Longtown by Charles E. Thomas

Email from Linda Warrenburg, Nov. 14, 2008:

....This is one of the most interesting stories re: the Myers. I received this from one of our “cousins” I met on line about 10 years ago.....

LONGTOWN

by
CHARLES E. THOMAS

LONGTOWN, the easternmost settlement in Fairfield, and the oldest in that part of the county, is perhaps the least chronicled. It is probably clue to its antiquity that much of LONGTOWN's early history has been lost, for many of its oldest and grandest homes have been destroyed by fire and other ravages of time and war.

"Through the wooded land ran a picturesque Indian trail" is the way one Historian described the beginning of LONGTOWN. This war the Indian fur-trade route from North Carolina and the Piedmont area of South Carolina that followed the western slope of the Wateree River south to the Santee River and Georgetown, Charleston, and Savannah. LONGTOWN is said by Fitz-Hugh McMaster in the HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY (Columbia 1946) to have first been known as LOG-TOWN because of the log houses built along the Indian trail, the came later becoming LONGTOWN. In any case it has been well named, for it is hard to define the limits of LONGTOWN.

The "town" of LONGTOWN is that area which borders tile Ridgeway-Camden Road and covers the area. from near Fairview, the old Ridgeway Hunting Club, southwest to the Kershaw County line, and east from the Wateree River to Dutchman's Creek, and west to the old Winsboro Road.

The earliest settlers in LONGTOWN came from North Carolina. and Virginia and were Quakers, Episcopalians, French Huguenots,Presbyterians, and Baptists; about the same time came Swiss, Dutch, and German Roman Catholics, Dutch Huguenots, and Lutherans from across Broad River on the west side of Fairfield County. Printed records indicate that Nicholas Peay [Susan... Nicholas Peay was your 4th great-grandfather- lsw] came from Hanover County, Virginia, to Pine Tree, now Camden, about the time of the Revolutionary War, and built MALVERN HALL in LONGTOWN . About the same time Charles Tidwell came down the Indian Trail to LONGTOWN from the area of Jamestown, Virginia, and set-tied in the Bryant Hill section of LONGTOWN. His grave at Bryant Hill Cemetery with his birth-date of 1690, might well be the earliest gravestone extant in the country.

LONGTOWN was also discovered by the German and Swiss settlers of Richland and Lexington Counties before the Revolution, for we have the record of Colonel David Myers [Susan: he was your 3rd great-grand father-lsw]of the Brick House, Bluff Road, near Columbia,owning plantations along the Wateree in Fairfield County soon after l786 when his mother was reimbursed for a "black horse taken for public service"
for the use of the Continental Army. His father, Jacob Myers,[your 4th great-grandfather-lsw]was paid for '144 days militia duty in 1787-88." Colonel Myers' son,
John Jacob Myers, M.D.,[your 2nd g-gf-lsw]lived at SOLITUDE plantation in LONGTOWN, noted as a "luxurious and imposing structure and the scene of lordly hospitality, many celebrities being entertained there." Dr. Myers represented Fairfield County in the state House of Representatives in 1840-41. He served as assistant surgeon to a regiment which escorted the Marquis de la Fayette from the North Carolina border to Columbia on his visit to South Carolina in 1824. It is reasonable to surmise that from this and the foregoing statement that General de la Fayette was entertained at SOLITUDE in Fairfield County, as well as in Camden and Columbia.

Other early LONGTOWN settlers were the Machettes, \Vagners, and Zieglers from Holland, Germany, and Switzerland, and the Robertsons,Harrisons, Dixons, Picketts, Reeves, Stewarts, and Joneses through Virginia and North Carolina from England, France, Scotland, and Ireland. The Tidwells were English and the Peays French Huguenots. McMaster writes, 'Before the Confederate War much wealth was accumulated, finer, larger homes were built and so the name of LOG-TOWN became LONGTOWN." There was an academy near the Kershaw County line, with Professor McCandless (or McCandlers) in charge. He was said to have come from Georgia and was an "educator of high type." Boarding students came from Camden and Liberty Hill with day scholars from the entire LONGTOWN area. The professor had many visits from the irate mothers, whose sons he is said to have whipped on frequent occasions.

Austin Ford Peay [ your 3rd g-gf-lsw], the son of Nicholas F. Peay of MALVERN HALL lived at FLINT HILL in Fairfield County. He was known as the "wealthiest man in that section." When he made a trip to Camden or Columbia, he traveled at night with a mattress put in his carriage in order not to lose sleep and to be fresh for his day in town. This could well have been the origin of Mr. Pullman's first railroad sleeping cars. When in 1809 there was an embargo on the export of cotton, Mr. Peay decided to take his cotton to market. He went in his carriage, escorted by a long wagon train to Philadelphia from FLINT HILL. It is recorded that his cotton was sold for $25,000.00, a handsome price. He died at FLINT HILL in 1841 and was buried on his plantation, now flooded by the Wateree power development. The gravestones in
this cemetery can be seen at low water. In the United States Census of 1860 the farms of the estate of N. A. Peay are listed at $253,000.00,by far the largest in Fairfield County.

MELROSE, called the grandest plantation house in upper South Carolina,was built at LONGTOWN above the Wateree by Austin Peay's son, Nicholas Adamson Peay. It has been described as a "massive structure of brick,stone,and marble of thirty rooms, broad piazzas and wide halls." It is said by the descendants of his slaves to have had a garden on the roof with a pool in which fresh fish were kept for use at the table. The mansion was equipped with a water system supplied by fresh springs below the hill on which MELROSE was situated. Water was pumped to the roof by a hydraulic
ram. Colonel and Mrs. Peay, the former Martha Cary Lamar, died before the Confederate War. Colonel Peay had served in the Seminole War in Florida In 1835. He represented Fairfield County in the state Senate in 1856,and died in office the next year.

When Sherman's Army invaded Fairfield County, MELROSE was one of the few plantation homes burned in the southeastern part of the county. The story is that a Union soldier rode his horse up the marble steps,through the piazza of MELROSE into the front hall. Tying his horse's reins to the ceiling candle chandelier, the Federal soldier rambled through the house and found the wine cellar where he lingered and imbibed too long. Soon other soldiers set fire to Fairfield's finest mansion, and the drunken soldier and his horse were consumed in the flames.

