Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-01-11


children, on Peters Creek, McClung ane
Henry Morris moved down on to Kanawhs
river, where McClung was, soon after, &C
cidently drowned.
The widow of McClung removed to 6al
lipolis where she afterwards married Mr
Cherington, by whom she left large fami
ly.
The only sister of the McClung brothers
married Gen. Andrew Moore, of Rockbridgt
county, Virginia.
The histories of the remaining brothers
are not given, but learn from family con
nections here, that Madison McClung, sor
of Joseph, above mentioned, married Mar
garet Hanna. daughter of William and niece
of Capt. David Hanna. Their children
were: Eliza j., Joseph A., Mason H., Rebec
ca, William M, Charles, Virginia, Lewells
and Oscar.
The eldest daughter, Eliza j., was the
first wife of Mr.. Job E. Thayer Of this city
and Joseph A. is now resident OF thii
county.
Mr.. S. M. Campbell, of Fayette county,
tells me that he is also a descendant ol
Joseph McClung.
Returning to the family of Col. John
Wilson; his eldest daughter, Sarah Char
lotte, married Andrew Stephenson, promi
nent gentleman of Highland county, his
second, Susan, married Mr.. Frederick Hull
of Pendleton county. She died leaving three
children, the youngest of whom, Susan
Esther, married Washington Stephenson,
brother of Adam Stephenson. He is deceas-
ed, but his widow with an only son, lives
on the fold cabin farm
William Wilson, Sr., who lived to be-
yond 80, left his farm to his three unmar-
ried daughters and when they passed away,
it fell to the children of his son, John Will
son and his tWm. Wilson's) eldest daugh-
ter, Margaret, or peggy" who had mar
ried Mr.. William Green. She left an only
child, daughter, who married Mr.. John
William Wilson, Sr, left some servants to
his children to serve them during their lives,
but provided by will that the servants
should go free at the death of his children.
One Of these servants, 'Jerry," was quite a
noted character in his day, about the Warm
Springs, Va, and lived to over 100 years.
The remainder of the servants removed
to the vicinity of Gallipolis, Ohio, where
their descendants still live and retain the
Wilson family name derived from their
former owners.
Col. sJohn Wilson's daughter Esther,
married Maj. John Baller of Bath county.
They left one son and five daughters, all of
whom died unmarried, except the youngest
daughter, who married Mr.. Revercombe of
Bath county.
Margaret, the youngest daughter of Col.
John Wilson married Capt David Hanna,
of Greenbrier county. They left six chill
dren, three sons and three daughters. John
Wilson Hanna, the eldest son, married Miss
Rebecca Dietz. She died leaving two chill
dren the eldest, DIR. David Floyd Hanna,
is surgeon in the U. S. Army; the daugh-
ter married Mr. John T. Bowen, of Galletin,
Mo.
After the death of his wife, Mr.. James
Wilson Hanna, married Mrs. Pettis, q
daughter of Mr.. Thomas Henning of Lewis
burg. There were no children by this mar
riage.
The second son of Capt. David Hanna,
James, married Miss Adelaide, daughter Of
Mr.. John Joseph Remley of Greenbrier
county. He died in 1861, leaving six chill
dren, of whom Horace, Theodore, Joseph
and Augustus died unmarried.
John Brown Hanna went West and Mary
Margaret married Mr.. Burns of Greenbrier
county.
Nathan Augustus Hanna, youngest son
of Capt. David, married Miss Anna Eliza,
daughter of If adrew Johnson, Of Green
brier. They are both deceased, leaving a
son and daughter; the son, David, married
a daughter of Mr.. Alexander Anderson. of
Greenbrier; and the daughter married Mr..
Leach of Monroe county.
Sarah Jane and Esther, the eldest and
youngest daughters of Capt. David Hanna
died unmarried; the remaining daughter,
Elizabeth Gillian Hanna, married Mr.. Archi.
bald Alexander of Rockbridge county. He
was descendant, on his fathers side, OF
Archibald Alexander, and on his mother g
side Of William Alexander. For an account
of both of whom, see s'Foote's Sketches OF
the Valley of Virginia.
This William Alexander, (being the same
referred to above, as the first person who
tanght latin in the west,) left seven sons
and four daughters, as follows: Archibald,
William, Robert, Peter, Thomas, Samuel
and Hugh; Margaret, Ellen, Esther and
Anne.
Archibald married lady in Maryland,
name not remem bered; William married
Miss Susan McClung; Robert married Miss
Austin, of Campbell county, Va. He was
long clerk of that county and was succeed-
ed In Office by his son. Col. R. E. Withers,
late .. S. Senator from Virginia, is a grand
son of this Robert Alexander.
Peter married Miss Steele and moved to
Kentucky. Thomas was twice married; his
descendants live in the vicinity of Letart
falls, on the Ohio river, and probably in the
Kanawha Valley. James married Miss
Margaret Lyell, of Roekbrikge county, and
was the ancestor of the wife of the late DR..
Henry Ruffner, l.. L. D., first President of
Washington College, now Washington and
Lee University, at Lexington, Va.
Of the daughters of the elder William
Alexander, Susan, as herein above stated,
married Col. John Wilson; Ellen married a
Mr.. Wilson, but of different family, and
not connected. Esther married Mr.. Will
liam Austin, of Campbell county, and Anne
married Mr.. Ballou.
William Alexander, "a son of the above
William who married Susan McClung) mar
ried Miss Sallie Henry, daughter of Bet
tie Henry, who, while captive among the
Indians, was the wife of a Delaware chief,
who was half breed French and Indian.
Bette Henry was captured when little
girl, then living in western Pennsylvania,
and taken to the Indian towns beyond the
Ohio, where she was brought up among
them, and became the wife of the chief of
the tribe.
After the defeat of the Indians by Gen.
Wayne's army in 1894, she came with her
husband and others, to Fort Pitt, where,
by treaty agreement, all white prisoners
were to be delivered up; but they were
given their choice to return to their former
homes or go back with their Indian friends.
Bette Henry decided to remain with her
husband and Indian fliends; but her broth
er, after much persuasion, prevailed upon
her to 60 with him to see her aged mother,
who, he said, could not die in peace without
seeing her, and he promised that he would
himself take her back to her Indian home
and friends; q promise be never fulfilled,
and she grieved over the separation until
she died.
Her brother, James Henry, and her
mother, had removed from Pennsylvania
to Augusta county, Virginia, after her cap
tuTe.
Bette took with her, on this supposed
visit to her mother, her little six weeks old
babe called Sallie, who was kept and rear.
ed to womanhood by her (Bettie's) brother,
" when she became the wife of William Alex.
ander. as above stated. The issue of this
marriage was daughter, who married
Joseph Alexander, who was descendant
of the first Archibald Alexander, land il
may be here stated that the eminent Rev
DR.. Archibald Alexander was also de
scendant of the first Archibald Alexander
herein mentioned.
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