BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - SOUTH ANCESTORS SOUTH
My 4G Grandfather 96-Joseph SOUTH lived in Windsor Township, Windsor County, New Jersey. His ancestors came from England and were among the early settlers of America, settling in New England initially. Joseph married 97-Sarah (maiden name unknown) and they had eleven children, Elisha, 48-Elijah, Isaac, Benjamin, Keziah, Major, Charles, Mary, Sarah, Joseph and a younger daughter, name unknown. Brothers 48-Elijah (my 3G Grandfather) and Benjamin both served in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War and at one time both served, at the same time, in Captain Cahills Team Brigade of the Middlesex County Militia. Benjamin was a participant in the battle of Staten Island. After the war 48-Elijah, Benjamin and brother Major moved to what is now Greene County, Pennsylvania. 96-Joseph SOUTH died in 1813 and both he and his wife are buried in New Jersey. 48-Elijah SOUTH was born in 1756. He served with the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. He married 49-Rachel HARDUPOE and they moved from New Jersey to what is now Greene County, PA in 1796 and settled on Dunkard Creek. Their three older children, including 24-Charles, accompanied them. All told they had nine children, Elijah, 24-Charles, Dissisway, Keziah, Rachel, Joseph, Rebecca, John and Livinia. They lived the rest of their lives in Greene County. 49-Rachel died in 1831, at age 69, and 48-Elijah in 1836, at age 80. Both are buried in the Dunkard Cemetery at Newtown Site, PA. Elijahs marker bears the inscription "Pvt., Jonathon Combs Co., 3rd. Reg., N.J. Militia, Revolutionary War." 24-Charles SOUTH (my 2G Grandfather) was born in 1790 and moved with his parents from New Jersey to what is now Southwestern Pennsylvania when he was 6 years old. He was a farmer by trade. He married 25-Eve Mary "Millie" EVERLY and they had at least four children, 12-Nicholas, Rachel who died at 3 years and 7 Months, Elizabeth Ann, and Rebecca J. 24-Charles died in 1871, at age 81, and is buried in Dunkard Cemetery at Newtown Site with his parents. 25-Mary then lived at the farm home of son Nicholas until her death nine years later, at age 92. She is buried beside their infant daughter, Rachel, at the Everly Cemetery near the site of the old Paw Paw Church on Dunkard Creek, Greene County, PA. 12-Nicholas SOUTH (my G Grandfather) was born in 1823 and lived his entire life in Greene County. He was a farmer and owned a farm near the Bobtown covered bridge, which in my youth was often referred to as "the old place." As youngsters we would visit the site of the Nicholas South family home, where only the foundation remained. "Nick" married 13-Margaret LUCAS about 1846, and they had seven children, Josiah, Charlotte, Charles, 6-John Franklin "Frank", Martha, Mary, and Clarence. Charlotte and Charles died at age 9 and Mary at age 18, all of causes not now known. 13-Margaret died in 1902, at age 77, and 12-Nicholas four days later at age 79. They, and five of their children, Charlotte, Charles, Frank, Martha and Mary are buried at Wolf Cemetery, Dilliner, PA. 6-Rev. Frank SOUTH (my Grandfather) was born in Greene County in 1858 and grew up on his parents Dunkard Township farm ("the old place"). As a youth he worked on the farm and when a young man went to work for a local oil company. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1877, and was licensed to preach in 1884. He was an intelligent, self-educated man with excellent command of the English language (see appendix for examples of his work). While serving as a minister at Davistown he met and married 7-Ellen DOWLIN, the youngest of a family of nine children, in 1886. They were married 15 Sept. 1886 at Jefferson, PA by Reverend John C. McMINN.* They moved from Davistown to a home on Dunkard Creek at the Bobtown covered bridge where their two daughters, 3-Grace, who became the wife of 2-Lester WATSON, and Ada**, were born. During his career 6-Frank SOUTH was Minister of Methodist Episcopal Churches at Davistown, New Geneva and Wiley (Mount Olive "Setstill" Church), and possibly others. In time they moved their family to a home next to the “Setstill” Church where they lived until Frank's death. The church has since been torn down but the home, much modernized, still stands (torn down since this was written). 6-Frank died in 1913, at age 55. 7-Ellen and Ada then lived for a period of time in Camichaels, PA with Alice (HUSTIN) DOWLIN, widow of John Crawford DOWLIN, a brother of 7-Ellen’s who died in 1910. During this period Ada attended the then new Carmichaels high school and graduated, with honors, in it’s first graduating class. They then lived for several years in their own home at Mapletown. Ellen’s last years were spent at the farm home of her daughter, 3-Grace, where she died in 1943, at age 82. Both Frank and Ellen, along with Frank's parents and four of his siblings, are buried at Wolf Cemetery, Dilliner, PA. *Reverend John C. McMINN was a prominent Methodist Episcopal Minister in Greene County during the last half of the nineteenth century. He was often referred to as the “Bishop of Greene County” and “the last of the circuit riders.” He served as pastor of many churches throughout Greene County, including those at Greensboro and Mapletown and became a friend and associate of 6-Rev. Frank SOUTH. He was responsible for raising the funds and building several M.E. churches, including Mapletown, in 1887, and Mount Olive “Setstill” in 1888. The Mount Olive Church, where 6-Frank SOUTH became pastor, was built two years after his marriage to 7-Ellen DOWLIN by Rev. McMINN. The church was built on property that had been owned by the SOUTH family. I have in my possession the marriage certificate of Frank SOUTH and Ellen DOWLIN. It includes photographs of them taken about the time of their wedding, and the faded signature of “John C. McMinn, Minister of the Gospel.” ** Ada SOUTH, younger sister of 3-Grace South WATSON, was a close friend and confidant of Grace's family throughout her life. She was a school teacher during her entire working career. In 1916, when 26 years of age, she was engaged to be married to Dr. Guy Leonidas LEMLEY, a dentist in Mount Morris. As their wedding date approached Dr. LEMLEY was painting the home where they were to live, fell from a second story porch, and was killed in the fall. Dr. Lemley's father was Charles Headlee LEMLEY, a great grand-son of 92-George and 93-Catherine (YOHO) LEMLEY. His mother was Ruhama (SOUTH) LEMLEY, a great-granddaughter of 48-Elijah and 49-Rachel (HAREDUPOE) SOUTH. Ada moved from Mapletown to Waynesburg where she taught in the local school system for many years. Late in life she married Lee BLAIR, a prominent Waynesburg businessman. They spent their retirement years in Florida. "Aunt Ada" died in Saint Petersburg, Florida in 1979 at age 88 and "Uncle Lee" at the same location in 1985 at 100 years of age. SUPPLEMENTAL BIOGRAPHIC MATERIAL -