WISTERIA, the Tidwell-Myers family home, just across from the present Harrison-Dixon home in LONGTOWN, is said to have been saved by Nicholas Peay Myers, an intrepid Confederate son of the Peay-Myers families in LONGTOWN. Family tradition admits that Nick, a brave young man,acted as a spy for the Southern cause. He is reputed to have saved many helpless women and children, and even to have ambushed a few Yankees.
He was wearing a Union Captain's uniform and insignia when he ordered the Yankee soldiers away from WISTERIA and saved his home from the torch. It is said that there were "Yankee skulls" in the attic at WISTERIA until Mrs. David William Tidwell (the former Mattje Myers) had them buried with the family and slaves at Bryant Hill Cemetery some time before WISTERIA was accidentally burned about 1935.

WISTERIA was one of the fine LONGTOWN plantation houses and was Full of history, lore, and tradition. There were grease spots on the walls and even the ceilings of some of the upstairs closets where the Myers and Tidwells hid their hams and pork shoulders before Sherman's raid. These same bedrooms were papered after the war with Confederate money, it having become valueless, and paper being scarce.

LONGTOWN's Baptist Church was a great force in the early years when MELROSE commanded the area. It has been the burial place of some of the earlier families. The church building no longer remains, however, the Presbyterian Church which flourishes today has generally been supplied by the pastor of Ridgeway's historic Aimwell Church. Its cemetery is now the burial place of many influential LONGTOWN families, some of whom had been among the earliest settlers.

In 1854 when the Episcopalians in Ridgeway were building St. Stephen's Chapel, Colonel N. A. Peay offered to give $100.00 on the condition that the new church be built east of Ridgeway on the LONGTOWN Road "for the convenience" of his sister, Mrs. John Myers, the former Sarah English Peay. Colonel Peay was not an Episcopalian and it was understood that Mrs. Peay was not to know of the gift as she, the devout member of another denomination, would not approve. Colonel and Mrs. Peay are burried in LONGTOWN'S Baptist Cemetery, with one of the most imposing monuments in the state.
Until the days of the Confederate War Mr. Richard Matchette of Dutchman's Creek and the LONGTOWN Myers attended Saint Stephen's in their colorful native Dutch costumes. Contemporaries describe them: "the men in knee-length pantaloons with big silver buckles and matching silver buckles on their shoes and belts; long flowing coats with wide leather belts and silver buckles; and Broad-brimmed, low-crowned black and white hats. The ladies wore long skirts that touched the ground, colorful blouses with full sleeves,bright bon-nets with flowing bows, under which their long, blond, tightly plaited tresses hung over their shoulders - and some below their waists, so long was their beautiful hair." The Dutch Episcopalians were devout and loyal Huguenots and Protestants.

WISTERIA was perhaps most noted for its fox hunts, although it is recalled that "the hounds disturbed Mrs. Tidwell's fine Wagnerian ear." Her descendants have inherited her ear for music. There were eight Tidwell sons, and more horses and hounds, and so with a few friends a fox hunt was easily organized at WISTERIA. It began with a pre-dawn breakfast served by Hence,a slave hand at WISTERIA; the menu: steak, eggs, hominy, and biscuits,forthe day would be a long one, especially if the fox happened to be a red one. The hunt crossed Tidwell Flats toward Wateree to the east of Dutchman's Creek to the north and west. If a grey fox was hounded around Bryant Hill
Cemetery, the chase might be a short one, but if it was red the hunt would go as far as FLINT HILL or BUCKHEAD or even across the river to Liberty Hill. However, no matter what time the fox, whether red or gray, was stopped by the hounds, the hunters returned to WISTERIA to find one of Mrs. Tid-well's and Hence's magnificent WISTERIA dinners ready for them.

Dutchman's Creek is another historical landmark of the early influence of the German-Swiss-Dutch families like the Myers, Matchettes, Zeiglers,and others who settled in this part of Fairfield County and gave their name to the creek.

History records the many wild animals of the Wateree-to-Broad-River area of Fairfield. They are listed as deer, foxes (red and gray), raccoons,wildcats,opossums (our only marsupial), cottontail rabbits (hare), grey and flying squirrels, wharf and blue rats, wood and muskrats, minks, weasels,leather-winged bats, moles, and mice. Among the one hundred or more birds mentioned, many are still native to the area; others are extinct or are today rare, like pileated woodpeckers, blue and white herons, and wild turkeys. Deer are said to have been common in the area until 1880, and about the same time Mr. Hugh S. Wylie is reported to have said that. he
saw "Not thousands but hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of wild pigeons in flight. "They would darken the sky." He adds that wild turkeys were plentiful as well. Both the great naturalists, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon,described seeing wild pigeons in such numbers as this earlier in the century in various parts of America.

But alas, WISTERIA burned in 1935 and the Tidwell lands are now a part of the extensive: Bowater Paper forests. Time, war, and fire have taken many of LONGTOWN's ante-bellum mansions - and its finest, like MALVERN HALL, SOLITUDE, MELROSE, and WISTERIA. However, many of the descendants of these early Fairfield County families remain, some nearby and others scattered throughout the state and the neighboring states. LONGTOWN has a proud heritage and a long rich history, full of thrilling facts and colorful fancy.

Among the families that settled at LONGTOWN before and during the Confederate War were the Rosboroughs, Walkers, Hunters, Parkers, Boyles, Rions, Edmunds, Ollevers, Mobleys, Stuarts, Spurriers, Boyds, Hamiltons, Rochells, Crowders, Haynes, Mellichamps, Boulwares, Bolicks, Moores, Crumptons, Dixons, Gozas, Wilsons, and Martins.

The above-mentioned families are only those who owned lands along the main roads that pass through the section.

History of the Myers Family

Email from Linda Warrenburg, Nov. 14, 2008. Wonder who the author was?

HISTORY OF THE MYERS FAMILY


CHAPTER I


The greater part of the information in the following history was
obtained from a family chart belonging to Mrs. M. C. Torrey, one of the
Myers descendants.

