Geneologies
of
Following Families:
BARNEY (13 Generations)
CHAPMAN
DEANE
GREATHOUSE (11 Generations)
EMMERSON
MONTGOMERY
PERKINS
WHIPPLE
SHEPHERD (9 Generations)
McWILLIAMS (8 Generations)
FORSYTH (6 Generations)
RIPLEY (5 Generations)
APeople will never look forward to posterity who never look back on their ancestors.@
-- Edmund Burke
This History of the Families was researched and compiled over many decades by Marie Shepherd Forsyth. This revision was completed in 1995.
BARNEY
ABarne@, meaning AAn Assembly of Barons@
The Barneys (Berney) were seated at Berney, near Walsingham, Norfolk at the time of the Norman Conquest, having prior thereto come from Berney, in Normandy, France, and given their name to the place where they became seated.
It is claimed for the Barneys that they are one of the three families who settled in England before the Norman Conquest; have never wanted for a male heir and have never been in trade.
Arms-Quarterly, Gules & Azure, a cross engrailed ermine.
Crest - a garb argent. (Compendium of American Genealogy).
1. Jacob Barney, the first of this family, b. Brandenham, Bucks Co. England about 1601, d. Salem, Massachusetts, April 28, 1673. Said to have come over from Swansea, Wales, about 1630, perhaps in the ALyon@, settled at Salem by 1634; tailor, freeman, m. Elizabeth (last name unknown). (Data from Compendium of American Geneology First Families of America, Vol. I, II, III, IV and V.) Jacob's father, Edward Barney, is said to have died in England August 18, 1645, leaving a will dated April 13, 1643, m. Christian, (last name unknown) d. 1639.
2. Jacob, only surviving son of above marriage, b. ante 1634, d. February 12, 1693, came to this country with his parents, settled at Salem; Baptist minister; founded churches at Swansea and Charlestown; the latter being persecuted by the Puritans. Founded the first Baptist Society of Boston. Went to Rhode Island with Roger Williams. From there to Rehobath, Massachusetts about 1690. He married 1st. on August 18, 1647, Hannah Johnson, who died June 5, 1659; married 2nd. on April 22, 1660, Ann Witt d. 1701, daughter of John Witt, d. 1675, and Sara Witt of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Notes taken from ASalem in the Seventeenth Century@, by James Duncan Phillips:
AMajor William Hawthorne at this time was the most distinguished public man in Salem after Governor Endicott. His colleague in 1653 was Jacob Barney, who lived near Captain Lapthrop and was a useful and dependable citizen. He was one of those chosen in 1644 to walk abroad during church time and look for slackers. Liberality certainly ran in his family, for his son was a Baptist minister and founded the First Baptist Church in Boston in 1668. The first we hear of real trouble (with the Quakers) in Salem is in June, 1658. On the court were Thomas Gardner, Jacob Barney, and Henry Skerry, leading men in Salem.@
Children of 1st. marriage of Jacob Barney:
Josiah b. 1658
1 daughter
Children of 2nd marriage:
Hannah b. 1661, d. 1681, m. Joshua Bounton
Sarah b. 1662, m. Henry Hampton
Abigail b. 1553, m. Peter Marshall
John b. 1665 d. 1729
Ruth b. 1669
Dorcas b. 1671, d. 1697
Joseph b. 1673, m. Constance Davis
Israel b. 1675, m. 1696 Elizabeth Barratt (Brackett)
Jonathan b. 1677, m. 1698, Sarah Griffin
Samuel, b. February 10, 1679
3. John, eldest son and 4th. of 12 children of above Jacob Barney by his second marriage to Ann Witt was born at Salem, Massachusetts June 11, 1665, d. 1729. He lived at Bristol, Rhode Island and Rehobath, Massachusetts coming to Taunton in 1710. Was deputy sheriff. He married on November 4, 1686 at Bristol, Mary Throop, b. April 6, 1667, daughter of William and Mary (Chapman) Throop.
Children of above marriage:
Mary b. Nov. 14, 1688, m. Benjamin Carpenter
John b. May 3, 1690, d. in infancy
Elizabeth b. Oct. 4, 1691, m. Peter Coswell
Anna b. Nov. 23, 1693, m. Will Leonard
Jacob b. Jan. 26, 1695, d. 1738, m. Mary Leonard
Jonathan b. 1703, d. 1785, m. Anna Deane
Sara b. Oct. 28, 1705, m. James Williams
Joseph b. March 16, 1708, m. Susannah Shaw
From Reminiscenses of Taunton by Charles Atwood, published in 1880:
AIn the rear of Mr. Washburn's house, which extended by a wing quite a distance below the street, there resided an elderly lady by the name of Mrs. Barney who kept a school for the little ones which was always well-filled with many variegated specimens of the rising generation, consisting of future generals, governors and presidents, the heroines of the battlefields, temperance crusades and women's rights, together with champions of civilization and universal freedom.@
4. Jonathan, 6th. of the above children of John and Mary Throop Barney, was born August 27, 1703 at Swansea, Massachusetts, d. March 11, 1785 at Taunton, Mass. Representative for Taunton, 1755, served in French and Indian War 1759-1761. Married May 8, 1729, Anne Deane, daughter of John and Hannah Deane.
