The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-16
Juogs NcD ougal 5 ADDRESS
tlse Gilboa Reunion

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lrill. Martin. Metheny. Moran. Miller
lPrichard, Price, Parker. Pitzer! priek.
lett. Quigley. Rite. shaeieliorfi
\ squires, Snider, SatterHeid, strai iii,
Thompson. Toot hnan. Upton, Wiley,
4 Wilson, Youst. 4.
\ A few words about the early history
iot the three families Dudley. Bog.
CESS and McDougal: - -.
i The house ofsthe Dudley originated.
$50 far as history contains It's record,
tat the town of Dudley In England IN
1.-THE seventh century and since then
until their descendants came to the
4 American colonies, through the veins
of the Dudleys there coursed the puf.
lest, tepderest blood Of the nobility OF
merry old England, Men OF peace as
they always were. some Of the earlier
Dudleys were not aperse to the con.
flicts of their times. but the only real
hard fighters OF that family i ever
knew personally were Fleming Dud.
Hey. who presldes over this reunion,
and my great Uncle Samuel Dudley,
] who on this run away back more
/, than a hundred years ago intermar.
ried with and became the husband Of
Margaret Peggy McDougal, a sister
OF my grandfather. John McDougaI.
Samuel. Dudley died at ripe old age
near here and was the only sailor and
soldier OF the American Revolutionary
war under the command of George
Washington ! recollect ever to nav.
seen.
The lBoggess family originally came
from Spain where the ancient family
name Is still preserved and still spelled
/ Boggio.
1t is probable that those OF the,
name who first came to the American
, shores for a time sojourned In Wales,
but the first ancestor have been able
to definitely locate was pleasure
loving, cock fighting, horseracing
planter OF Fairfax county in the col.
fony OF Virginia named Robert Bog
CESS, who was indicted, along with
George Washington and others, In
1850 at Fairfax Court House, for fail.
ing to return for taxation to the colon.
ial assessor his Wheeled yehIckles.n
The clan McDougal originated in
the Highlands of Scotland where at
the dawn of history the name was
spelled "Dhu-Gal.r
The family then owed all the islands
off the west coast OF that country, but
in some way later possessed all lands
on that coast and still later at one
time, about 1910, fought with and
overthrow King Robert Bruce and for
a short time through their chieftains
ruled the whole OF Scotland; then
they were in turn overthrow by the
Bruce, who killed all its clansmen ca.
pable of bearing arms save 2SS, and
since that day the clan has not been
an important factor in that or any
other government.
Their tartan Is still preserved as is
also the coat OF arms OF the clan,
which bears the Latin legend win:
cere Vel Mori.p Literally translated
this motto means 1--WE conquer or |
die" In the 65 years of my life I've
known many McDougals. hut never
knew one, that wouldn't rather ICON.
quer" than die" Their determine.
ton and stubbornness has always
been proverbial. It's. family failing.
About ITO the church government,
OF the District Of Lorne In the Scott
fish Highlands sent from there to a
small flock Of Presbyterians who hadl
heretofore settled on the Mononga.
hela river In the colony OF Virginia,
n talented young preached named VII.
liam McDougal to administer TO the
spiritual wants of these settlers. Will
liam McDougal there married Miss
Brand and there his two children were
born, He was my great grandfather.
His oldest child was John McDougal,
my grandfather, born February 20,
It's, and his daughter was Peggy"
who later married Samuel Dudley, and
both these children we're born at what
Is now Morgantown In this State, and
later lived on Dunkard Mill run.
The Dudleys were on Dunkard Mill
run when my grandfather McDongalI
came here In 1898 and Lindsay Bog
CESS in 1910. For generations the
McDougals had been Presbyterians in
The Highlands and the Boggessf were
Church OF England people in Fairfax
county In Virginia. But at that early.
day they found here neither Presby-
terrain nor an Episcopallan-all were
Methodists. Wisely they then pock-
eted their churchly preferences and
Joined with the Dudleys and other
frontier neighborsSin this vicinity and
with them erected their first house Of
worship-the old Gilboa NJ. E. Church..
Some years ago read book called
he Breath Of the Gods.n To me |
hats a grand good book and gives
.learer insight into the history, phil.
'sophy. religion, music, manners, Gus
oms and habits of the Japanese than
anything ever read. The breath Of
he gods Is the worship of ancestry
n that country and the longer live
he more believe in that doctrine.
So ! am glad this custom is here
established. To love and revere the
memory Of our ancestors, is to prac-
ice one of the highest virtues, and II
uture generations shall here gather
annually at old GiIboa and cherish the I,
'ast in emulating and cherishing the /.
irtues. OF the early settlers OF Dunk. .
rd Mill run, all will be nobler and
'etter for the time so spent until
1.-THE sun grows cold Is
And the stars are old NJ
And the leaves OF the
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