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(Added after initial printing) SAMUAL HALL
Cousin Samual Judson HALL, subject of the following biographic sketch was the son of Elizabeth SOUTH (1825-1908), daughter of Elijah SOUTH, Jr. (1798-1880), brother of my 2G Grandfather 24-Charles SOUTH(1793-1871). S. Judson HALL has spent practically all his life in Monongalia County, WV was for a number of years a successful farmer and stockman, but for twenty years past has been actively identified with the Morgantown Ice Company, andas its general manager and treasurer has built up the industry into one of the largest ice manufacturing and distributing plants in West Virginia. Mr. HALL was born on a farm in the Clinton District of Monongalia County, September 8, 1854, son of Ephraim B. and Elizabeth (SOUTH) HALL. He was born in 1818, came to Monongalia County, West Virginia, when about twenty-one years of age. He first bought a farm on the flats in Morgan District, later moved to Clinton District, and after selling that went to Henry County, Illinois, and spent three years in that state. On returning to Monongalia County he bought a farm in Grant District, and on that place he lived out his useful and honorable career and died in 1899, at the age of eighty-one. He was a member of the Baptist Church. In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he married for his first wife, Rhoda ROSS, who died in Monongalia County. Elizabeth SOUTH, his second wife, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Elijah SOUTH, Jr., son of Elijah SOUTH who moved with his family from New Jersey to Western Pennsylvania soon after the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth (SOUTH) HALL was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1825, and died January 16, 1908, at the age of eighty-two. Ephraim HALL, Judson’s father, was the father of ten children, one by his first marriage and nine by the second. A brief record of these children is as follows: John Ross HALL, who lives at Laurel Point in Monongalia County; S. Judson HALL, who was the oldest of his Elizabeth’s children; Anna C. HALL, wife of William HESS, of Monongalia County; Elijah Beaten HALL, of Morgantown; Ira Ephraim HALL of Morgantown; William P. HALL of Glendale, California; Jesse Spurgeon, HALL of Columbus, Ohio; Squire Thurman HALL, deceased; Joseph Milton HALL, of Pennsboro, West Virginia; and George M. HALL, who lives in Glendale, California. S. Judson HALL spent his early life on his father's farm. His advantages in the district schools were supplemented by two years as a student in West Virginia University at Morgantown. For several years he taught country school. This was during the period that he was attending the university and afterward. Following his university and teaching career be took up farming as his regular pursuit, and gradually broadened his enterprise as a stock raiser and lumber dealer in the Battelle District, where he remained until 1900. On leaving the farm and going to Morgantown Mr. HALL in 1901 became an employee of the Morgantown Ice Company, in 1905 he bought the controlling interest in the company and has since been the general manager of the business. This company was incorporated in 1901. Mr. HALL is also a director in the Commercial Bank of Morgantown, and is a member of the Baptist Church and the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce. In 1877 he married Mary J. COEN, who died in 1880, leaving a daughter, Isabelle. This daughter is the wife of Lafayette GLOVER, formerly of Wetzel County, West Virginia, and they now live in Lakeland, Florida, and have three children, Mary, Arthur and Honor. In 1881 Mr. HALL married Mary E. HAUGHT, of Monongalia County, daughter of Wilson and Sarah E. (HARTER) HAUGHT. To the second marriage were born seven children: • Guy Allen HALL, born September 11, 1882, is assistant manager of the Morgantown Ice Company, and by his marriage to Ola SANDERS has two children, Mary Catherine and Sarah Jane. • John Earner HALL married Annie Laurie, of Monongalia County, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and they now live in Morgantown. Their children are Violet, Cecil, Mary, Myrtle, and John Earner. • Viola M. HALL, a successful businesswoman and member of The Daughters of the American Revolution, is the wife of John CAMPBELL, a graduate of Kentucky State University. To their marriage was born one daughter, Ellen Marie. • Iva Raye HALL is the wife of Herman L. LOUGH, of Morgantown, and the mother of Lelia, Eleanor, Hildred and Herman Hall. • Oscar Judson HALL is an assistant manager of the Morgantown Ice Company and by his marriage to Nell HEROD, has one son, Jack Herod. • Golda Elizabeth HALL, a graduate of Morgantown High School, West Virginia University, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is the wife of Robert Patton WHITE, a graduate of Washington-Irving High School and West Virginia University. To them was born one son, Robert Patton, Jr. • Leila Bent HALL, a graduate of Morgantown High School, is the wife of Ernest Elaine WELLS, a graduate of Tyler County High School, West Virginia University and received a master's degree from Kansas Agricultural College. To their marriage was born one son, Robert Blaine. SOURCE: THE HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA, OLD AND NEW (1923) The American Historical Society, Inc. |