Children of above marriage:
Rachel b. Feb. 2, 1734, m. Hodges
Elisha b. March 26, 1730, m. S. Eddy
Abial b. Nov. 27, 1731, m. Mary Brooks
Anna b. Feb. 26, 1733, d. June 30, 1762
John b. 1740, m. Shaw
Jacob b. 1743, m. Burt
Mindwell m. Hoskins
5. Abial, son of above marriage, was born November 27, 1731 at Taunton, Massachusetts, d. January 26, 1822. Served in Capt. Ebenezer Cox's Company February 6, 1760, in the French and Indian War. Also served in Capt. Fred Williams' Company., John Mathewson Regiment for Continentals August 21, 1778. Married in 1770 Mary Brooks, b. 1752, d. 1843 at Olney, Illinois.
Children of above marriage:
Calvin b. 1772, d. 1784
Abigail b. 1779, d. 1862
Hiram b. March 1, 1785, d. July 1852 at Olney, Ill.
6. Hiram, son of above marriage, b. 1785, d. 1852 at Olney, Ill., m. Azuba Tarbell, b. July 1, 1786, d. Nov. 14, 1850, daughter of Deacon Reuben Tarbell.
Children of above marriage:
Calvin b. 1804, d. infancy
Abial b. July 21, 1805, d. Jan.26, 1852., m. Margery Bailey Webster
--see below
Reuben b. 1807, d. May 28, 1863 at Eureka, Ill., m. Mary Worsley
Hiram (called Hiram, Jr.) b. March 10, 1809, d. Feb. 6, 1902 in Minden,
Nebraska, m. Clarissa Marshall (Finis' parents)
Mary b. July 11, 1811, d. April 1892 at Gibson City, Ill., m. Cobbleigh
Eliza b. Jan. 27, 1813, d. Jan. 26, 1898 at Kansas City, Kansas, m. Marshall
Azuba b. May 23, d. March 19, 1900, m. Jonas Spangler
Martha b. April 7, d. March 19, 1916 in Honolulu, m. 1st. Manley Thompson, m. 2nd. P.C. Terry, m. 3rd. James Hewitt
Benjamin b. June 10, 1824, d. August 20, 1825, in E. Boston
Rosilla b. March 9, 1826, d. Aug. 17, 1848, in Olney, Ill.
Henry b. Feb. 11, 1828, m. 1st. Mary Ferris, 2nd. Mary Wolfe
Hiram, Jr., brother of my great grandfather, Abial (7 below) brought his father, Hiram, Sr. (6 above), and his grandmother Mary Brooks Barney (5 above), prior to 1840, to what later became Olney, Illinois. When Richland County was laid out, Hiram gave seven acres of his land for the site of the first courthouse, which was a log structure.
7. Abial, son of above marriage and second child was born July 21, 1805 in Londonderry, Vermont, d. Jan. 26, 1852, near Olney, Ill. Married at Weston, Vt. on Dec. 16, 1827, Margery Bailey Webster b. Sept. 18, 1807, d.1 879, daughter of Jonathan and Lucy Sterling Webster. Buried near Olney, in the family burial grounds on the farm of Harvey Barney, (8 below).
Estate of Abial Barney, Hiram Barney, Administrator:
Bedstead and underbed, 5 dogs and smoothing irons - $1.00
1 wooden bonnet box - $.25
1 blue chest - $.50
brass chamberpot
1 set Windsor chairs - $2.70
1 breakfast table
1 looking glass
teakettle
stewkettle
skillet
jug
iron pot
lantern
fireshovel and martingale
mans saddle
bee gum and bees
steel trap
Estate listed at $749.62
Heirs:
Margery (widow) - $50.00
Harvey
Hiram
Lucy
Miranda - $67.59
Susan
Rosetta
Children of above marriage:
Rosetta b. Feb. 27, 1833, d. Oct. 25, 1920,. m. Chauncey
Susan d. April 25, 1855
Miranda m. Nial Bunch
Hiram c. Sara Bunch
Harvey b. Jan. 1835, d. Jan. 1918 (see below)
Lucy
8. Harvey, son of above marriage, was born January 25, 1835 at Windsor Co., Vt. d. January 24, 1918 at Olney, Illinois. Served in the Civil War. Wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi 1863. Also in battles of Port Gibson and Champion Hills, Mississippi. Married in 1855 Nancy Greathouse, b. November 24, 1839 d. 1926; daughter of Isaac and Martha (Patsy) Emmerson Greathouse. Harvey moved to Illinois with his parents, and grandparents. Nancy Greathouse was left an orphan in infancy. Her half-sister, Eliza Craig of Albion, Ilinois took her to raise. Here she grew up until she married, at age 16, Harvey Barney (8 above).
Children of above marriage:
Edna Miranda b. May 21, 1875, d. Oct. 18, 1964 - see below
Martha, b. Sept. 8, 1856, m. Alvin Pitzer
Margery b. Aug. 31, 1868, d. Dec. 10, 1913, m. Alonzo Gaddis
Ella b. 1861, d. 1885, m. Van Matre
9. Edna Miranda, b. May 21, 1875, daughter of above marriage, d. Oct. 18, 1964. Married Adelbert Shepherd May 7, 1896.
Children of above marriage:
Barney Adelbert b. July 1, 1904 d. July 21, 1957 at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Buried at Pekin, Ill., m. Elda Huette
Edna Marie b. Dec. 6, 1906 at Olney, Ill.
