The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-02-17
THE ENLOW FAMILY
A Brief History of the Garrett
County Branch.
To the Editor of The Republican.

Since the history of different fam
lilies of the earlier settlers of tbs part
of the country have been gives in the
public press, the writer thinks it may
be of some interest to give the READERS
of your paper some of the fats con-
corning the Elbows who settled in
this State. Much of the information
herein given was gained from the late
Isaac Allen Enlow, who was careful
in making his statements.
Sometime during the seventeenth
century there were three brothers who
came to America. Someone writing
from Minnesota, who spelled his name
Enloe, for information about our
branch of the family, insists that the
three brothers came from Germany,
but we had always been informed
that they were natives Of Scotland.
One Of these brothers settled in the
western part of Pennsylvania, he be-
ing probably the youngest. A son,
named John, came to this county and
established home on the south side
of Bear Creek near the present loca-
ton of Hoyes. He was born about the
year 1900. He was married to Eliza
beth Frazee and their first son was
born in 1920, whom they named Jere-
miah. After arriving at manhood he
purchased farm on Sang Run where
he spent the remainder of his life. His
brother Jacob settled in Ohio, opposite
Wheeling, West Va, and another
brother, Abraham, settled near Phil
ippi, West Va. A sister Hannah mar
ried Jacob Faulkner, who settled west
of Friendsville. Deborah married Da-
vid Vansickle, who lived near the
Faulkner farm, and Elizabeth, an
other sister, married Lewis Ringer,
whose farm was near the homes of the
other sisters.
When Jeremiah began to look about
for life companion, he and Meshack
Browning visited the McMullen fam
lily. Here they were smitten with the
charms of the two daughters. Mary
became the wife of Meshack and Ra-
chel was married to jeremiah. Their
sister Virginia became the wife of
Nathaniel Casteel, who was their
neighbour so the three sisters became
the wives of nearby farmers. Jere-
miah's children became farmers and
lived not far from the old home
place with the exception of Isaac AL
len who remained bachelor and con-
tinued to reside at his old home. The
others all reared families whose de-
scendants to the sixth generation are
still residents of Garrett county.
1t is not my purpose to write par
ticularly of individuals, but of them as
family, who have not filled many of
the top or higher positions in public
life, but all, with rare exceptions. have
been honest, Industrious, law-abiding,
with emphasized desire that others
should obey the existing laws of the
land. Many of them were importuned
to take positions of trust and respon-
sibility in the schools, in church and
state. Some of the older ones were
great nimrods as well as citizens with
good deal of pep. All were good
iivers, not rich but cheerful and we'll
TODD people, often making their
homes ring and the hills echo and re-
echo with their whistling or singing
as they pursued their daily occupa-
lions, as nearly all of them were and
are yet good singers.
Descendants of these three brothers,
known by different names, are to be
found in nearly all the States of the
Union, and it is a source of no little
satisfaction to the writer that not
only many of the given names are
yet bestowed upon the younger gen.
erations, but in the main their repu-
tation compares favorably with the
general run Of folks.
One Of the boys while visiting Swal-
low Falls last summer saw an old
prophet as old as the hills, who
nroNhesied rain within twenty-four
hours by drops of water standing out