The following letter was received by Mrs. Torrey from John Austin Myers:

I obtained my knowledge of the Myers history when a boy from a package
of very ancient German Manuscripts, most of it being on parchment.
Uncle William Myers had an educated German employed painting his house
in Columbia, SC before the Civil War, who translated these old papers
for me. My Uncle had put these away, directing me to take them, after
his death, and return to the old country, to the family there. The was
came on, the documents were lost.

I found from the package that Rudolph Myers came from Zurich,
Switzerland, that he bore the title of Baron and that he was a
legitimate and recognized relation of the family of Hapsburg, the
ruling family of Austria. In religion, he was a Catholic; one of the
family, John Myers, had been a Roman Catholic Bishop.

Rudolph came to America early in the last century. His brother, Conrad
settled on the Hudson River near Troy or Albany, NY. Rudolph came to
South Carolina. I do not know the name of Rudolph's wife, nor where she
was buried. Rudolph brought with him from Switzerland, one or two
hundred of the German tenants, who rendered him service as in the old
country. This feudal relation existed, gradually declining, until the
death of his grandson, David, in 1835.

John Jacob, son of Rudolph, was sent back to Europe and was educated at
the Universities of Heidelberg and Gottengen, where he studied Law.
Before he re-turned to this country, he married Catherine Enfinger, or
Von Enfinger. She was a lady of good birth and family, was light
haired, blue-eyed and of small statue. John Jacob Myers was a judge in
Colonial times, in SC and after the Revolution-ary War. He was a Whig
and held a commission in the Army, serving alternately with Marion and
Sumpter. He was with Sumpter at Fishing Creek when he was surprised and
his command badly used up and scattered by Tarleton. John Jacob was
also at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA.
He was buried as an old Continental soldier (1804) with military honors,
in Lex-ington County, SC where he owned a large body of land and where
he made his summer home. The old German books, Harpsichord and Swiss
clock were in Un-cle William's home, but since his death have been
destroyed.

Forty years ago when I attended the law school at Harvard, I met a
descendant of Conrad Myers, who was also a student there, by the name of
Cyrus Myers, then residing in Pennsylvania. William, son of Conrad,
never married; died in 1835 of 1836, leaving a fine estate to the
children of his brother Henry Myers. Henry died in 1866 or 1867 at
about 90 years of age. He often talked about the Conti-nental Soldiers.
He remembered John Jacob Myers and frequently told me that John Jacob
ranked as Major.

The Office of County Commissioner held by John Jacob Myers was a
judicial of-fice. He was judge of the County Court and was a Whig.
The name was origi-nally Myer.

The sons of John Jacob Myers were John and David. David was a small man
with fine black eyes. He was very energetic and intelligent and made a
great deal of money. He and his wife kept open house like all the
wealthy people of their day. They had good servants and plenty of money
with which to entertain lav-ishly. Housekeepers had only to give
directions to head servants. David Myers was a Whig. He married Phalby
Mills of North Carolina.

(Ruth Cooper's notes in margins: John Jacob Myers born in NY in 1740;
John Ja-cob's son, John, never married and died at 25 years of age.
LSW)



CHAPTER II

The Morrises & Mills


The Morrises of England were Cavaliers. Robert and William Morris,
brothers, came to America. William Morris moved from Pennsylvania to
James River, VA.
The Morris family were all opposed to England. The two sons of William
Morris, Robert and Patrick, fought bravely in Colonial ranks. William
Morris married Esther Phalby of VA. Their children were Robert, Patrick
and Eleanor.

Eleanor Morris married Major William Mills. She was born 1740 on James
River, VA, near the town of Williamsburg. Her father afterwards moved
to South Caro-lina. She was married October 12, 1765, being 22 and
Major Mills 19. She died in the Spring of 1833 at their home on Mills
Creek in NC. She and her husband lie side by side in the cemetery near
Hendersonville.

William Mills came from England and settled in Maryland. His two sons
were Ambrose and William Henry. All were loyal crown subject. Col.
Ambrose and his son, Maj. William Mills, were commissioned officers in
the Cornwallis army and fought with the Royalists for the crown.

Col. Ambrose Mills was born in England in 1722. When quite young his
father brought him to America, settling in Maryland. Arriving at
Manhood, he moved to the Colony of South Carolina on the Wateree River.
After leaving Maryland,m and before going to SC, he lived a short while
on the James River, VA. Col. Am-brose Mills married Mourning Stone, of
Maryland, who was murdered by the In-dians in the Indian War of 1756-61.
They had one son, Maj. William Mills.

Colonel Ambrose Mills' second wife was a daughter of Col. Brown of
Chester. SC, who was closely related to Gov. Albert G. Brown of
Mississippi. By his marriage with Miss Brown, he had three sons and
three daughters, vis - William Mills, who married Eliza Durant, daughter
of Edmund Durant; Jane Mills; Amanda Mill who married Adolphus Mills;
and another son _______________ Mills, whose first wife was Honor Moor.
From this marriage there was one son. Nancy Jones of VA was the second
wife of the last named son of Col. Ambrose Mills.

The children of Eleanor Morris and Maj. William Mills were Sarah Mills,
Eleanor Mills, John Mills, Marville Mills, Elizabeth Mills, Mourning
Mills, and Phalby Mills. (Mr. Myers' Grandmother.)

Major William Mills and Eleanor Morris were married by the service of
the Church of England. In the ring was engraved "Let love abide till
death divide."



CHAPTER III

The descendants of Eleanor Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Eleanor Mills was married in 1793 to Rev. Samuel Edney (Methodist), who
was born 1768 in NC, and preached 50 year. He was buried in Edneyville,
NC which was named for him and his brother Asa. He died September 17,
1844.

General Bales Mills Edney, son of Eleanor Mills and Rev. Samuel Edney, a
dis-tinguished lawyer was consul to Palermo, Sicily in 1851 and 1853. A
history of NC says that he was charge d'affaires to Guatemala, appointed
September 14, 1852 from NC, and he equipped, at his own expense, a
Confederate company of which he was Captain. He was murdered by
deserters at Edneyville. He never married. When at Palermo, his office
was near Mt. Etna. Some of the family have brooches he made from stones
there. His military suit trimmed with gold buttons and lace was burned
in Charleston, SC. He was very handsome, elegant and refined. The
family has a beautiful miniature of him painted in Washington, DC.
Judge Bynum of Charlotte, NC was a law partner of Gen. Bales Edney.