10. Edna Marie, daughter of above marriage was born Dec. 6, 1906 at Olney, Ill. Married on Feb. 18, 1928, Walter Robert Forsyth at Olney, Ill.
Children of above marriage:
11. Robert Walter b. April 18, 1932 at Olney, Ill., m. 1st. Jeannine Vilven, 1959 (divorced) m 2nd. Rita Robak, Dec. 18, 1969.
Children of 1st marriage:
12. Jana Marie b. Sept. 8, 1960 at Waukegan, Ill. m. Sept. 1989, Harry Welch at Carmel, California.
Three children:
13. Leah Marie Forsyth, b. Oct. 12, 1982 at Fresno, California
Alexandra Welch b. March 21, 1991 at San Ramon, Cal.
Erica Welch b. April 4, 1966
12. Andrea Jean b. Nov. 28, 1963 at Belmont, California, m. July 6, 1996, Steven H. Oberle at New Haven, Ct.
11. Nancy Barney b. June 21, 1936 at Carbondale, Illinois. m. 1st. Robert (Bobby) Scott, Feb. 28, 1959 at Carbondale, Ill. m. (Divorced) m. 2nd, Sept. 28, 1984, Scott McBride, at Irvington, New York
Children of 1st marriage:
Jennifer Dana b. Feb. 27, 1960 at New York, NY
Ryan Forsyth b. Jan. 28, 1963, at New York, NY, m. Pauline Dalb (divorced)
Robert Ward b. June 28, 1968 at New York, NY
11. Linda Marie b. Aug. 31, 1939 at St. Louis, Mo. m. 1st Joseph Kirland, Aug. 18, 1962 in New York. (divorced) m. 2nd Andrew Bonime, Sept. 15, 1984, in Wilton, Connecticut.
Child of 1st marriage:
Moira Kathleen b. Dec. 24, 1964 at New York, NY. m Frederick C. Dekker, Oct. 11, 1997 in New York City.
Source of above data on Barney geneology:
Eugene Preston of Boston, Mass., a geneologist and distant relative of the Barney family, had collected the early history of the family. In 1920 he contacted Finis M. Barney of Elm Creek, Nebraska for information on the Barneys from the midwest. Finis could furnish him complete information from the Bible of Mary Brooks Barney, his great-great grandmother, b. 1752, which had been handed down to him from earlier generations. By good fortune, I followed a clue that a Barney had moved to Kearney, Nebraska years before, but the family had lost track of him. I wrote to the Postmaster of Kearney, asking if any Barneys lived in the area. He very kindly sent my letter to Finis Barney in Elm Creek, Neb. The rest I obtained from older members living in the 1920's, the New York Public Library, Geneological Society of London, England (which had an entire room on Barneys), Vermont libraries, etc. etc.
Eugene Preston's papers, at his death were sent to the New Historic Geneological Socity, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass., that data listed as ABarney-Preston@ Geneological material.
DEANE
1. John Deane b. 1600, d. 1660, m. Alice
2. John Deane b. 1639, d. Feb. 18, 1717, m. Nov. 7, 1663
Sarah Edson daughter of Samuel and Susanna Orcut Edson
3. John Deane b. Sept 18, 1674, d. July 1724, m. Hannah
4. 1 child of above marriage; Anna Deane m. Jonathan Barney (4 above)
CHAPMAN
1. Ralph Chapman, the first of this family to come to this country, came from England and settled at Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1635. Married in 1642 Lydia Wells, (Wills, Willis), m. 2nd. Mary Throop, b. 1638, d. 1704. Member of Rhode Island Assembly, 1691. Surveyor of Highways in 1683; Selectman at Bristol, 1639.
2. Mary, daughter of above marriage, b. 1667 m. John Barney, (3 above)
GREATHOUSE
1. Enoch Greathouse, the first of this family to come to this country was born in Germany, emigrated in 1790 and located in Pennsylvania. From there he moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, then to Illinois, to what later was Wabash Co. In an early history of the county, it stated that Mr. Greathouse was probably the first settler in that part of the state, west of the Wabash River. Built Ft. Greathouse as protection from the Indians. Died at the age of 110.
Children of above marriage:
Enoch, Jr.
Rachel m. Beatton
Leah, m. Joseph Woods (had son, Joshua)
Isaac m. 1st. Sarah Russell, m. 2nd. Martha Emmerson
2. Isaac Greathouse, son of above marriage was born 1780 d. May 16, 1843 at West Salem, Illinois. He was born in Germany, emigrated with his father, Enoch, and mother to this country. Isaac married 1st. Sarah Russel, b. 1795 d. Dec. 8, 1828 in Kentucky. Isaac married 2nd. Martha (Patsy) Emmerson b. Aug. 14, 1811, d. April 8, 1840, daughter of Allan and Nancy Mounts Emmerson. - see Emmerson below.
