THE NEW JERSEY HARRIS FAMILY
(Keifer, 1888)
Chapter
2
Pages 8-45
ABIGAIL HARRIS, daughter
of James HARRIS and Miss BOLEYN or BOLLEN was christened at St.
John's Church, in Essex County, New Jersey 28 Mar 1731. She
married Nathaniel MITCHELL 30 Aug 1752 by
whom she had eight children all born in New Jersey. Nathaniel was born
20 July 1728, son of Jacob Mitchell and Mary MORSE
and died 8 September 1773 in New Bern, North Carolina
while on a visit there. Mrs. Mitchell was one of
the New Jersey matrons of the Revolution, and
there is yet an old heirloom
of her family in possession1 of her granddaughter, Hannah
Mefford, it being a cup and saucer of peculiar
construction. The old china set of the eighteenth century was used by
General Washington when at her
home near Morristown, during
the Revolutionary War.
After the death of her husband, in company with her brothers, Thomas, George and John, emigrated from New Jersey to Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1787. She married as her 2nd husband Stephen CONKLIN, 2 May 1796. She was left a widow a second time and moved to Knox County, Ohio where some of her children resided. She lived there the balance of her life, dying at her son William Mitchell's home in Knox County 21 March 1822 aged ninety-one years. MORE CONKLIN DATA
1. Hannah Mitchell christened 26 Aug 1753 m. John YOUNG 24 or 29 Nov 1768
2. Abigail Mitchell born 5 Dec 1755 Elizabeth, NJ., m. Benjamin JACKSON (Maj) 20 Aug 1774 born 20 Aug 1742 Morris Co., NJ. Jackson Web Site
<>3. Elizabeth Mitchell born 3 Dec 1758 d. Sept 1811 m. Jacob KENT d. Apr 17935. Jacob Mitchell born 8 June 1763 m. 1st ____ COBBE, m. 2nd Mary COBBE 15 Nov 1806, m. 3rd _______ COON
6. William Mitchell born 14 Jly 1765 d. 12 Aug 1848 m. Phebe SOUTHARD 4 Nov 1789 born 20 Aug 1769
7. Sarah Mitchell born 2 Jan 1768 d. 15 Oct 1768
8. Sarah Mitchell born 18 Nov 1769 m. Alexander KIRKPATRICK 8 Nov 1787
8. Nathaniel Mitchell, Jr. born 23 Jan 1772 (never Married)
1.
History of Knox County, Ohio, 1862, A. Banning Norton.
2. National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol XL, No. 1 pages
30 and
31. and 3. IGI Sheets of LDS Library.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
HANNAH MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was christened at St. John's Church 26 Aug 1753 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. She married John YOUNG 24 or 30 November 1768 (IGI sheets give both dates) Morristown, New Jersey. John was the son of Morgan YOUNG and Elizabeth MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Young emigrated to Ohio settled in Knox County in an early day where they died. They had eight children.
1. Nathaniel Mitchell Young born 31 Mar 1770 m. ________ LEWIS
2. Jacob Young born 27 Nov 1774 m. Eupheme Tryphena BEERS 25 Dec 1796
3. Mary Young born 26 Oct 1776 m. Robert DALRYMPLE
4. John Young born 18 July 1785 d. 30 Sept 1869 m. Elizabeth LOGAN 15 Sept 1807
5. Aaron Young born 14 Nov 1788 d. 19 Apr 1856 m. Mary MITCHELL 17 Mar 1812
6. Hannah Young born 30 July 1791 m. John HALDERMAN 25 Mar 1810
7. Elizabeth Young born 28 Jan 1795 (Never married)
8. Ellzy Pierson Young
born 5 May 1798 m. 1st Sarah (Sally) BONAR Feb 1820 m. 2nd Caroline SIMONS
ABIGAIL MITCHELL,
daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was christened
18 April 1756 at St. John's Church in Morristown, New
Jersey. She married Benjamin JACKSON 20 Aug 1774 of Morris County,
New Jersey. After their marriage they emigrated from New Jersey
to Knox County, Ohio in the early settling of that
county when Indians and wild beasts roamed the county at large, with
here and there a little log cabin to mark the place of another
family, in the wilderness. Mr. Jackson having the gift of
singing, took the lead at all the public gatherings. He died in
Knox County leaving a large and highly respected
family of descendants. Benjamin was probably the son of JoSepth and
Anna JACKSON born 5 Mar 1752 in Morris, Rockaway County, New Jersey.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Ziba Jackson born 2 Feb 1777 m. Phebe LYON
2. Isaac Jackson born 15 Jan 1779 m. ______ MINTON
3. Benjamin Jackson Jr. m. Nancy HALSEY ROBINSON
4. Charles Jackson d. May 1827
5. Lucy Jackson m. Jones KELLY
6. Elizabeth P. Jackson born 14 Sept 1782, Rockaway, NJ d. 21 March 1862, Knox Co., OH. m. Job ALLEN III 31 Dec 1800, Rockawy, NJ. Job born 2 July 1780 Rockaway.