James Edney, another son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney and author of
a history of "Western North Carolina," was a merchant of New York. His
history was printed in 1858. He was a natural musician and dealt in all
kinds of musical instruments. He was buried in New York City, where his
family continued to re-side. He married Miss Turner. They had the
following children: James Edney, Jr., a civil engineer in NY; Mrs. Sue
Neal of Sumpter, VA; Mrs. Francis Craft of Brooklyn, NY; and Mrs. James
Francis of New Jersey. James Edney, Sr. had a wholesale store of
musical instruments and one of dry goods, both in New York City.

John Morris Edney, another son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney,
married Miss Falls of Augusta, GA and was buried in Mobile, Alabama in
January 1824. He was a very handsome man. His sister, Elizabeth Jones
Edney was a portrait of him. His only daughter, Amanda, Married Mr.
Gardner of Selma, Alabama. They had three daughters and one son:
Lizzie Gardner, who died quite young unmarried; Belle Gardner, who
married a Mr. Human of New York City; and Emma Gardner, who married a
Mr. Browning. Her remains were brought to Selma for burial. The son of
Amanda Edney Gardner married and lived in Ala-bama. Amanda Edney
Gardner died in New York. Her daughters were all styl-ish girls.

Winston Edney, a fourth son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, married
______________. He died in Augusta, GA and was buried in Edneyville,
NC. He had two sons and three daughter, one of whom was named Laura.
They were all very handsome.

Allison Mills Edney, a fifth son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, was
a mer-chant. He never married. He died in Hendersonville and was
buried in Ed-neyville, September 1842.

Thomas Edney, a sixth son, was an artist. He never married. He died in
Asheville and was buried in Edneyville.

Frank Edney, a seventh son, was buried in Haywood, Tennessee. He was a
planter in West Tennessee.

William Edney, an eighth son, died young and was buried in Edneyville.

Rufus Edney, ninth son, married twice. He was buried in Edneyville. He
was a planter. Mary Kelley Edney,
daughter of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, married Isaac B. Sawyer of
NC. Their children were: Mary Sawyer of Asheville NC; Eleanor Sawyer,
who had many admirers and when young was the prettiest girl in Asheville
( She died in 1902 in the hospital at Morgantown, NC and was buried in
Asheville); James B. Sawyer, a banker in Asheville and wealthy, has
several children.

Elizabeth Jones Edney, daughter of Eleanor and Samuel Edney, married her
third Cousin, Col. Leavenworth Edney of Nashville, Tennessee., a
Methodist minister. There is an Edney Chapel now in Nashville. They
had five daughters and four sons. Mrs. Louisa Eleanor Benson, of
Charlotte, NC, one of the three now living, has two daughters, Lillie
and Nellie. Nellie Benson is organist in the Episcopal Church. Mrs.
Benson's son is a dispatcher in the Southern Railway of-fice in
Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Benson's oldest sister, Mrs. Edney, was very
beauti-ful, and was called the belle of NC. The Edneys were extravagant
livers and left little behind them. Robert Edney, ancestor of Rev.
Samuel and Asa Edney, mar-ried a sister of Sir Isaac Newton.

Most of the genealogy of Samuel Edney and Eleanor Mills was furnished by
Mrs. Louisa Eleanor Benson, Charlotte, NC.



CHAPTER IV

The descendants of John Mills, son of Eleanor Morris and Major William
Mills:

Col. John Mills of Rutherford, NC married Sallie Robertson of SC.

William Mills, first child of Col. John Mills, married Betsy Miller.

Goven Mills, second child of Col. John Mills, married Nancy Raglin
Thomson of Spartenburg, SC.

Dr. Columbus Mills, third child of Col. John Mills, married Susan
Thomson, of Spartenburg, SC. He was a surgeon of a VA regiment C.S.A.
Susan Thomson Mills died in the spring of 1901 in Atlanta, GA at the
home of her niece, Mrs. Benton. Dr. Mills began to practice medicine
about 1840.

Elizabeth Ellen Mills, forth child of Col. John Mills, married H. J.
Dean, attor-ney-at-law, of Spartenburg. She was born July 11, 1806,
Spartenburg District, SC, married 1834 and died 1838, leaving one child
John Mills Dean.

Harriet Mills, fifth child of Col. John Mills, married Joe Camp of GA.
Their chil-dren were: John Croel Camp of Rutherford, NC and Louisa Camp,
who married Dr. Mooney of Greenville, SC.

George Mills was the sixth child.

Rufus Mills, seventh child, married a lady in GA.




CHAPTER V

The descendants of Marville Mills, son of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Marville Mills of NC married Polly Chambliss. Their children were:
John Mills of NC; Dr. Otis Mills; William Mills; Dr. Ladson Mills;
Penelope Eliza Mills; Ad-olphus Mills; and George Mills.

John Mills, son of Marville, married Eliza C. Graham of NC. Their
children were: Mary, who died young; Jane, who married Mr. Love; Otis
P., and two others whose names could not be learned. Capt. Otis P.
Mills married Susan C. Gower of Greenville, SC. Capt. Mills commanded a
company in the Confederate army. After the Civil War, he amassed a
large fortune in SC. Their children were: An-nie M.; Jane G.; Otis P.
Arthur L.; and Cordelia Mills.

