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REV. JOHN AMOS MERCER was born in Hillsbrough County, Downy, Ireland. He married ? AARON.
2.ii. MOSES MERCER, b. 1654, Hillsbrough County, Downey, Ireland.
2. MOSES MERCER (REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1654 in Hillsbrough County, Downey, Ireland. He married ? BLOOMFIELD.
3. i. JOHN MERCER, b. 1676, Hillsbrough County, Downey, Ireland.
3. JOHN MERCER (MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1676 in Hillsbrough County, Downey, Ireland. He married (1) ELIZABETH BENTLEY 1708. He married (2) SARAH ANN MOORE 1712.
4. i. GIDEON MERCER, b. 1709.
5. ii. EDWARD MERCER, b. Bet. 1703 - 1704; d. 1763, Winchester, Frederick County, Virgina.
4. GIDEON MERCER (JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1709. He married (1) ANN HARPER. He married (2) MARY DAVIS. He married (3) MARY HARPER.
ix. MARY ELIZAABETH MERCER, b. 1752; m. RICHARD BENJAMINE WHITTINGTON.
x. NANCY MERCER, m. THOMAS FLOOD.
xiii. JONATHON MERCER, b. Bet. 1741 - 1806; m. (1) SOPHIA OGG; m. (2) TAMSON JANE BABB.
xiv. RICHARD ALEXANDER MERCER, b. 1741.
xv. JANE MERCER, b. 1756.
5. EDWARD MERCER (JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born Bet. 1703 - 1704, and died 1763 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virgina. He married ANN COATS Abt. 1725. She was born 1706.
ii. JOHN MERCER, b. 1727.
6. iv. MOSES MERCER, b. 1725; d. Frederick County, VA.
6. MOSES MERCER (EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1725, and died in Frederick County, VA. He married DIANNA MORRISON 1745. She died in Winchester, VA.
8. i. MARY MERCER, b. 1752; d. July 05, 1828, Belmont County, Ohio.
9. ii. GIDEON MERCER, b. 1758, Frederick County, VA; d. 1814, Rockbridge County, VA (Presby. Church Yard).
iii. EDWARD MERCER, m. MARY ELLIS, September 09, 1794.
iv. DAVID MERCER, m. MARY HANNON.
10. v. JOHN MERCER, b. April 27, 1761, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia; d. 1818, Belmont County, OH.
11. vi. WILLLIAM MERCER, b. 1767; d. 1844.
vii. DIANNA MERCER, m. WILLIAM MCVICKER, September 1797.
viii. ANN MERCER, m. THOMAS FAIR.
7. HANNAH MERCER (EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) She married WILLIAM CRUMLEY.
12. i. AARON CRUMLEY, b. October 22, 1771; d. August 18, 1835.
8. MARY MERCER (MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1752, and died July 05, 1828 in Belmont County, OH. She married DARLING DAWSON October 23, 1781 in Winchester, VA. He was born 1744 in Ireland.
13. i. THOMAS DAWSON, b. 1783.
14. ii. SARAH DAWSON, b. 1785.
15. iii. MOSES DAWSON, b. April 09, 1788, Greene County, PA; d. February 28, 1866, Ronggold, Morgan County, OH.
iv. DIANA DAWSON, b. 1790.
16. v. WILLIAM DAWSON, b. April 02, 1793, VA; d. 1862, Belmont County, OH.
17. vi. MARY DAWSON, b. 1795.
18. vii. HANNA DAWSON, b. 1798.
19. viii. JANE DAWSON, b. October 26, 1800.
20. ix. ANN DAWSON, b. 1802, PA.
x. REBECCA DAWSON, b. 1806; m. JAMES WHITE.
9. GIDEON MERCER (MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1758 in Frederick County, VA, and died 1814 in Rockbridge County, VA (Presby. Church Yard). He married ELIZABETH SMITH March 10, 1789 in Frederick County, VA.