7. Phebe Jackson born 23 June 1784 m. John VENNUM
8. David Jackson born 30 Sept 1786 m. Prudence HATHAWAY 12 Jan 1809
9. Daniel Jackson born 16
July 1788 m.
Lydia EMILY
ELIZABETH MITCHELL,
daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 3 Dec
1758 in Morristown, Morris
County, New Jersey. She
married Jacob KENT. Elizabeth died in September 1811 and Jacob died
in April 1793 both in Hardyston Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey.
They had seven children of whom only two are known. Elizabeth
married second, Tilton EASTMAN 4 October 1801. They had one
child.
1. Jacob M. Kent born 20 Nov 1785 d. 16 Dec 1859 m. Nancy BLACKFORD 26 Sept 1813 born 14 May 1794 d. 26 June 1867
2. Abigail Kent
3. John S.
Eastman
MARY MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 11 Dec 1760 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. She married Jonathan WHITAKER III who was born in Sept, 1758 in Somerset County, New Jersey and died 13 July 1840 in Butler County, Ohio. They were married 16 Sept 1779 in Morristown, New Jersey. They removed to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1800 and settled at or near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. He was a justice of the Peace in Warren County for 25 years according to his Revolutionary War Pension papers. They had ten children all born in New Jersey except Polly H. Whitaker who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. Mary died in November 1850 in Ohio.
1.
From the research of Viola I. Dyer, 175 Smokey Valley
Road,
Toledo, WA. 98591-9416
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Nathaniel Whitaker born 24 Sept 1780 m. Nancy HAYDER
2. Abigail Whitaker born 30 Dec 1782 d. 22 Oct 1784
3. William Whitaker born 10 Mar 1785 m. Sarah SKINNER
4. Jonathan Whitaker IV born 10 Mar 1785 d. m. Jane IRVIN 23 Aug 1803 Butler Co., Oh
5. Sarah (Sally) Whitaker born 4 Mar 1787 d. 5 Mar 1861 m. David REEDER 10 Aug 1803 born 18 July 1782 d. 13 Apr 1853
6. Abigail Whitaker born 25 Feb 1789 m. Daniel SKINNER
7. Benjamin Whitaker born 11 Feb 1791 m. Catherine FELTER
8. Stephan Whitaker born 28 Jan 1793 m. Huldah SKINNER 22 Mar 1816 Warren
9. James Whitaker born 26 Oct 1795 m. Mary (Polly) ABBOT 22 Oct 1818 Warren
10. Polly Holsted
Whitaker born 10 Apr 1801 m. Joseph M. RUNYON 4 Apr 1824
JACOB MITCHELL, son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 8 June 1763 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He married two sisters by the name of COBBE, and a woman by the name of COON. He went to Ohio when a young man. He was a very eccentric man. He said he had drawn two prizes and one blank, as he said the Coon had eaten up all the corn that grew on both of the Cobbes. He, it is said, left two sons. He died at or near Charleston, South Carolina.
Sources:
Family
Records of Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic
Valley (and vicinity) above Chatham, John Littel,
1852.
Revolutionary
War Pension Records. Somerset
County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2-1913, Somerville
New
Jersey, Somerset County Historical Society, Myrtle
Van Dyke, 6126 Terrace Drive, Johnston, Iowa, 1987.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
WILLIAM MITCHELL1, son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 14 July 1765 and died 12 August 1848. He married 4 Nov 1789 Phebe SOUTHARD in Morris County, New Jersey. They moved to Allegheny County, PA., in 1801 and then to Knox County, Ohio in 1808. Phebe died 25 Feb 1861.
The life and death
of William Mitchell comes to us as it was written by his son, Rev.
John Mitchell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
"He died at his residence
near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, aged eighty-three years and twenty-eight
days. He was born in Morris
County, New Jersey;
was married to Phebe Southard and moved to Allegheny County, PA., in
1801, and thence to Knox County, Ohio, in October, 1808.
He lived in the midst of the Indians in the wilds of
Ohio, from the time he first settled there until the War of 1812
was ended. During that time he never forted or moved away. His home
was ever the resting place for the weary traveler, white, red or black, and his table
furnished
to feed them. He saw the beautiful Owl Creek valley
changed from the wilderness
to the beautiful fields, in which he always did his full share
of work.