Children of 1st marriage:
Preston (d. in Andersonville prison during Civil War)
Enoch
David
Eliza m. Craig. Reared Nancy Greathouse Barney, my grandmother
Dorothy
Children of 2nd marriage:
Jane m. 1st. Sharp, m. 2nd. Redmond (children Alice and Freda)
Frank m. Jane Shilling, (children Alta, Tim, Chester, Cleveland and Walter)
Ellen m. Shelby (This data from old cemetary near Albion)
Nancy b. Nov. 24, 1838, d. 1926, m. 1855 Harvey Barney (8 above) Both buried at Olney, Ill.
EMMERSON
1. Thomas Emmerson, the first of this family to come to America was born 1584, in Stratford, England. d. 1666. He was a collector at Bishops, Stratford, 1636. Came in the AElizabeth Ann@ in 1638 and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. m. in 1611 in England, Elizabeth Brewster. (had daughter, Elizabeth who married John Fuller)
2. Nathaniel b. 1629, d. 1719, m. 1st. Sarah, d. 1670, m. 2nd. Lydia b. 1638, d.1716
widow of Nathaniel Wells.
3. Thomas b. 1661, d. 1738, m 1685 Phillipa Perkins, d. 1738
4. Nathaniel b. 1666, m. 1715 Elizabeth Whipple, b. 1696.
5. Samuel Emmerson, b. 1740 at Reading, Mass. d. Feb. 21, 1814, m. Milly
6. James Jesse b. 1767, d. Jan. 18, 1845, m. Elizabeth, Dec. 12, 1782
7. Allan Emmerson, b. Sept. 22, 1791 in Lincoln Co., Kentucky, d. Sept. 22, 1876 in Edward Co., Illinois. Buried at Little Prairie, near Albion, Ill. Fought in Black Hawk War in 1832 and was a soldier under General Harrison in War of 1812; fought in Battle of Tippecanoe. Came to Illinois about 1817. Was a judge from 1838 to 1841, when capital was at Vandalia. Abraham Lincoln also served during these terms. Married in 1810 at Indiana, Nancy Mounts.
Children of above marriage:
Jessie m. Samantha Sperry
Martha - see below
Eliza
Alan
Sanford
8. Martha (Patsy) b. 1811, d. 1840, m. Isaac Greathouse (2 above)
PERKINS
1. John Perkins, the first of this family to come to this country was born 1583, d. 1654. He came from England in the ALion@ with Roger Williams, to Massachusetts in 1632; freeman 1631, went to Ipswich with John Winthrop, the younger, in 1633; representative to general court 1636, sgt. in war with the Tarratines, 1631, m. 1608 Judith Gater, daughter of Michael Gater.
2. John b. 1612, d. 1685, m. Elizabeth, d. 1684
3. Corp. Jacob b. 1646, d. 1719, m. 1667, Sarah Wainwright, daugher of Francis and Phillipa (Sewell) Wainwright
4. Phillippa, b. 1670, d. 1738, m. 1685 Thomas Emmerson (3 above)
WHIPPLE
1. Lt. John Whipple, the first of this family to come to this country, came from Essex, England. He married in 1659, Elizabeth Woodman. He died in 1695.
2. Joseph, b. 1665, d. 1729 (?) m. Mary Adams, b. 1670, d. 1734
3. Elizabeth b. 1695, m. 1715, Nathaniel Emmerson (4 above)
MONTGOMERY
The Montgomerys were of noble Norman and French birth lineage. One is said to have led a cavalry charge in the Battle of Hastings. Count Roger Montgomery came to America from Ireland.
1. Thomas (Purty Old Tom) Mongomery b. 1745 in Roanoke Co. Virginia. Fought in the Revolutionary War, and served as a private and then lieutenant in Capt. John Martin's Co. Clark's Illninois Regiment on the Old Indiana Expedition under command of Brigidier General George Rogers Clark. He was the 10th and youngest child of Hugh and Carolina (Anderson) Montgomery. Married Martha Crockett, sister of Col. Joseph Crockett and cousin of Davy Crockett.
2. Molly, b. 1770, m. Matthias Mounts (descended from John and Providence Mounts, (natives of Switzerland). Settled in Philiadelphia; moved to Virginia, then Kentucky. Matthius Mounts served with General Wayne during Indian War of 1704.
3. Nancy, b. July 18, 1792, d. Dec. 1876, m. Allan Emmerson, (7 above).
I received the above information from Lou Emmerson, former Governor of Illinois, and a distant cousin of my Grandmother, Nancy Greathouse Barney. I called on him with a picture I was curious about. He immediately recognized it as Nancy Mounts, wife of Allan Emmerson. In Springfield, Illinois, an exhibit of prominant pioneer women of Illinois, is a small doll-like image of Nancy Mounts dressed in clothes of the period, even to the small cameo at her neck. (A genealogist procured this bit of information for Mr. Emmerson, who passed it on to me).
SHEPHERD
1. Richard Shepherd, the first of this family in America was born in Somerset County, England, the son of William and Elizabeth Shepherd. He came to America, probably in 1770. Fought in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Arell's Co., 3rd Virginia Regiment, commanded by Thomas Marshall. Enlisted September 8, 1777; spent the winter at Valley Forge under General George Washington. He married Katherine Merel on August 14, 1781 at Martinsburg, West Virginia by Rev. Hugh Vance; d. Jan. 7, 1813.