Dr. Otis Mills, second child of Marville and Polly Mills, married Miss
Carson of SC (Rutherford). Their children were: Margaret, Mary, and
Amanda. Amanda married Mr. Williams of SC. Margaret married Jos.
Carson of Atlanta, GA.; their children were: Otis Mills, Frank Tench,
Kathleen and Matilda Carson. Mary Mills married Col. Frank Coxe of
Philadelphia and Nashville; their children were : Otis Mills, Frank
Tench, Daisy, and Maude. Col. Frank Coxe, who died in the Summer of
1903, was buried in the family vault in Rutherford, NC. Otis Mills Coxe
married Miss Mary Connelley of Asheville, NC in 1893. They had one
child, Tench Francis, born 1894. In August 1903, Otis M. Coxe married
his sec-ond wife, Miss Gertrude Jones of Asheville, NC. Tench Coxe
married Eliza Potter of Wilmington, NC. Daisy Coxe married Mr. Wright
of Philadelphia. William Mills married Miss Gafney. Dr. Ladson Mills
married Miss Hamilton. Penelope Eliza married Paul Hamilton Young of NC
; their only child, Eliza Penelope Young, was born 1843 in Flat Rock,
NC and married 1867 at Water Valley, Miss. to Baird Reed Godwin who was
born 1837 in Texas. Sophia married John Caruth. Adolphus married
Amanda Mills. George married Ella
Boytston, and later married Eliza Mills. (This George has to be George
W. Jones, see below - LSW)




CHAPTER VI

Descendants of Elizabeth Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Elizabeth Mills married George W. Jones of NC. Their children were:
William F., E. Caroline, Louise Eleanor, George Washington, Ervin
Patterson, Dr. Edmund Randolph, Thomas L., John Mills, and Mary Harriet
Jones.

William F. Jones was born in Lenoir, NC and was Capt. Co. A First
Regiment CSA. He married Sarah L. Jones of NC, his first cousin. Their
children were: Mattie, who married Willoughby Avery of NC, Colonel of a
NC Regiment CSA; Annie, who married James Gaither Hall; Gertrude,
married Mr. Clinard of NC.

E. Caroline Jones married Dr. Robert Maxwell Young of SC. Their
children were: George William Young, who was a surgeon of a VA Regiment
CSA, married Vir-ginia Lanier of Georgia. Their children were:
Lafayette Lamar Young of Texas, George Robert Young of Arkansas, and
Sarah Caroline Young of Georgia Col. Robert R. Young married Josephine
Hill of Georgia. Their child, Ida, married J. Wortham of Texas. Louisa
Young married Thomas F. Jones of Cartersville, GA.

Erwin Patterson Jones was born in Greenville, SC and married Georgiana
Earle of SC. Their children were Florence G. and Thomas Erwin Jones,
who married Eliza Mills.

Thomas Laurens Jones of KY, Col. of a NC Regiment, CSA, was a member of
Congress and Married Mary K. Taylor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Their children
were: James Taylor, Elizabeth Mills and Thomas Jones.

John Mills Jones of Greenville, SC married Eliza Thompson, daughter of
Waddy T. Thompson, US Minister of South America. Their children were:
Emmala B. and Elizabeth Mills.

Mary Harriet Jones of NC married Col. William Butler Thompson, son of
Waddy Thompson (see above). They lived in Georgia many years and then
moved to White Oak, NC. Their children were: Dr. Waddy, Elizabeth
Jones and Jones Thompson. Dr. Waddy Thompson married Loula Butler of
SC; their child was Loula Thompson.




CHAPTER VII

The descendants of Mourning Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Major
Wil-liam Mills:

Mourning Mills married Henry Graves Lewis of Albermarle County, VA in
1791, and settled near Hendersonville, NC, where he died in 1815. Their
children were: William Jones, Sarah Myra, Marville Franklin, Phalby
Caroline, Richard Talifero, Sophia Melinda, Eliza Eleanor, John D.
Lafayette, James Madison, Dr. George Walton and Henry Rufus Lewis.

William Jones Lewis was born 1792 and about 1829 married Celia Wilson.
Their children were: Rufus Henry; Louisa Mourning, who married J. B.
Woodfin; Oscar Marville, and Mary Eliza.

Sarah Myra Lewis married Rev. David Hilliard, for many year a Methodist
preacher, but later joined the Baptist Church. Their children were:
William Lewis, Ann Eliza, Sarah Maud, Mary Jane, Sophia Melinda, and
James Henry.
William Lewis Hilliard married Margaret Love of NC and resided at
Asheville; their children were: James Robert, Dr. William David, Sam
Haywood (who mar-ried Mary Justin), Sarah Maud (who married Fred Hull).
Dr. Chas. Eugene (who married Mary Craig of Louisville, KY), Margaret
Josephine (who married Jack Campbell of Asheville), Ida Love, and
Howard. Sophia Melinda Hilliard married William Brem. Her one child,
Mamie Louisa, married Mr. Sheriden of Sparten-burg, SC; Their children
were Lynn, William, and Hilliard.

Marville Franklin Lewis was a merchant in Greenville, SC; died in route
to Cuba in 1833.

Phalby Caroline Lewis married Rev. Thomas Craven and resided at
Cave Spring, GA. Their children were: Dr. Lewis McKendrick, Sophia
Mary (who married Rufus Baker), John Henry (who married Nancy Logan),
William Mills (who married Sarah Dobbins), Caroline Menirva (who married
James W. P. Ware), Louisa Orilla (who married Dr. A. M. Turner), and
Thomas Augusta.

Richard Tarver Lewis married Elizabeth Case.

Sophia Melinda Lewis married Gen. Philip Brittain, soldier of the War of
1812, and represented Baucombe County in the House in 1819, 1811, 1816,
1817, 1818 and as Senator in 1823-24. Their children were: Philip,
Stanhope, Mourning Mills (who married Dr. Jos. Blackstock), Atilla
Delila (who married William Henry), James, Benjamin, Laura H. (who
married Goodson Carrie), Emma Eugenia (who married Morris Allison),
Rebecca (who married Millard G. Jones), Willard Gaston (who married
Cornelia Pamelia McDowell).

Eliza Eleanor Lewis married Dr. Marville Mills Edney, her cousin. They
had twelve children: Lucian, Henry (who married Harriet Rogers), Rosa
Ann (who married George J. Nix), Sophia A., Eliza T. (who married John
A. Burgess), John C. (who married Rosa Ann Parlin), Emma R., Mourning
S., Marville, Lewis M., William Mills and Edmund Randolph.

John D. Lafayette Lewis died , single, in 1857.

James Madison Lewis married Leander Perdue of Miss. Their two children
were: Mary P., and Bancombe.

Dr. William Walton Lewis married Lucy H. Welborn. Their children were:
Mar-tha Octavia and Mary George.

Rufus Henry Lewis married Nancy Goodbred.

"Copied from GENEALOGY OF THE LEWIS FAMILY IN AMERICA by William Tyrall
Lewis."