Before his marriage, it is said that he served three years in the Revolutionary War under Anthony Wayne. This has not been documented.
After the death of her husband, Elizabeth moved her family to near Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio in 1815.
21. iv. SAMUEL MERCER, b. 1804, VA; d. 1885, Miami County, OH.
10. JOHN MERCER (MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born April 27, 1761 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, and died 1818 in Belmont County, OH. He married LYDIA BARRETT April 21, 1789 in Berkley County, VA.
22. i. ELEANORA MERCER, b. June 06, 1792; d. September 06, 1873, Flushing, Belmont County, OH.
11. WILLIAM MERCER (MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1767, and died 1844. He married MANCY ANN WEBB. She was born 1760.
23. i. JOHN H. MERCER, b. 1793; d. 1841.
12. AARON CRUMLEY (HANNAH MERCER, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born October 22, 1771, and died August 18, 1835. He married JANE ATHERTON.
24. i. WILLIAM CRUMLEY, b. August 02, 1798; d. August 25, 1865.
13. THOMAS DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1783. He married REBECCA NEDDY.
iv. ANDREW DAWSON, m. MARY LITTLE.
14. SARAH DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1785. She married ROBERT WALLACE.
iii. MOSES WALLACE, b. April 09, 1788.
15. MOSES DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born April 09, 1788 in Greene County PA, and died February 28, 1866 in Ronggold, Morgan County, OH. He married NANCY GOOSEMAN.
i. SUSAN DAWSON, b. 1809; m. ALVIN BAKER.
ii. GEORGE DAWSON, b. 1811; d. Abt. 1871; m. (1) REBECCA BREWER, 1845; m. (2) JANE FARNWORTH, 1850.
iii. SARAH DAWSON, b. 1813; d. Abt. 1891; m. AZOR MOORE.
iv. THOMAS DAWSON, b. April 25, 1815, Bridgeport, Belmont County, OH; d. December 28, 1886, Laureville, OH; m. NANCY ANN MOORE, May 04, 1837.
v. DARLING DAWSON, b. January 26, 1817; m. MENELA ANDREWS, August 02, 1840, Athens County, Ohio; b. June 17, 1820, PA; d. March 02, 1887.
vi. CHRISTOPHER DAWSON, b. April 03, 1819, Ohio; m. EMELINA GLAADDEN, June 08, 1845, Morgan County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1822, Ohio.
vii. MARY DAWSON, b. May 12, 1821, Ohio; m. JOHN SHELL.
viii. ELIZABETH DAWSON, b. April 15, 1823; m. GEORGE JOHNSON CHAPPALEAR, April 20, 1843, Morgan County, OH; b. 1818, VA; d. 1904.
ix. GEORGE WILLIAM DAWSON, b. February 15, 1825, Belmont County, OH; d. July 12, 1893, Union Twp, Morgan County, Ohio; m. (1) ELIZA ANN SHIBBY, September 20, 1846, Morgan County, Ohio; b. September 18, 1824, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 1857, Morgan County, Ohio; m. (2) MARY KIRKBRIDE, 1860; b. 1855.
x. DAN DAWSON, b. 1826; m. HANNAH A. TANNER, November 18, 1851; b. April 02, 1834; d. December 11, 1918.
xi. MOSES DAWSON, b. October 26, 1827; d. June 14, 1899.
xii. FRANCES DAWSON, b. 1833.
xiii. OLIVER DAWSON, b. 1838.
16. WILLIAM DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born April 02, 1793 in VA, and died 1862 in Belmont County, OH. He married TERZA HARRISON December 12, 1822 in Belmont County, OH.
