The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13


died (mOnths Afterwards. when the lat
ter appeared IN IA dream u John aud
toretold the manner aud time OF J lhh ;
death, which was Afterwards literally
fulfilled. This affair caused ,nucn com
ment, and found t. way into the papers
of the day, and served as the foundation
for n novel afterwards written bv Ju,ige
Haywood of Tennessee, an acquaintance
of the family.
BY his second marriage. with Eliza
beth Bryan, VIM. Scott Pugh had one
son. Thomas Pugh, (born after the
death of his half brother OF same name
This one went South IT, Eouisiana. whore
he married Miss Eliza Foley at New
Orleans. and BY whom he left large
and interesting family; Walter Pugh, oi
New Orleans, lawyer of reputation
and ability, being a representative.
With a few more remarks and we are
done with the subject. though 10 us it
is but a Labor OF love - CO.! Thomas
Pugh, Sr., was man Of .,re,t intellect
and shrewdness. and accumulated more
money perhaps than almost any other
man Of his day and section. il We ac-
cept Col. William Williams Gen. Willie
Jones. and the older Polocks. lie was
one OF the original purchasers of the In
dian Woo Is, or observation, which he.
with Williams and Jones, bought of the
Tuscaroras before they left for New
Y ork to join the five Nations of Indians
We have the original documents from
the Indians to Pugh and Williams. and
bearing the handwriting OF Gen. WIN.
Jones. All of these old worthless wrote
beautiful hands, and though written
with the feather of Il goose can hardly
be surpassed by the graduate Of mod
ern commercial college with the i'm
proved steel or gold pen of the day
We must again beg the readers par,
don and detain him while longer, as
it has Just occurred to us that we were
about to leave out part of our record.
i. o. that part relating to two more of
the SONS Of Col. Thos. Pu9h. Sr. We
allude to Col. Thomas Pugh, Jr, and
Francis :'ugh. (the third)
Francis. the third. married Elizabeth
Standley, and had Francis. (the iourth,
TheOphilus Pugh, and Col. Joseph
Standley Pugh, and daughters Penelope
Pugh and Nancy pu-h. Francis (thc
ItlD married Ann ..'' and left
one son, Francis, Uhe lifth,) who mar
red Mary Ann Rascoc, and left large
family as follows: VIM. ltascoe l'ugh.
who married Victoria Outlaw, and died
leaving no issue, Francis Pu~h ithc Gth)
Kate Pugh, who wa, married To Rever-
end Mr.. Williams. and Elizabeth pugh.
who was married to Thomas f. Fan
ming. Theophlus Pugh married Miss
Taylor, Of Martin county. and died
leaving one daughter, Elizabeth. Col.
Joseph Standley Pugh married Penelope
Blanchard. and had sons Thomas Theo-
philus Pugh, who is now an old man in
La, and Joseph William, who died
young. and daughters Penelope. who
married Henry Nichols, and Sarah
Elizabeth, who married James Jones.
Penelope A. Puyh, the daughter ot
Francis (the third, married Mr.. Irwin,
and moved to Nashville, Tennessee,
while her sister, Nance Pugh, married
a Mr.. Munroe, and also went west
Col. Thomas Tugh. Jr., third son OF
Col. Thomas Pugh, Sr, and Mary Scott.
married Esther Taylor, of Martin coun-
ty, North Carolina, and had issue as
follows: Wm. Pugh, Shadrach Pugh
Mary Pugh, Catherine Pugh. Margare,
Pugh and Gym thia Pugh. William Pugt
died unmarried. ShIdrtch married ant
removed to Sampson county, \ c., ant
let family, among them belng james
| Hill Pugh, a daughter of this branch re-
Gently marrying Hon. ,JnO. +. Wootten
| of Kin ston. Mary was married TO Viii
! liam Turner, OF a noted and well known
family Of BERTHE county, a scion of whicl
house was celebrated jurist in Tenn
and another member OF being the yifte,
| DR.. William A. Turner, who was tn,
real inventor of the electric telegraph
| Prot. Morse to the contrary. notwith
standing he, Turner, having writer
/ (while at work in a machine shop in y
4 W to his brother III Bertie describin.
his ideas and saying that if he had tn
means he would soon transmit message
by electricity This can be substant
ated by few living witnesses of til
most unimpeachahle character, wh
read the letters of DIR. Turner long be
fore the invention was perfected b
Prof Morse. and who to this day sa
that it was DIR Turner's invention an
that the idea was stolen from him Will
in New York. Some even 90 SO fa- a
to say that DR. Turner even demonstrs
ted the practicahilty of the invento
here in Bertie county. 1t is in this COZ
uection worthy Of mention that three ,
the greatest inventions of the age WEI
creations Of The brains OF persons VIII
, first saw light not many mites of tn
. town. We a!llIde To the electric tel,
f graph. the Gatlin gun, and hypoderm
medication, the inventor oi the fir
. named being a Bcrtie man, that of Il
second being 4 Hertiord man, while y
, Edward Warren. of ChOwan count,
now "Bey, being the inventor OF Il
i last named invention. DIR. Warrel
once in lecture To his class in Was!
| ngton University. Baltimore, gave col
elusive proof that in a thesis written |
him while 4 medical student in Phil
! delphia, he advanced the idea and d
: scribed the mode 10y which lie won
4 proceed. Unfortunately. he listened
! his professor, who hooted at his inve
!, ton. and the young scientist cave h
thesis to the flames, afterwards to 5,
i his Iaurels plucked aud the fame wAil
, was riyhttully his own sitting upon Il
: brow of DIR. Alexander Wood. ol Ed;u
: burg: 50 Of the three inventions. all
i which belong to The Old North SIat
n only one ha, She made good her clai
: 10, viz: the Calling gun.
. But TO our theme. Mary Pugh, aft
d the death of her first husband. was ma
} ried TO Thomas Bond, Esq. Margar
d Pugh was married TO Ebenczer Slad
o and had three children Thos. Pu.
e Slade, Isabella Slade who was marri
e to Abram Maer, end moved South. al
y Mary Ann Slade who was married
IS DR.. Davis.
/, Catherine PuGh was married first
o Mr. Thomas Turner. and afterwards
/, Lewis Bond, Esq. by whom she Il
lie issue as follows: Esther Taylor Bo
lie who was married first to John Sutto