wyo
m Jul 22-1869 Melissa Spittler b 1846
Source: Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass 1634 & his descendants
by C A H Newton, Naperville, Ill 1932 & 1943