William was blinded in the War of 1812. He married after being blinded and raised his family. According to family legend he was a successful farmer and gave all his children a thousand dollars.
i. MOSES DAWSON, b. 1824, Belmont County, OH.
ii. ANNE DAWSON, b. 1825.
iii. MARY DAWSON, b. 1825, Belmont County, OH; d. June 24, 1889, Monroe County, OH.
iv. WILLIAM DAWSON, JR., b. 1830.
v. TERZA DAWSON, b. May 1830; m. GEORGE MCCAIN, April 14, 1864, Belmont County, OH.
vi. SUSANNA DAWSON, b. March 08, 1833, Jacobsburg, Belmont County, OH; d. December 22, 1923, Gracey, Washington County, OH; m. WILLIAM H. HAMMEGAR, November 04, 1866, Newport Twp, OH.
According to family history, William took some money to the bank and came home with two bags of twenty dollar gold pieces. Wife, Susanna, was not happy about having the heavy gold pieces and made him take them back. However, he kept one or two of them. They are now in the possession of Kathryn Shipley, great-great granddaughter. vii. SOLOMON DAWSON, b. 1837, Belmont County, OH.
viii. RACHEL DAWSON, b. 1841; m. UNKNOWN REYNOLDS.
17. MARY DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1795. She married JOHN LONG.
18. HANNA DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1798. She married ABRAHAM EAGLEBERRY.
19. JANE DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born October 26, 1800. She married PETER WATSON.
20. ANN DAWSON (MARY MERCER, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1802 in PA. She married JOHN LATIMORE.
21. SAMUEL MERCER (GIDEON, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1804 in VA, and died 1885 in Miami County, OH. He married EUSTACIA HOLLOWAY January 12, 1825 in Coshocton County, OH. She was born 1806 in NC.
ii. HENRIETTA MERCER, b. 1835, Ohio; d. April 12, 1911, Kansas City, KS; m. MOSES CLARK BUTTS, March 30, 1857, Troy, OH; b. January 22, 1829; d. May 02, 1889, Linn County, KS.
Some census records show that the parents of Moses Clark were both born in New Jersey so it can be assumed that his grand parents were also born in America.
Records in Delaware County, Indiana verify that Moses Butts was a Sergeant of Company I, of the One hundred and Eleventh Regiment (minute men) during the Civil War. Governor Morton called for troops when General John Morgan and his Confederates Raiders crossed the Ohio River and mover on the town of Corydon. Morton was apprehended so quickly that the Minute Men of Delaware County was organized and mustered into service on July 12, 1863 and mustered out three days later on July 15, 1863.
Moses Butts was one of the leading farmers and citizens of Linn County, and his influence was often felt in the direction of public affairs. He was a good and honest man, form in his convictions of right and wrong, true to his friends, and a valued citizen and Neighbor. It is said that he was a pleasure to meet him. Politically speaking he was a Republican and he served this country well. At the time of this death he was a member from his township of the Republican County Central Committee and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
"Moses Clark Butts of Virginia married Henrietta Mercer at Piqua, Ohio and brought his family to Linn County in 1878. His oldest son, John Wesley (from previous marriage) married Lotta Hayes; Frank never married; Osa Eva married Thornton Creager; Harry Edwin married Eva Lingwood; Carl married Alice Donovan; Stella married Elmer Tungett. Carl served in the Spanish-American War. The mother of these, Henrietta Mercer, was of the great family for whom Mercer County Pennsylvania was named and one of her ancestors rose to distinction in the Revolutionary War. Harry Edwin and his wife Eva Lingwood have seven children and live at the old "Jim Parent ford". Ernest Clark married Mary Fadelma Conley; Lucille married Lester Shearer; Lottie, Helen, Hazel, Buford and Kenneth are at home. The mother, Eva Lingwood Butts, wears a set of gold earrings worn by her grandmother Rose back in Norfolk, England. It was Mr. Butts who helped cut down the big walnut tree which was shipped to Germany in 1902 after being exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair. It was sold for $300.00. In 1926 Mr. Butts sold a walnut tree on his own place adjoining for $250.00, this tree being only two feet in diameter. A short distance from their home on the old John Hood place is the last log house built in Linn County; now occupied by Earl Craft".