Note: In the early 1940's Walter and I were shown the original entry of above marriage in the stored records of the old courthouse at Martinsburg.
2. George Merel Shepherd, son of above marriage was born May 29, 1787, in Berkely Co. West Virginia. Married Eleanor Redburn, b. 1792 in Cumberland, Maryland. He died Feb. 3, 1858 at Olney, Ill., buried at McsBurg, Ill. His wife also is buried at McsBurg, Ill.
3. Henry Lyle Shepherd, son of above marriage, was born Feb. 4, 1812 in Maryland. Married in Mercer Co., Ohio Jan. 12, 1837, Catherine Perry, b. 1822, d. 1897, buried at Olney, Ill, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah E. (Liggett) Perry, and cousin of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
Henry Lyle served in the Civil War, was wounded at Vicksburg, and died aboard the hospital steamer, City of Memphis, Sept. 19, 1863, buried in soldiers cemetary at Nashville, Tenn.
Estate of Henry Lyle Shepherd:
Catherine Shepherd (administrator), Will probated Nov. 17, 1863 lists estate at $394.00
1 spinning wheel - $2.00
1 gun - $5.00
Survivors: Catherine (wife)
Children:
John Henry Shepherd
Mary F. Starr
George Merel Shepherd
Rebecca E. Starr
Catherine Shepherd
Hannah E. Cunningham
Note: My Great Aunt Mary Starr gave me the early history of the Shepherds. I met her on her last visit to Olney sometime in the 1920's. She was quite old at that time, but a bright, intelligent, interesting woman. She remembered much that her grandfather, George Merel Shepherd, told of his father, Richard, who had fought in the Revolutionary War. Also I remember her telling why Richard left England. Appparently they had an estate there, and his father had told Richard to pick up all the forked sticks from the grounds. He refused and quarreled with his father, so the story goes, and ran away to America. Great Aunt Mary remembered the story of the bloody trek of the soldiers under George Washington during the hard winter of 1778 (?). She wrote letters to me after returning to Kansas, telling how she with her husband and two small boys started out for the western frontier; how they ferried across the Mississippi River and entered Indian country. Her husband, William Starr, has one of the peaks of the Rocky Mountains 1,500 ft. high named for him. It has a plaque on its crest placed there by the government.
4. John Henry, son of above marriage was born July 23, 1843 in Mercer Co., Ohio. Married in 1864 Sarah McWilliams, b. 1847, d. 1894.
Children of above marriage:
James
Adelbert - see below
Carrie b. 1875, m. Frank Vice
Katherine b. 1873, d. 1961, m. Henry Roney
5. Adelbert Shepherd, son of above marriage was born in Olney, Ill. on May 6, 1868, d. Sept. 27, 1936. Married Edna Barney, b. May 21, 1875 at Olney, Ill. on May 6, 1896. She was the daughter of Harvey and Nancy Greathouse Barney.
Children of above marriage:
6. Barney Adelbert b. July 1, 1904, d. July 22, 1957. Married Elda Huette, at Pekin, Ill. in August 19, 1930. Elda died April 19, 1993.
Child of above marriage:
7. Pamela b. May 31, 1936, m. Donald Dale Denby August 23, 1959
Children of above marriage:
8. David Gregory b. May 19, 1960 m. Sheila Householder May 18, 1991
Bruce Alan b. Aug. 13, 1962 m. Linda Marie Brown May 30, 1987
8. Diane Renee b. February 2, 1972
Children of above marriage:
9. Brooke Marie b. June 18, 1991
Lauren Michelle b. March 9, 1993
8. Craig Eric b. May 24, 1966, m. Tessie Anne Stanhous April 25, 1992
Child of above marriage:
9. Ellen Megan b. July 18, 1995
6. Edna Marie b. Dec. 6, 1906 at Olney, Ill., m. Walter Robert Forsyth Feb. 18, 1928 at Olney, Ill.
Children of above marriage:
7. Robert Walter
Nancy Barney
Linda Marie (see Barney Family number 11)
McWILLIAMS
1. George McWilliams, the first of this family to come to America, was born May 10, 1797 in Scotland, the son of George and Margaret (McCoy) McWilliams. Married Feb 23, 1818 in Ireland, Jane Hawkins b. April 10, 1800, d. Sept. 27, 1864. Came to America in 1819. Settled in Illinois in 1839, d. Sept. 18, 1860. Buried at McsBurg, named for the family. George had 1 brother, Philip, and 2 sisters.
Children of above marriage:
William b. Dec. 31, 1819 In Ohio. Married March 10, 1841, d. Jan. 6, 1900. Had 10 children.
George b. Aug. 26, 1823 in Ohio, d. Feb. 21, 1901, m. Feb. 18, 1846. Had 12 children.
Margaret b. Aug 22, 1823 in Ohio. Married E.G. Phillips Dec. 9, 1849, d. Dec. 8, 1876. Had 6 children.
James -- see below
2. James, son of above marriage was born Sept. 29, 1847, d. Dec. 30, 1912. Married 1st. Mary Phillips, b. Dec. 25, 1827, d. Oct. 24, 1871. Married 2nd. Elizabeth (Wheeler) Beall, a widow.