CHAPTER VIII

Descendants of Phalby Mills and Col. David Myers:

Phalby Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj. William Mills, married
Col. David Myers, son of John Jacob Myers, and grandson of Rudolph
Myers.

Phalby Mills Myers was born September 24, 1782, and died July 26, 1854
at Fort Marion, 12 miles below Columbia, SC, and was buried beside her
husband in the family cemetery two miles from Fr. Marion. Her son,
William Mills Myers, and other are buried there. Ft. Marion, the
ancestral home, was named for Gen. Francis Marion, who had his
headquarters there. This house of Col. and Mrs. Myers was built about
1810, of brick made on his plantation. Some say it was built prior to
the Revolutionary War. It is still owned by one of his grandsons, John
Austin Myers. Ft. Marion was burned in the winter of 1903; it caught
fire by sparks from the chimney falling on the shingles which were very
old and dry. It burned in the day time.

Col. David Myers was born November 28, 1768 and died March 3, 1835.
Col. Myers owned plantation on the Congaree and Wateree Rivers. He
represented his country for many years in the legislature, both in the
Senate and the lower House. He was a Col. of a regiment of the War of
1812 and was a wan of great influence and wonderful energy. He was a
Whig. He married Phalby Mills on December 24, 1798. Their home, Ft.
Marion, was the center of great hospitality. Many of the most prominent
men and families were entertained there and lav-ishly, as will trained
servant were plentiful. David Myers' father, John Jacob Myers, died
March 29, 1804 in his summer home called "Safe Gotha" near Platte
Spring, Lexington District, SC. He served as Lieutenant, afterwards as
Major in the Revolutionary War. He owned much land in different
districts and married Catherine Von Enfinger of Saxony in 1764.

The children of Col. and Mrs. David Myers were: John Jacob Myers II,
Mary El-len, Claiborne Clifton, Elizabeth, David F., William Mills,
Sarah A. C., Caroline L., Nancy Louise, Catherine Hayne, and Robert.




CHAPTER IX

Children of Col. David Myers and his wife Phalby Mills who left no
descendants:

William Mills Myers was born Marcy 7, 1804 in SC and died August 7, 1869
at his home in Columbia, SC. He was a lawyer by profession and lived in
a magnifi-cent residence, which was burned. His first wife was Miss
McLemore of SC. His second wife was Miss Laura Watson of SC. After his
death she married a gen-tleman much younger than herself. William Mills
Myers left no children.

Elizabeth Myers was born in SC in 1810 and married May. O'Houlon, a
wealthy cotton and rice planter. They had no children.

David Frank Myers was born in SC on December 31, 1810. He married
Martha Adams, sister of Gov. Adams of SC. After the marriage, they
lived in Montgom-ery, Ala. Both died after the Civil War, leaving no
children.

Sarah C. Myers was very beautiful. She married Mr. Woodward of SC. The
Woodward's were from fine old Revolutionary stock. No better in Sc.
They had no children

Nancy Louisa Myers was born 1816 at Ft. Marion, SC and died 1882 at her
home in Barnwell, SC. She was very amiable, benevolent and lovely in
character. She married Capt. Joseph Duncan Allen of SC who was in the
Mexican War. Both inherited large fortunes and lived lavishly in their
elegant home in Barnwell. He was a politician. They had no children,
but kept several nieces and nephews with them constantly. They are
buried in the Baptist Church Yard in Barnwell.




CHAPTER X

The Descendants of John Jacob Myers, the second son of Col. David Myers
and his wife Phalby Mills: (Note of Ruth Cooper in the margin: he was
born 1 year, 1 month, and 20 days after his parents were married - so
instead of second son, should it not read "eldest" son?)

Dr. John Jacob Myers was born in SC on January 29, 1800 and married on
June 9, 1825, Sarah English Peay, daughter of Col. Austin G. Peay of SC.
Dr. Myers was assistant surgeon of a Regiment which escorted Gen.
Lafayette from the NC line to Columbia, SC. He graduated in medicine in
Baltimore, Md. and was rich in inheritance from his father and
father-in-law. He resided in Winnsboro, SC. The children of John Jacob
Myers: Nicholas Peay (born November 25, 1841), Franklin (born June 4,
1838), William Robert, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Eliza, Eugene Phalby,
Sarah L., Dr. Marion Mills, and John Austin Myers.

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Myers was born August 9, 1826 in Fla. and married
Carry Perry of SC on October 12, 1852; she died 1854. The had one
child, Carrie Myers, who married John Lee of Fla.; they had one son,
John Lee, Jr. He married three times; September 20, 1894 he married a
French widow. Dr. Thos. Jefferson Myers was wounded in battle during
the Mexican War, from which he suffered the remainder of his life. He
died about 1908 in Fla. He was so a Major in the Civil War, in the
command of General Forrest.

Mary Eliza was born June 5, 1828, and married Dr. Jos. G. Jenkins of SC
Janu-ary 5, 1845. Their children were Nicholas Austin, Jos. G., Sarah
English (who married Stanmore Watson of Columbia, SC), Thomas Bracy,
Eugenia, John, Eng-lish, James, Benjamin Edward, Margaret Cattrell, and
Jefferson Myers. Vaugh-ville was the old plantation Post Office of the
Jenkins family.

Eugene Phalby was born November 9, 1829 and died June 1914. Her first
hus-band was Thomas Bracy and her second Dr. Nicholas Alexander Talley,
whom she married on February 26, 1852. Their children were: Eugenia Amy
(who mar-ried Preston Cunningham and whose daughter Celeste, is par
excellence in mu-sic), Celeste, Dr. Alexander N.( a very distinguished
physician of Columbia), and Lawson Clay Talley.

Sarah L. was born May 10, 1831, married July 31, 1848 to Edward L
Patterson of Barnwell, SC. Their children were: Dr. Abner Bethume,
Jos., Allen, Nicholas, Al-fred Alrich, Nannie, Sarah English, Edward
Hannah, Frizzell, Isabella, David Myers and James Patterson.

Dr. Marion Mills Myers was born February 1, 1840, married and lived in
Texas.

