The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-15

dervort family live in this county and
are quite well known. They are all
people Of character and have frequent
ly been placed in positions OF trust by
the people. They maintain the repu-
tation the family has had for three
hundred years Of being thrifty, hon.
orable and useful citizens.
In August last they held a family
reunion at Wilmington, Ohio, from
the record Of which we gather some
bits Of history that may be of inter-
est to their friends here. The writer
says:
We first find the name in Knicker.
bocker's New York. Among the stur-
dy sons of the Hudson, we see the
VanderBilts, Wander Pools and Wander
Voorts, and a score OF Dutch names
who composed the warning hosts Of
Peter, the Headstrong. AS many
have seen that sketch In the Inter
Ocean Of May IL, 1897, / quote from
that article, but correct the mistakes
therein made and add things more
suitable.
Michael Paulus Van Der WORT
came from East Flanders region of
Dendermonde prior to the year 1910,
and located in the Dutch city of New
Amsterdam, now New York. The
records show that he was married to
Marie Rapalye or Rappelyea Novem-
Der IS, 1910. Their marriage is the
fifth on record in New Amsterdam.
Among their children was one whom
they called Paul, who was born in
Bedford, Long Island and was bap-
tized January s, 1919. In the course
of time Paul was married to Lysbeth
Paulus Dincksen. The fruit of this
union was at least one son, whom
they called Paul. II judge he was
thus named for the sake Of variety
He was born in Bedford, L. l., and
baptized in 1881. He chose for his
wife one by the name of Nultze Stats.
Among their children was one named
Nicholas whose memory still fingers
in the minds of some of the oldest
members Of the family
Nicholas was also born In Bedford,
and probably married there. In the
course of time we find him In Orange
county, N. Y. He was married to
Abigail Halstead, who was of WEIGH
descent, and Of the same stock as the
great journalist, Murat Halstead. To
these parents were born John, Martha
Paul, Peter, William, Jonah and a
child that died In infancy. AS nine
tenths of those who attended our re-
unions are descended from the above
Paul and Jonah, shall more particu-
larly notice them.
Jonah settled in Clinton county.
He sat on the first jury impanelled in
Clinton county In 1910, the year in
which the county was organized (see
History Clinton county, page 1872. }
Jonah was born at Shepherdstown,
Va, May 80, 1895; was married to
Jane Tibbs March 20, 1899, and moved
to the Northwest Territory in 1900,
locating at Columbia, now within the
city limits of Cincinnati. In 1909
they removed to Deserted Camp, now
in Clinton county, and in 1915 located
at New Antioch, where both Jonah
and his wife died in 1912 and 184o re-
spectively. Jonah had eleven chill
dren, six sons and five daughters.
Only the wife of one Of the sons sur
wives, Aunt Katy, now about four
score years old.
The descendants OF Jonah now num-
Der about four hundred souls, scatter
ed over eight different states. II the
descendants of Jonah's brothers and
sisters are as numerous they would
number about $500. Jonah's family
exist under about forty different
names. Paul, brother of Jonah, was
born in Orange county, N. Y, in
1853. He, with his family, To-
Gated, in Clermont and Warren coun-
ties, Ohio. They probably number
as many to-day as those Of Jonah.
Martha, sister Of Jonah, has de-
scendents represented by the Apple
gates, Truitts; and in the west by the
Sims, Seamans and Gaddisses and 9TH
ers ad iTfnitaan
AT our last meeting the register
showed forty-five persons present from
Warren county, four from Ross, four
from Greene, one from Pickaway, one
from Montgomery and two from But
Ter county. Since there were a num-
Der present from other states, l shall
briefly state something of each:
Nicholas Vandervort, of Morgan
town, West Virginia, is retired
farmer and father of Secretary B. B.
Vandervort.
w. G. Vandervort, Of Monticello,
Illinois, is an electrician by occupa-
tion.
Mrs. Sallie Jolliffe, of Warrington,
West Virginia, is the wife of the
cashier Of the bank there. She was
accompanied by her three children.
Anna L. Stewart, of Tempe, Ari-
IONA, is a teacher in the public schools
of Phoenix, A. T. She is great
great great granddaughter of Nicho-
las and Abigail Vandervort.
Theodore VanDervoort is teacher in
the Prescott public schools, of Chica-
go, in which there are enrolled one
thousand pupils, requiring twenty
two teachers to manage them.
Mrs. Margaret Matneny is also a
teacher, in the Kankakee public
schools, and her husband is superin-
tendent Of the insane hospital there,
in which there are two thousand, two
hundred patients.
DR.. l.. A. VanDervoort, retired
physician, now residing in Covington,
Kentucky, is the eldest member of the
second generation Of the family of
this county. He reaches his seventy
fifth year before another reunion.
Mrs. M. ]. Mercer, of Topeka, Kan
sas, is sole proprietor Of dress max
ing establishment there. One may
see on the streets Of Silver City, New
Mexico, every day the costumes she
makes. Mrs. Mercer was born in
Clinton county forty-six years ago,
and for forty-four years has been a
resident Of the west. She is daugh-
ter of l. M. VYndervort Of Tiskilwa,
Illinois, and was bereft of her husband
Is years ago.
To sum up the history Of this fami-
ly it is conceded that there are no
great men among them, but there
were good men, both present and past.
Criminals and drunkards never found
lodging among them. There are
but few of them called wealthy, but
the great bulk of them belong to the
middle class and have sufficient means
usually to lay by on rainy day.
In concluding this sketch it may be
proper to say that the name Van Der
WORT, the form Of writing it, was
found among the Holland records be-
fore Peter Styvesant was governor Of
the New Netherlands, during which
the government collapsed and became
subject to the English under the Duke