Child of second marriage:
3. Sarah, married John Henry Shepherd (4 above)
The above information, names and dates, I found in the old cemetary at McsBurg, Ill.
FORSYTH
The name of Forsyth is of French origin, taken from the town of Forsyth near Bordeaux. The earliest history of the Forsyth Family is found in a book titled AHistory of the Forsyth Family@ compiled by Jennie Forsyth Jeffries. I found a copy of this book on the New York Public Library in 1960, at which time it had long been out of print. By much correspondence and luck, I located the daughter of the author who kindly sold me two copies of the book which the family owned. I bought one for my husband and one for our son.
The family is traced back to mythology, to Odin, a Scythean warrior who found his way to Scandinavia. He is credited with discovering the Runic symbols. He reigned about 70 B.C. He had a son, Forsite whose name, Forsite, Forsath, Forsyth, passed on through generations. This is all conjecture, but as most myths, no doubt, carries some truth. From earliest times their symbol was the griffin. There is much history of the Forsyths in France up to the 17th Century when there were disputes in the family and the inheritance passed into the female line, leaving the only son disinherited. Descending from him was the only male of the family to escape alive during the French Revolution. He was Osbert who went to Scotland. It is claimed that all persons bearing the name Forsyth (without the Ae@) are descended from him.
1. James Forsyth, b. Dec. 27, 1829 m. Janet (Jeanette) Jeffery Dec. 31, 1840 at Slamannon, Stilingshire, Scotland, was the first of this family to come to America. He emigrated with his wife, two sons and two daughters, in 1865. They settled in Maryland, then moved to Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. James followed the trade of coal mining, which work he had done as Mining Engineer at the Scotland Collery Co. James had been a labor leader in Scotland and continued his organizing activities in America. He joined the Knights of Labor, a forerunner of the UMWA. James died April 1, 1891 at Marissa, Ill. and is buried at Murphysboro.
Children of above marriage:
Hugh b. 1852 at Shotts Strathclyde, Scotland, m. Mary Scott at Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania
Clementine b. Feb. 1871 at McKeeffert, Pa. d. Nov. 1918, Belleville, Ill. m. Arthur Symonds at Dupo, Ill.
James b. 1860 at Two Mile House, Paisley Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Agnes b. Sept. 1862 at Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland, died in infancy
John b. Aug. 1856 at Bathgate, West Lothran, Scotland, d. 1856
Mary b. Sept 1, 1858 at Govern Lanarkshire, Scotland, d. Oct. 1950 at Murphysboro, Ill. m. John McCarnes. 4 children
Robert (see below)
Jeannett Dunn Westwater b. July 1854 at Ayrshire, Scotland, d. Nov. 1927 at Marissa, m. 1st. Robert Morris (widowed) m. 2nd. James Henry Booth at Carbondale, Ill. 14 children.
2. Robert, son of above marriage was born June 10, 1864 at Brick Stable, Cambuanathan, Scotland, d. March 24, 1942 at Marissa, Ill. Buried at Murphysboro, Ill. Married Oct. 19, 1890 Ava Alice Ripley at Murphysboro, Ill.
Children of above marriage:
3. Lamont b. March 1892 at Murphysboro, Ill. d. Feb. 27, 1973 at Scottsdale, Arizona, buried at Olney, Ill. m. 1st. Jessie Torrence at Marissa, Ill. m. 2nd. Lilly Winkler at Olney, Ill.
Children by first marriage:
4. Alice Fayrlene b. Oct. 1922 at Wheaton, Ill. m. James Arends at E.St. Louis, Mo. 2 children.
Lamont Boyd (Monty) b. June 1933 at Olney, Ill. m. Sara Ann White. 2 children
Joy b. April 1926 at Olney, Ill. m. Darrel Duane Davison. 2 children
Robert Bruce b. Nov. 24 at Wheaton, Ill. d. Oct. 19, 1993 at Pekin, Ill. m. Virginia Schneiter at Olney, Ill.
3. Willard Manning b. Dec. 1898 at Marissa, Ill. d. May 15, 1975 at Olney, Ill. m. Lucille Stuteville.
Children by above marriage:
John Willard b. Oct. 1938 at St. Louis, Mo. m. Jun 1962, Lynne Nelson at Oak Park, Ill, 3 children
Martha b. Nov. 1939 at St. Louis, Mo., m. Richard Thomas, 3 children
Benjamin Ripley b. July 1942, m. Mary Jeanette Fray at Lawrenceville, Ill. 2 children
3. Jeannett b. 1894 at Marissa, Ill. Died 1902.
Fayrlene Mary b. Aug. 24, 1905 at Marissa, Ill, m. 1st Leyden Scott, 1928, (widowed) m. 2nd Leslie Simon. Fayrlene died Jan. 1970 at Pasadena, Ca. Buried at Murphysboro.
Children of first marriage:
4. Charles Benton b. Nov. 1930 at Chicago, Illl, m. Joan Peer June 1958 at Los Angeles, Ca. 2 children
Forsyth Robert b. July 17, 1936 at Evanston, Ill. m. Jan. 26, 1963, Donna Davis, at San Clemente, Ca. 2 children.