He embraced
religion
in 1815, and joined the Baptist Church, of which he
remained a worthy and consistent member until
death removed
him to the Church Triumphant. His home was a resting place for
Christians and Christian ministers of all
denominations, and he was
always willing to contribute in any way to the furtherance of the
Redeemer's Kingdom. His suff-
erings were great, which he
bore without a murmur, and as his end approached,
he said he was ready to depart, and died
without a struggle or a
groan".
1. Jacob Mitchell born 21 Sept 1790 d. 6 Mar 1875 m. Lydia BRYANT 22 June 1813 Knox
2. Nathaniel Mitchell born 6 May 1792 d. 5 Apr 1813
3. Abigail Mitchell born 5 Apr 1794 d. 1 Sept 1867 m. John H. MEFFORD 2 Feb 1815 d. 14 Dec 1846
4. Mary Mitchell born 15 Aug 1796 d. 21 Mar 1868 m. Aaron YOUNG 17 Mar 1812, d. 1856
5. Hannah Mitchell born 8 Oct 1798 m. William MEFFORD 20 Mar 1816 Knox
6. Naomi Mitchell
born 26 Dec 1800 m. 1st James Louis YOUNG 4 June 1818 d. 24 Mar 1849
m. 2nd Thomas EVANS
1.
History of Knox County, Ohio, 1862, A. Banning Norton.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
7. Sarah
Mitchell
born 7 Jan 1803 d. 20 Jan 1847
m. Cyrus COOPER 8 Mar 1827
8. John
Mitchell
born 19 May 1806 d. 23 Nov 1863
m. Ann OGDEN 15 Nov 1827
9. Margaret
Mitchell
born 25 Mar 1808
m. Benjamin FARQUHAR 22 Feb
1843
10. William Mitchell,
Jr. born 15 July 1811
m. Lucy BROWN 23 May 1833
Knox
11. Silas
Mitchell
born 20 Apr 1814 d. 29 Apr 1899
m. Elizabeth YOUNG 15 Sept
1836 Knox
SARAH
MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail
HARRIS was born
18 Nov 1769 in Morristown, Morris County,
New Jersey. She married 8
Nov 1787 Alexander KIRKPATRICK in
Morristown. They
removed to Knox County, Ohio where they
lived until 1839, when they
moved to Arkansas.
NATHANIEL MITCHELL,
JR., son of Nathaniel
MITCHELL and
Abigail HARRIS
was born 23 Jan 1772 in Morristown, Morris
County, New Jersey. He died
unmarried.
NATHANIEL MITCHELL
YOUNG, son of John YOUNG and
Hannah
MITCHELL was born 26 August
1753 in New Jersey and married a
Miss Lewis by whom he had
four children. They emigrated from
New Jersey to Knox County,
Ohio in 1803. He penetrated some
ten miles into the
wilderness, beyond any settler, so as
not to be in too close
proximity to annoy each other, and
there raised
a little log cabin and settled down. This
follower of
the trade of Vulcan soon gets in readiness to
blow and
strike, and sets about supplying the sons of the
forest with the first
axes they had ever seen, and by making
them tomahawks,
scalping knives, etc., he acquired the
nickname of
Axemaker, which for more than fifty years was
attached to
Nathaniel Mitchell Young. Mr. Young was one of
the first Judges in the
first
township election held in Knox
County, Ohio. He also
served as Grand Juror for a number of
terms in the first courts of
the county.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Elizabeth
Young
born
m. _____ PERKINS
2. Hannah
Young
born
m. ______ BEEBE
3. Anna
Young
born
m. Noah YOUNG 20 Mar 1811
4. Lewis
Young
born
m. Naomi MITCHELL
JACOB YOUNG,
son of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL was born
in New Jersey 27 Nov 1774.
He married Eupheme T. BEERS in
Morristown, Morris
County, New Jersey by whom he had eight
children. Jacob was one of
the first settlers of Knox County,
Ohio. He
was there prior to 1808, as he was clerk of the
first election held in
the Township of Wayne in that county,
when there were
but twenty-three votes in the township. He
served as Grand Juror in the
second term of court held in the
county, and was one of the
Commissioners of what was called
Owl Creek Bank;
also a stockholder in said bank, which was
formed at Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, in 1816.