John Austin Myers was born 1832 and died June 1905, at Ft. Marion, SC.
He married Mary English Peay of SC. Their children were: William
Rudolph, Holmes, Nicholas, and John.

(Ruth Cooper's notes: Isabelle C. Patterson married James Marville
Patterson
Sarah Louise Myers married Edward Lawrence Patterson
Angus Bethume Patterson married Matilda Tillinghast
from Sophia Tillinghast Patterson).




CHAPTER XI

The descendants of Mary Ellen Myers, daughter of Col. David Myers and
his wife Phalby Mills:

Mary Ellen Myers was born May 29, 1802 at Ft. Marion, her father's Home,
and died November 14, 1843 in Miss., and was buried in the City Cemetery
at Vicksburg. She married Robert Clendenin about 1819, an eminent
lawyer and state politician of Yorkville, SC. She was a superb beauty
with a wealth of auburn hair and large handsome black eyes, as shown in
an oil portrait made when she was young. This is owned by her grandson,
T. C. Catchings of Vicksburg, Miss. She was devoted to fashions and
elegant society - was educated at the old Moravian School, Salem, SC.
She danced at a ball given in honor of Gen. Lafayette in Columbia, SC
when he visited America, and she word white satin slippers with a
picture upon each, of Gen. Lafayette. While at Salem, she did some
pretty pictures in water colors. Two of these are still owned by her
grandchildren, one a basket of fruit and the other a basket of flowers.
They also have cards of her friends painted by her, with their names
and a flower, cornuco-pia or other design.

Hon. Robert Clendenin was admitted to the bar in Columbia, SC on June
11, 1813. He died August 29, 1830, in his 47th year. Their children
were: Nancy McNess (born July 4th, 1820 and died June 23, 1891),
Catherine (born 1822, who died young), Phalby (born December 25, 1823,
who died young), Robert, Jr. (born December 3, 1825, who died young),
Mary Elizabeth( who died October 12, 1853).

Nancy McNess Clendenin (always called Nannie) was born in the home of
her fa-ther at Yorkville, SC and died at Lithia Springs, GA to which
resort she had gone for her health, and was buried in the family lot,
Vicksburg, Miss. beside her hus-band. She was educated in Columbia, SC,
in the school of Mr. Marks and in Bal-timore, Md. She spoke in
recollection of her childhood and of the beautiful little twin daughters
of Mr. Marks, one being a blond and the other a brunette. She had a
strong, vigorous mind, was cultivated and well read, a fluent
conversation-alist, was mirthful and appreciative of humor and wit. Her
voice, when young was superb. She sang with pathos and expression "The
Blind Boy", "The Irish Emigrant's Lament", "A Life on the Ocean Wave",
"A Poor Cracovian Maid" and other song popular at that time. She was
devoted to her church and did much for it's welfare, and was especially
active in parochial work in Brandon, Miss., and toward building St. Luke
's Episcopal Church there, also St. Paul's Chapel at Johnsville, Miss.
She possessed great personal beauty and socially wonderful magnetism,
was charitable to the faults of others. Her father being a patriotic
Whig, named her Nancy McNess Independence Clendenin, as the 4th of July
was her birthday. The young lady's card case and gold thimble were
thus inscribed. Being only 19 years of age when her mother moved to
Miss.,, she became a reigning Belle in Canton, Jackson, and other
sections of the state. Most of her admirers were in after years,
distinguished professional men and in politics. On February 14, 1843,
she married Dr. Thomas Jefferson Catchings of Canton, Miss.
Her mother presented her with "Fleetwood", the plantation home in Hinds
County, four miles from Bolton Depot, Miss. Here they reared and
educated their children, employing private tutors. The residence was a
large two story, spacious building and the surrounding grounds were a
marvel of beauty by nature and cultivation. On each side was a lawn of
oaks and other forest trees. In the inner side of the carriage circle
were massive cedars, trimmed sugar loaf shape. The outside of this was
a hedge of Cape Jasmines. Flowers and roses of every variety brightened
the grounds. Magnolia trees were on each side of the avenue from the
house to the gate. The flower beds on both sides of the avenue were
bordered with dwarf box. There was not a more beautiful, highly
cultivated grounds in the state than "Fleetwood".

Dr. Catchings was a very influential man, politically and socially. He
and his wife entertained in old fashioned style and with hospitality.
They were married in "Fleetwood", then the home of her mother. It was
built in 1838 in readiness for the family when they moved to SC. When
the cannonading of Sherman began in Vicksburg, Dr. Catchings sold
"Fleetwood" to Mr. Jos. E. Davis; his brother, President Jefferson Davis
buying the adjoining plantation. Dr. Catchings then moved with his
family and Negroes to "Refuge", his plantation in Sunflower County.
Immediately after the surrender he sold "Refuge" and bought a home in
Brandon, Miss., where he resided six years and then returned to
Sunflower County. Here he practiced his profession till his death, May
12, 1883. He was born September 17, 1806, and frequently served in both
houses of the Legisla-ture. he was nominated in 1839 on the
Anti-Jackson ticket for Congress, but de-clined on account of his
profession. His literary attainments were unusual and varied, the Bible
being his favorite study. "Fleetwood" was burned by the Fed-eral
troops, who raided the homes of the two Davises. The china, cut glass,
two pianos, books and other valuables left in the care of Mrs. Davis by
Mrs. Catchings were destroyed by the Yankees. It was said that these
things were shipped north by them. Several years after the war, the
large family Bible was advertised in _____________________ . A friend
of Dr. Catchings living there procured and sent it to Dr. Catchings.
This substantiated the fate of the balance. Their daughter Nannie,
(Mrs. J. R. Baird), has the oil Portrait of her father and mother
painted about 1848. The children of Nancy M. Clendenin and her husband
Thomas J. Catchings were: Mary Clendenin Catchings (born February 4,
1844, at "Fleet-wood" the home of her parents), Nannie Clendenin
Catchings (born October 14, 1845 at "Fleetwood"), and Thomas Clendenin
Catchings (born January 11, 1847).