3. James Gordon, Sr. b. April 1904 at Marissa, Ill. m. April 1929, Margaret Hoopes at Bloomington, Ill.
Children of above marriage:
4. James Gordon, Jr. b. April 1931 at St. Louis, Mo. m. June 12, 1954, Nancy Schneider at Milwaukee, Wisc. d. Aug. 7, 1985 at Hazelhurst, Wis. buried at St. Louis, Mo. 4 children
Julie Suzanne b. July 25, 1936 at St. Louis, Mo. m. Aug. 16, 1957, Gerald Gustafson at Webster Groves, Mo., 3 children.
Margaret Fairlyn, b.1939, m. Sept. 3, 1960, Virgil Kirchoff at Webster Groves, Mo. 3 children
3. Walter Robert, b. July 11, 1897 at Marissa, Ill. m. Feb. 18, 1928, Marie Shepherd at Olney, Ill., d. Sept. 16, 1990 at Scottsdale, Ariz., buried at Valley Presbyterian Church.
Children of above marriage:
See Barney Family, 11
RIPLEY
1. George W. Ripley was born June 6, 1831. m. Fairlene Henderson, b. June 29, 1830. The marriage took place on Sept. 1, 1853, performed by J.M. Hanson.
Children of above marriage:
Lucretia Ellen b. July 5, 1854
Alexander Walean b. Nov. 3, 1855
Mary Susan b. July 28, 1857
Benjamin Ray b. July 11, 1858
James Lafayette b. Feb. 5, 1860, d. Feb. 10, 1860
Adelia Hunney b. July 24, 1861
William Logan b. April 11, 1863, d. Feb. 28, 1864
Ava Alice b. Oct. 28, 1871 m. Robert Forsyth see 2 above
Daniel Sylvester b. Oct. 23, 1875, d. Dec. 24, 1875
2. Ava Alice, b. Oct. 28, 1868, d. 1959. Married Robert Forsyth (2 above)
Photo Captions
Photo Captions, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia from Marie Forsyth's original book (selected):
Graves of Deacon Reuben Tarbell and wife, Chester, Vermont. Parents of Azuba, who married Hiram Barney (1782-1852)
Hiram Barney (1782-1852)
Harvey Barney (1830-1918)
Nancy Greathouse Barney (1839-1926) Wife of Harvey Barney
Graves of Harvey Barney and wife, Nancy, in old cemetary at Olney, Ill.
Rosetta Barney Chauncey, sister of Harvey Barney
Edna Barney at 16 years of age on visit to Denver, to her Uncle Hiram
Harvey Barney (1830-1918)
Edna Miranda Barney
Jersey Mundy, a cousin of Grandpa's. We used to have two large paintings of hers
Finis Barney, a cousin my great-grandfather, passed the history of the family to me. On a trip west, we stopped in Elm Creek years after his death. This is his jewelry store. Next to it is a general store belonging to Clara, his sweetheart.
Kearney mausoleum where Clara and Finis planned to spend eternity together. She died first and left everything to Finis. Her nieces contested the Will and won. Clara lies here alone in a glass coffin where Finis visited her everyday until his death.
Barney plot, Kearney, where Finis is buried
Nancy Mounts Emmerson, wife of Allan Emmerson (1791-1876)
Nancy Greathouse Barney, (1838-1926), wife of Harvey Barney
Jane Greathouse, sister of Nancy Greathouse
Ellen Greathouse, sister of Nancy Greathouse
Barney Family Home, circa 1940
Aunt Fanny's Birthday, circa 1920. Group of beautiful grandmothers in their Sunday best
Van Cleve-Murray
Spain-Shy
Milburn-Page
Aunt Fanny Gunn
Barney-Shepherd
Satzen
Morrison-Scott
Kitchel
Jolly-Powers
The Greathouse House. Great Uncle Frank's house between Olney and Albion, Illinois. He was half brother of Nancy Greathouse Barney. It was built circa 1860. It still looks like this (1960)
My father, Adelbert Shepherd, as a boy
My grandmother, Sarah McWilliams Shepherd (1849-1894)
My great-aunt Mary Shepherd Starr's letters written 1926-1928
Shepherd family reunion at our house circa 1914.
back row; John Henry Shepherd, (my grandfather), Uncle Frank Vice, Aunt Cad (Carrie Vice), my mother, grandma Barney, Aunt Kate Roney
front row; me, Byron Vice, my brother, Barney, Catherine Vice, Edna Roney, Uncle Harry Roney
My uncle James Shepherd and wife. A very remarkable couple. Please read article.
Mother's Priscilla Club - please open
My brother and me
My brother and me
This is Athe house on Elliot Street@. In 1922 the porch and roof which encircled the front was removed, above terrace was added. When this picture was taken in 1993 by my son, the house was 101 years old. A year later it was demolished.
Mother and friends about 1900. Four fancy married ladies.
Walter Robert Forsyth, age 5
Forsyth Children, Walter, Lamont, Jennett, Willard
ASpoon River@ Monologue
for
Finis Barney
Jammed in this family plot
with Martha on one side,
Reuben on the other, I feel
suffocated, as in life,
by their stuffiness.