1. Abigail Young
m. Daniel BRYANT 4 Dec 1817
2. Daniel Beers Young
m. Elizabeth JACKSON 4 Nov
1824
3. Charity Young
m. Aaron Case JACKSON 14 Jan
1822 born 29 Oct 1800
4. Nathaniel Mitchell
Young
m.Belinda SHURR 1 Jan 1834
5. Susan Ells Young
m. Aaron N. TALMADGE 19 Nov
1830
6. Elizabeth Young
m. Silas MITCHELL 15 Sept
1836
7. John Young
m. ______ LYON
8. Aaron Young
THE HARRIS FAMILY
MARY YOUNG,
daughter of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL was
born 26 Oct 1776 in
New Jersey. She married Robert DALRYMPLE
and emigrated to Knox
County,
Ohio where she reared a large
family, and died there
at an early day. No information on
descendants.
JOHN YOUNG, JR.,
son of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL was
born 18 July
1785
in New Jersey. He married, Elizabeth
LOGAN 15 Sept 1807 by whom
he had six children - Three sons
and three daughters.
They settled in Troy Township, Richland
County, Ohio in
an early day when that part of Ohio was a
vast wilderness with more
Indians and wild beasts than white
men. He cleared his
land, built good and substantial build-
ings, and raised
a highly respected family. He lived on his
old farm
until within a few years of his death. His wife
being dead, he removed to De
Kalb County, Illinois, and lived
with his
daughter Sarah, wife of Harrison Day, until his
death, dying September 30,
1869.
1. James Logan
Young
born 18 Sept 1808 d. Feb 1883
m. Harriet AYERS 20 May 1836
2. William
Young
born 31 Mar 1810 d. 17 Mar 1864
m. Mary LACY
3. Mary Ann
Young
born 20 Feb 1812
m. Marcus DAY
4. Hannah Young born 14 Jne 1815 d. 6 Aug 1866
5. Sarah
Young
born 8 Jne 1817
m. William Harrison DAY 8
Apr 1841
6. Ellzy Pierson
Young born 26
July 1819
m. Mary Waldo WATERMAN
AARON YOUNG,
son of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL
was born14 Nov 1788
in New Jersey. He married Mary Mitchell his
cousin 17 Mar 1812 in Mt.
Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. They
had seven children. After
their marriage they settled in Troy
Township, Richland
County, Ohio where they remained the
balance of their lives.
Aaron
died 19 Apr 1856 aged sixty-
eight years.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Elizabeth
Young
born 17 Aug 1813
m. John LOGAN 18 Apr 1833
2. William Mitchell
Young born 14 Mar 1815
m. Elizabeth DAY 28 Nov 1839
3. Phebe
Young
born 10 Apr 1817
m. Henry DICKERSON 26 May
1835
4. Hannah
Young
born 2 May 1819
m. Samuel DAVIS 21 Feb
1839 born
d.
30 July 1864
5. Pierson
Young
born 11 Jne 1821
m. Julia Ann CRAMER 22 Feb
1844
6. Abigail
Young
born 12 Apr 1824
m. John BEAR 5 Aug
1847 born
d.
21 Dec 1862
m. William CLARRIAGE 10 Oct
1881
7. John
Young
born 22 July 1826
m. Amanda L. DAY 8 Jan 1852
HANNAH YOUNG,
daughter of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL was
born 30 July 1791
in Pennsylvania. She was married to John
HALDERMAN, in
Knox County, Ohio where she reared a large
family and died there. No
record of children.
ELLZY PIERSON
YOUNG, son of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL
was born 5 May 1798 in
Pennsylvania. He married Sarah BONAR
in Knox County, Ohio in Feb,
1820. They had five children.
Sarah died about 1840 and
Ellzy emigrated to Wisconsin, where
he stayed a few years,
then returned to Ohio and married his
second wife Caroline
SIMONS a daughter of Colonel Royal D.
Simons an old pioneer of
Knox
County, Ohio. He then, with
his new wife, returned to
Wisconsin, and settled in Richland
Center, Richland County,
Wisconsin.
1. David Bonar Young
m. Louise MERRIHEW 1 Jan 1846
2. Elizabeth Young
m. Dr. _______ LEONARD
THE HARRIS FAMILY
3. Isabel Young
m. Waldon POTTER
4. Mary Young
m. Richard STRUBLE
5. Martha Young
m. John Morgan WALDEN 3 July
1859
ZIBA JACKSON,
son of Benjamin JACKSON and Abigail MITCHELL
was born
in
Morris County, New Jersey and married Phoebe
LYON born 17 Feb
1782 daughter of Simeon LYON and Phoebe
BOBBETT by whom he had seven
children.
