The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-11

Jacob Froman appears to have OPP
Grated his mill until about the close Of
the Revolutionary War, when the fer
tile lands of Kentucky attracted hi,
attention. During the years 178O-83
he patented nineteen tracts-S,OOO
acres-in Lincoln and Jefferson coun-
ties. Sometime during the 178O's Fro
man rented his mill property in Mary
land and moved his family to Ken
lucky.
Jacob Froman settled in Wood
ford county Kentucky. He was prom
inent in the political life of the new
State of Kentucky: member of the
first State Legislature, member of
the convention which framed the State
Constitution, and member of the COM
mittee which chose the site for the
State capital. He also served in the
Wabash Indian War. During the Dun
more campaign of 1774 against the
Shawnees the few settlers in far
Western Maryland were obliged to
stay in their own fortified log houses
to protect their families and property
from threatened attacks by the In
dians, but Jacobs brother, Paul Fro
man, served as a captain in Dunmore's
expeditions and in ITS was paid on
the pittsburgh Pay RolP' SO pounds
sterling for 176 days service.
When the Revolutionary Provincial
Convention of Maryland called for the
organization of militia companies, ia
cob Froman, John and Augustine
Friend, Aaron Parker, Jesse Tomlin-
son and William Ashby made the long
trip to Old Town and enrolled them
selves, August %, 1776, in Captain
Charles Coulson's company. Evidently
the company saw no service in the
east. Volunteers from the Youghi-
ogheny Valley were soon obliged to
give their attention to the protection
of their homes from the Western In
dians.
The children of Jacob and Barbarian
Froman, with years of birth, were:
Jacob, It'll; Elizabeth, 1772; Abra-
ham, ITS; Susan, 1777; Abraham,
1779; Isaac, 1884, Joseph, 1886; Sara,
1889; Eliza, 1871.
-Four or five of these children were
probably among the first white chill
dren born in what is now Garrett
county, Maryland.
The Fixes.
The German ancestor of this family
is said to have been a weaver by trade
and Of the Amish faith.
Christian Fike l, the first of the
family of whom we have definite rec
ord, settled near Elk Lick Salisbury,
Fa. His sons, John and Christian, first
appear in 1888 on the tax records of
Somerset county. His known children
were John, Christian and Jacob.
Jacob Fike located first in the neigh
borhood of Markleysburg, Pa, and in
1910 he settled in Grant District, in
Preston county, Va. His son Jacob,
in 1885, built large stone house about
one mile north of Brandonville.
Christian Fike II (1761-185D mar
ried Christina Livengood (1770-1S5O,
of Elk Lick, Pa. He resided on the
Fike homestead between Salisbury
and Meyersdale. His children were
Barbara (Shrock), John, Jacob, -
(Beeghly), Joseph, Peter and Eliza
beth (Lichty).
Peter Fike (1794-187D married
Magdalene Arnold, and finally in 1854,
settled near Eglon, w. Va, on the
farm now owned by his gradson, E. T.
Fike, and others.
John Fike, Sr., son of Christian l,
prior to 1898, settled on the Froman
mill property at the mouth of Bear
Camp or Mill Run, below Shelby's
Port. He was a well-to-do miller and
farmer. Late in life he built large
brick house on his farm on Fike Hill,
now the property of his grandson,
Dorsey Guard. John Fike died in 1929,
and in his will mentions his wife,
Barbara, and his children-John,
Peter, Christian, Elizabeth (Ayers),
Catherine (Hazlett), Frances (Grif-
fth), Ann (Musser), Maria (Herri-
der); also his grandson, jeremiah
Guard, who was later a merchant on
Mill Run.
John Fike, ST., died in 1929 and is
buried in the family graveyard on
Fike Hill.
John Fike, Jr., married Nancy Dens-
more GU. They resided in the brick
house on the family homestead on
Fike Hill, which John bequeathed to
his son William by his will, dated in
1862 The children of John Fike, Jr.,
were Peter, Christian, Levi, Marian
(Robinson), Elizabeth (Daniels), and
Catherine (Schrock).
Mary Jane Fike, daughter of Chris
tian ", was born January 8, 1854, and
married James Guard in 1872. She re-
sides with her grandson, Dorsey
C,,rd on tho old S+I1ck farm near