Clara, my only love waits alone
in her mausoleum.
She dreamed its plans
for our long sleep together,
had marble cut in Italy,
watched each stone laid
till it stood complete.
Dear Clara, don't grieve;
my love reaches out to you.
Place your hand in mine and
together we shall soar
free as the birds
To share again our remembered dream.
C Marie Forsyth
Grandma Barney's Story
She told me a story of early days
when the children were small and
Grandpa off to war. She glanced
through the red glass of the front
door, saw a rough-looking man
coming up the walk of their farm
home.
Tales had been told of maurauding
men going through the countryside
terrorizing the women, robbing and
raping.
She gathered her two babies, ran
across the fields to a neighboring
farm.
A century later as I stood at the
door of that homestead, its ruby glass
shining in the morning light, my
heart skipped a beat as I realized
it was the same red glass through which
she looked so many years ago.
C Marie Forsyth
Home Of My Childhood Years
The house is in me
and I in the house,
the center and circumference
of my young years.
Built by grandfather,
with ten rooms on one floor
as grandmother's heart
couldn't endure climbing stairs,
so he thought (though she lived
to a great age), the house stood
firm for over a century.
A New Englander by birth
he chose the southern plan
of a summer kitchen on the rear.
Seven doors fanned out
from a connecting room
we called the Breezeway.
Crosscurrents of air cooled
the humid central Illinois summers.
This was the heart of the home
in my early days.
Here, on a heavy oak table
surrounded by locally-crafted
Windsor chairs brought from Vermont
we had our daily meals. The dining
room with its heavy green oatmeal
wallpaper was reserved for Sundays
and holidays.
The front parlor of oval portraits
and little-read books was the scene
of my parent's marriage and
four family funerals.
In the sunny south bedroom
my brother and I were born.
Through the years, the house
changed as the family changed.
With one generation gone
the summer kitchen went also.
Rooms grew larger as walls came down.
Axminster carpets gave way to
hardwood floors.
Still, that first town house
which grandfather dreamed
is the one in me,
and the home of my memory.
C Marie Forsyth
I remember my grandfather, Harvey Barney, son of Abiel, son of Hiram.
As a small boy he came with his parents, Abiel and Margery Bailey Webster, grandmother Azuba, and Uncle Hiram, from Vermont to the prairies of Illinois in 1841. Their ancestors had been early immigrants from England to the new land of America in 1634.
Grandfather was a tall man, with steel gray hair and beard. I think that as a child I was rather in awe of him, although he did have twinkly blue eyes, and small crinkly laugh lines around them. He was a staunch Republican and Christian with definite opinions concerning all matters of society of that day.
I grew up in the home grandfather built when moving in from the farm when mother was ready for high school. My father, mother, brother and myself lived there with my grandparents.
The house itself was interesting, and showed much of Grandpa's touch in the planning. It had ten rooms on one floor for he thought grandma had a bad heart, and shouldn't be climbing stairs. She outlived him by many years.
They shared a large south bedroom where a bowl of red apples always sat on a table. Towards evening, grandpa would take out his pocket knife, reach for an apple and start peeling it at the the top, never stopping until the whole red spiral of peeling hung from the knife.
I remember the old Seth Thomas clock with mirrored door, back of which he kept assafediti in a bag. This was the most repulsive smelling thing one could imagine. The story was that children used to wear these bags around their necks to ward off colds. Grandpa also kept more pleasant things on hand, maple sugar cakes he had sent from Vermont, and a bag of old fashioned round peppermints.
I was fascinated when he talked of the Civil War (which was seldom). He fought in three battles, the battle of Champion Hills, Port Gibson, and Vicksburg, where he was wounded on the right hand, after which time he was discharged.
I learned many stories about grandfather from grandmother, who ruled him with a velvet glove which he never suspected.
He was very zealous about the family attending the little country church. As in those times, preparations were made for Sunday the day before, the table set with a cloth covering it until they returned. Everybody was dressed in their Sunday best, and ready to start off in the surrey.
Grandpa was very proud of his horses, and always had to prove that his were the best. Grandma said that after church they would get in the surrey, she and the little girls in the back, and Grandpa ready for a race if necessary. He would never let anyone pass him. If that was attempted, Grandma said she would hold the children down on the floor of the surrey and away they would go. Grandpa was in his element.
My mother told me that they usually had the preacher to Sunday dinner. It was the custom for the grown-ups to eat first, and the children had to wait for the second table. She thought this very unfair. I dont think my mother ever entirely got over her aversion for preachers.
Grandpa's farm home which he had built before the Civil War is still standing, straight and tall as he was in everything he did.
On the farm land was a private cemetary under a large tree with a wrought iron fence surrounding it. Here, Grandpa had buried his father, mother and one sister. In 1916, concerned that the land might pass out of the family and the graves be disturbed, he had a solid concrete block poured over all three graves. The three worn tombstones were laid flat in the cement. These now rest in the center of a large plowed field.
Harvey Barney died in 1918 in the large south room. It was my first experience with death.
To me he represents all those fine qualities of our early settlers who had hope and faith, and believed in giving their best for both themselves and others.
C Marie Forsyth