1. Aaron Case
Jackson
born 29 Oct 1800
m. Charity YOUNG 14 Jan 1822
2. Nathaniel Mitchell
Jackson born 20 May 1803
m. Emily ALLEN 11 Jan 1825
m. Harriet NIGHTSER 20 Aug
1836
3. Benjamin
Jackson
born 15 Feb 1807 d. 22 Jne 1887
m. Azubah Ann TALMADGE 24
May 1827
4. Abigail C.
Jackson
born 4 Oct 1810
m. Daniel Byron TALMADGE 18
Feb 1830
5. Chalon
Jackson
born 1 July 1815
m. Nancy COSNER 25 Sept 1836
m. Eliza CORWIN 23 Sept 1843
m. Mary DAVIDSON PHILLIPS 13
Aug 1853
6. Eli
Jackson
born 1 Sept 1818
m. Rebecca MYERS 6 Apr 1852
7. Issac Lyon
Jackson
born 25 Mar 1823
m. Sarah JACKSON Contact Connie: [email protected]
BENJAMIN JACKSON,
JR., son of Benjamin JACKSON and Abigail
MITCHELL was
born in New Jersey and married Nancy Halsey
ROBINSON in New
York City and emigrated to Knox County,
Ohio. He
had nine children the first three being born in
Belleville, Richland
County, Ohio and the others in Knox
County, Ohio. He died
in Bellville, Richland County, OH.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Elizabeth Robinson
Jackson born 14 May 1816
m. Dr. A.I. BEACH 13 May 1831
2. Susan Halsey
Jackson born 31 Aug 1818
m. John P. NICKLES 16 Jan
1839
3. Nancy Ann
Jackson
born 30 Oct 1820
m. Charles Hoff BEACH 4 Jan
1837 Knox
4. William Robinson
Jackson born 14 May 1823
m. Julia born WILLIAMS 17
Sept 1845 Knox
5. Sarah Robinson
Jackson born 17 May 1825
m. 1st Benjamin Patterson
WRIGHT 5 May 1839 Knox
m. 2nd Samuel Beach JACKSON
15 Jan 1850 Knox
6. Caroline Cecelia
Jackson born 29 Oct 1827
m. Bolivar W. KELLOGG 9 Nov
1847 Knox
7. Henrietta Jackson born 20 Oct 1831
8. Mary Louisa
Jackson born 27
Dec 1834
m. David S. GRAY 27 Dec 1858
Knox
9. Abijah Beach
Jackson born 22 Sept
1838
m. Elizabeth R. STANBERRY 24
Sept 1868 Knox
DAVID
JACKSON,
son of Benjamin JACKSON and Abigail MITCHELL
was born in New
Jersey and married Prudence HATHAWAY 12 Jan
1809 in
Rockaway, Morris County, by whom he had seven
children.
1. Elizabeth Jackson
m. Daniel born YOUNG 4 Nov
1824
2. Mary Jackson
3. Ira Jackson
4. Harriet Jackson
m. Walton DOTY 17 Mar 1829
5. Daniel
Jackson
born 3 Nov 1814
m. Elizabeth JACKSON 8 Nov
1835
6. Sarah Jackson
7. Phebe Jackson
THE HARRIS FAMILY
ELIZABETH JACKSON,
daughter of Benjamin JACKSON and Abigail
MITCHELL was
born 14 Sept 1782 in Morris County, New
Jersey and
married Job ALLEN III 31 Dec 1800 in Rockaway, Morris
County, by whom she had nine
children.
1. Job Allen IV born 27
Nov 1801 Rockaway, NJ.
2. Phebe Allen born 24 Feb 1803 Rockaway, died before 1814
3. William Mitchell Allen born 16 Oct 1805 Rockaway
4. Emily Allen born 13 Oct 1807 Rockaway
5. James Madison Allen born 28 July 1810 Rockaway
6. Isaac Jackson Allen born 21 Jan 1814 Rockaway
7. Maria Brown Allen born 18 June 1817
8. Clarissa Jackson Allen born 5 July 1819
9. Lucy DeCamp Allen born 14 Sept 1821
More data on children of Elizabeth
and
Benjamin Jackson
PHEBE
JACKSON,
daughter of Benjamin JACKSON and Abigail
MITCHELL was born in Morris
County, New Jersey and married
John VENNUM by whom she had
three children. John Vennum
married 1st, Rachel
Allington
and had 2 daughters, not listed here.
1. Edward (John)
Vennum born
16 Sept 1818
2. Columbus
Vennum b. 30 Mar 1822
3.
Betsy
Vennum
b 28 Oct 1823
4.
John Newton Vennum b. 04 Apr 1826
"History
of the Jackson Family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio
and
Indiana" by Oscar Burton Robbins of Loveland, Colorado published
1951.
There is a copy in the Sutro Library in San Francisco.