"The primeval Forest were the glory of this country. Great oaks, giant cotton-woods, great white "ghostly" sycamores, magnificent walnuts, valuable hickory and ash-- this original growth of trees would more than equal the market value of all the land in the county now. If this forest were preserved to us now Congress would petitioned to set it aside and preserve it forever as a national park. If the walnut timber, even a small portion of it, had been made into furniture of the type O.E. Morris and his brother made in their first factory at Moneka, this furniture would be sought out to grace the finest homes in the world. The grandeur of these trees was sublime. From a hill-top this forest scene was wonderfully beautiful, varying with the seasons from the delicate green of the new leaves in the spring to the sombre shades of hot summer and the riot of glorious colors at frost time. It was peace time version of "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!" But practical men must clear the land to make fields for corn to grow and they began to fall. Oh! The pit of it! I Remember one giant walnut tree that stood above the banks of Big Sugar Creek at the Jim Parent ford. It ran straight up, as erect and stiff and proud as the loftiest pine. Near it as though proud of the association was a gigantic hackberry. Between the two was a miserable shack in which lived a man who left a faint trace on history of his time. This magnificent specimen of God's handiwork was sold in June 1902 for the sum of $300 to the Hamilton Lumber Company of Fort Scott, and they sent a force of men up to cut it down and prepare it for shipment. When this giant was laid flat on the ground it measured six feet in diameter at the base and five cuts ten feet long were sawed out and one at the top eight feet long and over three feet in diameter at the top, making fifty-eight feet of merchantable wood cut into six longs; timber that has since graced the most expensive and most beautiful homes throughout Europe. It required four horses to pull each of these logs to Boicourt, where they were shipped to Fort Scott and there squared by hewing and sent to the World's Fair at St. Louis and then to the seaboard for Shipment to Germany. No wonder we had a feeling we wanted to lick Germany! H.E. Butts and Charlie King (now in California) helped in the work of removing this lovely old tree. In 1926, Mr. Butts sold a much smaller tree off his farm at Parent ford for $250".
22. ELEANORA MERCER (JOHN, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born June 06, 1792, and died September 06, 1873 in Flushing, Belmont County, OH. She married JOHN HOWELL August 09, 1810 in Belmont County, OH.
i. BENJAMIN HOWELL, b. March 08, 1812.
ii. ISAAC HOWELL, b. March 16, 1814.
iii. MELINDA HOWELL, b. December 12, 1816.
iv. LEMUEL HOWELL, b. June 05, 1819.
v. HIRAM HOWELL, b. April 18, 1822.
vi. EMILY HOWELL, b. February 03, 1825.
vii. IGABEE HOWELL, b. 1828.
viii. RHODA HOWELL, b. January 30, 1830.
ix. JOHN M. HOWELL, b. January 18, 1832, Flushing, Belmont Co, OH; d. April 29, 1886, Carthage, Jasper Co, MO.
x. LIDIA ANN HOWELL, b. December 18, 1834.
23. JOHN H. MERCER (WILLLIAM, MOSES, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born 1793, and died 1841. He married RACHEL MATSON.
i. CHARLES MERCER, b. 1813.
ii. MATSON A. MERCER, b. 1814.
iii. NEHEMIAH MATSON MERCER, b. 1814; d. 1885; m. AMELIA HUTCHISON.
iv. JOHN H. MERCER, b. 1819.
v. JAMES T. MERCER, b. 1840.
24. WILLIAM CRUMLEY (AARON, HANNAH MERCER, EDWARD, JOHN, MOSES, REV. JOHN AMOS) was born August 02, 1798, and died August 25, 1865. He married REBECCA BABB December 23, 1824.
i. HANNAH M. CRUMLEY, b. November 12, 1839, Wilmington, Clinton County, OH; d. January 25, 1906, Pleasanton, Linn County, KS; m. ISAIAH W. WHINERY, September 08, 1963, Wilmington, Clinton County, OH.

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