Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-09-12
GEOGRAPHIC NOTES.
Interesting Facts Concerning
the Beverage Family.
w. T. Price Records the History
of Another of the Pioneer
Families of PocahontaS Co.

county, while no pioneers Ill 'ne
usual sence of the word, yet per-
formed very important part IN
material improvement of our Noun
tain lands. Before the Beverages
came to our county and for years
since there was a type of mountain
land not much valued and was held
comparatively cheap. 1t was a
common remark about such land
that like self righteousness the
more a person had of such land the
worse it would be with him. The
Beverages utilized such land aud
prospered.
The Beverages trace their ances-
try to David Beverage, of Highland
county, a native of Scotland, who
came to Crabbottom previous to the
war of 1872, it is believed. His
wife was Catherine Shinneberry.
Their children were Jacob, Peter
and William. The ancestral David
Beverage died, leaving a widow and
three small children, Mrs. Beverage
with industry and good manage.
ment succeeded in rearing her sons
to industrious, economical and self
reliant manhood.
About the year 1910, Jacob Bev-
erage came to Pocahontas, bought
land and settled in the woods near
Glover Lick and opened up a home
stead now occupied by John Bever-
rye. Jacob Beverages wife was
Susan Snyder, Of Crabbottom.
Their children were Lewis. Levi,
William, Joseph, Woods, Jacob,
Hannah, Margaret, Naomi, Jennie:
six sons and three daughters.
Levi Beverages first marriage
was with Clarissa Waugh, daugh-
ter Of the late John Waugh,
Indian Draft. His second mar
riage was with Jane Hudson.
of Louise, and settled in part of the
homestead and as a minister OF the
German Baptist Church.
William Beverage never married,
John Beverage married Mary,
daughter of Squire J. B. Hannah,
of Elk. and lives at the old home
stead. Harper Beverage is their
only child.
Joseph Beverage married Eliza
beth, daughter of John Beverage,
of Highland, and settled there.
Woods g. died in youth.
Jacob Beverage married Rachel
Ann, daughter of the late William
and Nancy Mclaughlin, near Dun
more, and lives on Elk.
Hannah Beverage became the
third wife of the late VIM. ID. Moore
on Elk. She lives near Poage's
Lane with her daughter, Mrs. Page
Gay.
Margaret Beverage became Mrs.
VIM. Townsend and lived on Back
Allegheny. Her daughter Marga-
ret is now Mrs. Ufiah Beverage
Naomi, Jennie and Lewis all died
young, and within a period of
three weeks of each other, ailing
with diphtheria. Their sister. Mrs.
Margaret Townsend came to help
nurse them. She was seized with
the disease herself and never re-
turned home, dying soon after the
others.
In 1915 William Beverage NOV
ed to Pocahontas from Highland
and settled in the woods. head wat
ers of Stony Creek, Oh the place
now occupied by Jacob Beverage.
His wife was Eelena Peck, Of High
land. In reference to their sons
and daughters We have the follow
ing particulars:
Catherine became a Mrs. Arb o
CAST of Highland county. Caro-
line is Mrs. Pleasant Smith, near
Edray. Mary became Mrs. Benja-
min r. DOYLE and lives on Spruce
Flat; Margaret married John Cur
renee and lived on Swago' louie is
Mrs. George Miller on Spruce Flat;
Susan became Mrs. George Rod !
gers and lives near Buckeye. 5
Uriah Beverage married Jennie S
and lives on the head of +
Stony Creek.
Jacob Beverage married Nancy 5
Kellison and lives on the home L
stead settled by his father. ?
In 1850 Peter Beverage, the =
third of the RaveroUe brotherS