SARAH (SALLY)
WHITAKER, daughter of Jonathan WHITAKER and
Mary MITCHELL
was born 4 Mar 1787 in Somerset County, New
Jersey. She
married David REEDER 10 Aug 1803 in Ohio who
was born 18 July 1782 in the
Parish of Cameron, Loudon, VA.
David's parents were Daniel
REEDER and Rebecca FOSTER. Sarah
died 5 Mar 1861
and David died 13 April 1853 both in
Eagle Township,
La Salle County, Illinois. They had five
children all born in Ohio.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Nathaniel Mitchell
Reeder b.
1805 d. 1883
m. Melvina GUMM 1 Apr
1836 b.
2. James Newton
Reeder b. 18 Sept
1808 d. 12 Oct 1888
m. Mindwell JOHNSTON 3 Aug
1830 b. 1 July 1808 d. 21 May 1859
m. Wealthy (JOHNSON)
WIXOM b. 23 Aug 1812 d. 2 Dec 1866
m. Sarah E.
WHEATLEY
b.
d. 27 Nov 1881
m. Priscilla
McLAUGHLIN b. 12 July
1816 d. 9 Feb 1897
3. Joseph F.
Reeder
b. 30 Oct 1810 d. 7 Dec 1892
m. Margaret LINDLEY 25 July
1835 b. 10 Jan 1820 d. 1855
m. Clarissa A. HARRIS
1859
b.
d. 1868
m. _________
GILBERT
b.
4. Rebecca A.
Reeder
b. 5 Apr 1813 d. 21 May 1895
m. Reese MORGAN 5 May
1833 b. 25 Oct 1808 d. 8 Mar 1878
5. Jacob Franklin
Reeder b. 11 Mar 1815 d. 14
Aug 1896
m. Elizabeth Jane LORD 13
July 1836
History
of La Salle Co., Illinois, Elmer Baldwin.
History
of La Salle Co., Illinois, Interstate Pub. Co. Vol.2
History
of La Salle Co., Illinois, U.J. Hoffman
Estate
papers of Sarah Whitaker Reeder, IGI sheets
Journal
of Illinois State Society, Vol. 4, Tazewell Marriages
Gibson
City Cemetery, Essington Cemetery, Union Twp.,
Livingston
County, IL., Troy Grove Cemetery, Troy Grove, IL.
JACOB MITCHELL,
son of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 21 Sept 1790 in New
Jersey. He married Lydia BRYANT
22 June 1813
in Knox County, Ohio by whom he had nine
children. Jacob died 6
March 1875.
1. Mary Mitchell
2. Abigail Mitchell
3. Nathaniel Mitchell
4. Phebe Mitchell
5. James Mitchell
6. William Mitchell
7. Mefford Mitchell
8. Briant Mitchell
9. Lafayette Mitchell
THE HARRIS FAMILY
NATHANIEL
MITCHELL1,
son of William MITCHELL and
Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 6 May 1792 in New Jersey. He went
with his parents to Knox
County, Ohio, in 1808. He enlisted
in the Indian campaign after
the Copus massacre in 1812. He
was out on a scouting party
when he was taken sick from ex-
posure and
hardships. He died 5 April 1813 at the age of
twenty-one years.
1.
History of Knox County, Ohio, 1862, A. Banning Norton.
Soldier, rest; thy warfare o'er,
Dream of fighting fields no more;
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
No rude sound shall reach thine ear'
Armor's clang or war-steed champing
Trump nor pibroch summon here
Mustering clan, or squadron tramping.
Yet the lark's shrill pipe may come
At the daybreak from the fallow,
And the bittern sound his drum
Booming from the sedgy shallow.
Ruder sounds shall none be near,
Guards nor warders challenge here
There's no war-steed's neigh and champing
Shouting clans or squadrons stamping
Soldier, rest; thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking;
Dream of battle fields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
ABIGAIL
MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL
and Phebe
SOUTHARD was born 5 March
1794 in New Jersey. She went with
her parents
to Allegheny County, PA., and again to Knox
County, Ohio in 1808. She
learned the art of border warfare,
learning to
shoot the rifle, so as to be ready to help her
father defend
their home against the Indians. Her elder
brothers were
away from home. She married John H. MEFFORD,
2 Feb 1815 by whom she had
five children.
Mr. Mefford was a native
of Connelsville, Fayette County, PA.
and is
worthy of notice. At the breaking out of the War of
1812, he enlisted and
served under Capt. Walker, and also in
Capt. John
Spencer's company, of which last he
was a
lieutenant and
had command after Hull's surrender. He was a
saddler by
trade; was also a man of much popularity. He
served the
people as Justice of the Peace and as Associate
Judge. John H.
