The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-13

preaching about every two weeks.
The homes of n. Green and Sam.
uel Willet, ST., were the stopping
places for preachers. The Green
family consisted OF the old gentle
man, his wife and three daugh-
ters-Elizabeth, married to Enoch
Frazer; Sarah, the first wife of
Allen Wlllet, and Eliza, who was
married to Samuel Allender att.
er they removed to Iowa. The
sons were Wilson, married to EN-
lily Frazier; Benjamin, who mar.
ned Elizabeth Willet; Wesley j.,
who married Plantina Allender
u Iowa; Sylvester, who married
Eliza Foote; Nelson, who married
n Mss Weaver in Iowa, and AL
fred, who married Miss Charl-
ton, who was raised in the Cove,
but removed to Iowa.
The Wlllet family consisted of
SIX SONS and three daughters.
Stephen was a son of the first
wife, Thomas, John, Elisha, Allen
and Samuel, Jr., sons of the sec.
ond wife, Mary, married to Jos.
r Woodcock, Eliza or Sarah,
mar lied to a Mr.. French up near
Bloody Run, and Elizabeth, mar
RED to Benjamin Green.
The Ready family was large
one. Two sons, Alexander and
John; Alexander died III lS4z;
John married Miss Deshong in
March, 1912. | "tied the knot"
myself, 1t was the last official act
I performed as Justice of the
p, ace. The following named
were the daughters, Sarah, mar
led to John Foote; Elizabeth,
wife of VIM. w. Edwards; Nancy,
wife of Robert Swope; Mary, wife
of Frank Grove; Christina, wife
o. Jonathan Miller; Catharine,
wife of Andrew-tlsher, deceased;
Susan, wife OF Adam Hlnlsh over
in the Harbour, and Jane, wife of
Levi Deshong.
The family of Jos. Edwards,
Esq, were five sons and four
daughters. VIM. W., Joshua,
John, Joseph and Jesse. The
daughters were Mary, married
to Andrew Swope; Annie, mar.
ried to Abner Barnett over Side
ling Hill; Elizabeth, married to
Maj. Geo. Chestnut, and Lilias the
youngest, married to Frederick
Fisher
The family of James Dickson
consisted of five daughters, Eliza
beth, unmarried; Mary, who mar
ried Mr. Smith up In Friends
Cove; Jane was the wife of John
Foote; Margaret was the wife of
Samuel Alexander, late of your
town, Hester was married to
Theodore Bergstresser, whose
family bought the old "Need "
place just through the Gap. The
sons were Mark and John. Mark
died in 1881, and John was living
the last heard of HIM. The fam
lily of John Alexander, Esq, con-
sisted ofthree sons and six daugh-
ters. William, or, as he was fa-
miliarly called, "Big Billy" in
contradistinc lor to Little Bill.
ly," married Cluggage, Alexan-
der died at Schellsburg in 1882.
John b. married a daughter of
DR.. Moore, Nancy married John
Chaney, who moved 10 Ohio; Eliz
abeth married Wesley Johnston,
!, of Warriors Mark, Huntingdon
county. After Elizabeth's death
Mr.. Chaney with his three chill
dren started for the west, and af.
ter taking steam boat on the
OHIO river, they were never heard
of again, and 1T is supposed the
boat was sunk and all peri' he'd.
Mary married James Stunkard,
Sarah married John Woodcock,
Catharlne was the third wife of
Thos. Speer, and died In October,
1840, Susan married George
Wishart, of Yellow Creek.
Johnny" Gibson had three
daughters and one son. The old
est daughter, Nancy, first mar
rled George Henninger, and after