Mefford died at Findlay, Ohio 14 Dec 1846.
Abigail died 1 September
1867
at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
1. Sarah Mefford
2. Susan Mefford
m. Alexander PEEPLES 20 Sept
1842
3. Mary Mefford
4. Nathaniel Mefford
5. David Mefford
MARY
MITCHELL,
daughter of William MITCHELL and
Phebe
SOUTHARD was
born
15 Aug 1796 in New Jersey. She married,
Aaron YOUNG her cousin
17 Mar 1812 in Knox County, Ohio.
Mr. Young died in 1856 and
Mary went to live in Sauk County,
Wisconsin where she died 21
Mar 1868
HANNAH
MITCHELL, daughter of William
MITCHELL and Mary
SOUTHARD was born 8 Oct 1798
in New Jersey. She married, 20
Mar 1816 in Knox
County
William MEFFORD a brother of John H.
Mefford her
sister Abigail's husband, by whom she had
seven children.
Her eldest child, Louis, was killed when a
boy of seven or eight years
old, by the falling of a tree cut
by his uncle, Silas Mitchell.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Louis Mefford
2. Katherine Mefford
3. Mitchell Mefford
4. Nathaniel Mefford
5. Jacob Mefford
6. Phebe Mefford
7. Naomi Mefford
NAOMI
MITCHELL, daughter of William
MITCHELL and Phebe
SOUTHARD was born 26 Dec
1800 in New Jersey. She married
Louis YOUNG 4 June
1818
her second cousin in Knox County,
Ohio by whom she had two
children. Louis Young died and she
married for her second
husband Thomas EVANS.
1. Sarah Young
m. ________ CALKINS
2. Mitchell Young
SARAH
MITCHELL, daughter of William
MITCHELL and Phebe
SOUTHARD was born 7 Jan 1803
in New Jersey and died 20 Jan
1847 in Knox County, Ohio
where she is buried. She married
Cyrus COOPER 8 Mar 1827 by
whom she had five children.
1. Phebe Ann Cooper
2. Eliza Jane Cooper
3. Mary Cooper
4. Katherine Cooper
5. Alonzo Cooper
THE HARRIS FAMILY
JOHN MITCHELL, son of
William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD was
born 19 May 1806
in New Jersey. He married Ann OGDEN in
Knox County,
Ohio 15 Nov 1827 by whom he
had seven
children.
John Mitchell joined the Methodist
Episcopal
Church while a
young man and became a traveling minister.
He died in Mt. Vernon,
Knox County, Ohio 23 Nov 1863.
1. Margaret Mitchell
m. Samuel CLARK 10 May 1854
2. Naoma Mitchell
m. George DUGAN 27 Feb 1866
3. Emilene Mitchell
m. John BURRELL 8 Dec 1868
4. Phebe Mitchell
5. William Mitchell
6. Louis Mitchell
7. Silas Mitchell
MARGARET
MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Phebe
SOUTHARD was born 25
March 1808 in Knox County, Ohio. She
married Benjamin
FARQUHAR 22 Feb 1843 by whom she had one
daughter.
1. Naoma Farquhar
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
JR, son of William MITCHELL and
Phebe
SOUTHARD was
born 15 July 1811 in Knox County, Ohio. He
married Lucy
BROWN 23 May 1833 in Knox County, Ohio by whom
he had seven
children. They lived at Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio.
Lucy Mitchell died, 6 Dec 1888 and William
Jr., died 9 Dec 1909 aged 98
years 4 months and 24 days.
1. Naomi Maria
Mitchell b. 12 July
1835 d. 3 Jne 1859
m. Henry A. HYATT 29 Oct 1857
2. Emma Louisa
Mitchell b. 10 Apr 1838
d. 17 Mar 1873
m. Harrison STEPHANS 8 May
1856
3. Louis Young
Mitchell b. 10 Dec 1841
d. 26 Apr 1901
m. Harriet H. WALKER 28 Oct
1869
4. Mary Hannah
Mitchell b. 31 Mar 1845
d. 15 Sept 1845
THE HARRIS FAMILY
5. Rollin Calkins
Mitchell b. 7 Apr 1847
m. Perlie STAUFFER 22 Oct
1871
6. Sarah Ann Mitchell b. 31 July 1849 d. 4 Nov 1855
7. Lu Ella
Mitchell
b. 27 Dec 1856
SILAS MITCHELL,
son of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 20 April 1814
in Knox County, Ohio. He married
Elizabeth Young 15 Sept 1836
in Knox County daughter of Jacob
Young and Eupheme T. Beers
his second cousin. They had no
children and lived in Mt.
Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
JAMES LOGAN YOUNG,
son of John YOUNG and Elizabeth LOGAN was
born in Ohio 18 Sept 1808
and married Harriet AYERS 20 May
1836 in Mansfield,
Richland County, Ohio by whom he had
five children. Mr. Young
taught school. He died in February
1883 in Illinois.
1. John Ramsy Young b. 20 Feb 1837
2. Abigail Young b. 20 Sept 1840 d. in infancy
3. Eveline Young b. 28 May 1844
4. Elizabeth Young b. 30 Nov 1851
5. Sarah Caroline
Young b. 28 May 1853
WILLIAM YOUNG, son of
John
YOUNG Jr., and Elizabeth LOGAN was
born 31 Mar 1810 in
Richland County, Ohio. He married Mary
LACY in Detroit,
Michigan by whom he had two sons. William
Sr., died 17 Mar 1864 in
Illinois.
1. Edwin Young
2. William Young Jr.
MARY ANN
YOUNG, daughter of John YOUNG Jr., and Elizabeth
LOGAN was
born 20 Feb 1812 in Richland County, Ohio. She
married Marcus DAY by whom
she had eight children.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. Sarah Ann Day
2. John Thomas Day
3. Joseph M. Day
m. Mattie STEWARD
4. Ellzy Harrison Day
5. William L. Day
m. Jemina GARBER 17 Oct 1865
6. Cyrus Day
7. Joshua Martin Day
8. Elizabeth Day
HANNAH YOUNG, daughter of
John YOUNG Jr., and Elizabeth LOGAN
was born 14 June
1815 in Richland County, Ohio. She never
married.
She died at her sister's Sarah Day, in DeKalb
County, Illinois 6 August
1866.
ELLZY PIERSON
YOUNG, son of John YOUNG Jr., and Elizabeth
LOGAN was
born 26 July 1819 in Richland County, Ohio. He
married Caroline Waldo
WATERMAN of Sycamore, De Kalb, Co.,
Illinois. His wife dying, he
married for a second wife Alida
ELWOOD He
had two children by his first wife and two
children by his second.
1. Elizabeth Young
2. a son d. in infancy
3. Kitty Young d. in infancy
4. Abby
Young
d. in infancy
ELIZABETH YOUNG,
daughter of Aaron YOUNG and Mary MITCHELL
was born 17 Aug 1813
in
Richland County, Ohio. She married
John LOGAN 18 Apr
1833 of the same county and had three
sons. The family moved to
Grant City, Missouri in 1887.
THE HARRIS FAMILY
1. William
Logan
b. 1834
m. Emma R. COE 23 Mar 1858
2. Alvin
Logan
b. 1836
m. Mary MOOR 7 Oct 1858
3. Thomas Henry
Logan b. 25
June 1937
m. Mary A. SIMPSON 11 Mar
1862
WILLIAM LOGAN, son of
John
LOGAN and Elizabeth YOUNG was born
near Mansfield
Richland
County, Ohio in 1834. He married
Emma R. COE 23 Mar
1858
in Morrow County, Ohio by whom he
had three children.
1. Mary Logan
2. Lorenzo Logan
3. Jennie Logan
ALVIN LOGAN, son of
John LOGAN and Elizabeth YOUNG was born,
near Mansfield,
Richland County, Ohio in 1836. He married
Mary MOOR 7 Oct
1858 in Mansfield by whom he had three
children. They moved
to Missouri.
THOMAS HENRY LOGAN, son
of
John LOGAN and Elizabeth YOUNG was
born near Mansfield,
Richland
County, Ohio 25 June 1837. He
married Mary A.
SIMPSON 11 Mar 1862 by whom he had one
child. This family
also
moved to Missouri.
1. Fannie
Logan
b. 21 Dec 1862
WILLIAM YOUNG, son of
Aaron YOUNG and Mary MITCHELL was born
14 Mar 1815 in
Richland
County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth
DAY 28 Nov 1839 by whom he
had four children. Mr. Young was a
blacksmith and
worked at the trade for some years in
Richland County. In 1849, he
emigrated with his little family
to Sauk County,
Wisconsin. He was the first blacksmith in
Troy Township, Sauk County.
1. Elizabeth Mary
Young b. 18 Dec 1843
d. 8 Jan 1876
m. Timothy Frank COLBY
2. Louis Young b. 6 Dec 1845 d. 17 Feb 1869
3. Sarah Ascenith
Young b. 4 June
1848
m. Daniel BAKER 20 June 1868
4. John Aaron
Young
b. 28 Aug 1852
m. Sarah PARMER