Mary C. Catching, daughter of Nancy M. Clendenin and Dr. T. J. Catchings
(who collected most of the data of this family history) was educated in
the private school at home and one year at the Nashville Female Academy,
Nashville, Tenn., Dr. C. D. Elliott, Principal. She graduated in June
1861. It was intended that she and her sister, Nannie, were to take a
post graduate course in New Orleans in music, French, art, etc., but
tocsin of war sounded and all further plans for lit-erary pursuits were
abandoned. She married Thomas Harding Torrey, son of Maj. and Mrs.
George Torrey of Fayette, Jefferson Co., Miss. He fought through the
Civil War, enlisting at the age of 15 years. After peace was declared
he took a commercial course in Memphis, Tenn., then studied Law. He was
a representa-tive in the Legislature in 1879 and 1880 and was treasurer
of Sunflower Co., where he also practiced his profession till his death,
April 14, 1881. There were no children.

Nannie Clendenin Catchings was educated in the private schools at home
and one year at the Nashville Female Academy graduating in June 1861.
She was the youngest of her class, being only 14 years when she received
her diploma, and made a sensation by having "Yankee Doodle" as the
subject of her essay. Her fa-ther who was a Whig and opposed to
secession selected this caption for her. She was a clear, strong
intellect, with great force of character. She founded the first
Episcopal Sunday School in Sunflower Co. ;in 1873 and succeeded in
erecting St. Paul's Chapel at Johnsville, then the county site. When
the court house was moved to Indianola, she had the Chapel taken on
rollers to Baird, a mile distant. She is a great reader. On April 26,
1866 in Brandon, Miss., in her parents home, she married John Rupert
Baird, son of Dr. and Mrs. James M. Baird. He served through the Civil
War, leaving Bethany College, VA to enlist. He is a very influ-ential
citizen, successful cotton planter and business man. He was a member of
the Constitutional Convention of Miss. in 1890. Their children were:
Thomas Catchings Baird (born August 4, 1872) and James Catchings Baird
(born Novem-ber 12, 1877).

Thomas C. Baird was baptized and confirmed by Rt. Rev. William Mercer
Green, in St. Paul's Chapel, Johnsville, Miss. in 1882. His governess
and tutor at home were Miss Mattie Blount of Clinton, Miss. and Mr. T.
E. L. Tullis of St. Joseph, LA. He was four years at the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, VA, gradu-ating June 1891, receiving the
Speakership Medal. He then went to Yale and af-terwards took a course
in Medicine at Swanee, Tenn., and Atlanta, GA, later do-ing
post-graduate work in eye, nose and ear in New York. On October 4,
1900, he married Elvira Greenwood Terrell, of Miss. Their children are:
Dorothy Terrell Baird (born July 16, 1901), Nancy Clendenin Baird (born
February 19, 1903), Thomas Catchings Baird, Jr. (born November 19,
1905), Anna Hamilton Baird (born March 17, 1907).

James Catchings Baird, born November 12, 1877, in the home of his
parents, Johnsville, Miss., was baptized in 1882 by Rt. Rev. William
Green. He was con-firmed by Rt. Rev. H. M. Thompson at St. Peter's
Church, Oxford, Miss., in 1889. His governess and tutor at home were
Miss Mattie Blount of Clinton, Miss. and Mr. R. E. L. Tullis of St.
Joseph, LA. He afterwards attended the school of Mrs. Lancaster,
Oxford, remaining several years. Then he spent one year at Swanee,
Tenn., the Episcopal University of the South. He then entered the
Sophomore Class at the Virginia Military Institute and graduated June
1897 as Valedicto-rian of his class, was President of the Dialectic
Society and received the Speaker-ship Medal. During the same summer, he
took a course in bookkeeping at Poughkeepsie,, NY. On July 30, 1902, he
married Miss Mary Elizabeth Long at Memphis, Tenn. in St. Mary's
Cathedral, Bishop Thomas F. Gailor officiating, as-sisted by Rev.
Charles Morris. His residence, one mile from Baird, called "River-view"
is situated on the Sunflower River. Their children are: John Rupert
Baird, II (born June 28, 1903 in the home of his parents and baptized by
Rt. Rev. Tho-mas F. Gailor of Tenn. in Memphis in the parlor of his
grandparents Long), James Catching Baird, Jr. (born September 12, 1904
in the home of his parents and baptized by Arch-deacon R. E. G. Craig,
in the parlor of his grandparents),
and Henry Long Baird (born November 30, 1906 at "Riverview" and baptized
by Arch-deacon Craig at the home of his uncle, Dr. T. C. Baird of Baird,
Miss.).

Thomas Clendenin Catchings, son of Nancy M. Clendenin Catchings and Dr.
T. J. Catchings, was born January 11, 1847 at "Fleetwood", the
plantation home of his parents, in Hinds County, Miss. He was educated
by private teachers at home till September 1860, when he entered the
Freshman class of the State University at Oxford. The following year he
entered Oakland College near Rodney, Miss., and was Sophomore Speaker in
1862, Miss. Regt. of Infantry, at fourteen years of age, Capt. Edward
Fontain's Co. The latter part of the Civil War, he was a member of
Capt. James Buford's Cavalry, Col. Muldrow's Regt. After the
surrender, he was one of Pres. Jefferson Davis' body guards, or escorts.
Returning home, he studied law in the office of Gen. Robert Lowey, in
Brandon, Miss., and was a state Sena-tor. He was Attorney General eight
years, but resigned and was elected to Con-gress in 1884. He was
re-elected every succeeding term till he resigned in 1900. He then
formed a partnership with his son Oliver, and resumed the practice of
Law in Vicksburg. He married Miss Florence Olivia Shearer of Raymond,
Miss., March 4, 1870 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Raymond, Rev. Dr.
William W. Lord of Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg, officiating. The
attendants were: Mary C. Catchings with William Pittman,
attorney-at-law; Letty Dabney of Raymond with W. K. Ingersoll, law
partner of T. S. Catchings; and Miss Johnie Jenkins with Mr. G.
Berckett, attorney-at-law, Vicksburg.

Thomas C. Catchings, Jr. was born March 6, 1871, in Raymond in the home
of his grandparents, Shearer, and died July 28. 1898 at Pablo Beach, 20
miles from Jacksonville, Fla. to which health resort he had gone on sick
leave. He ranked as Capt. on Gen. A. S. Burt's Staff in the Spanish
American War. and was chief of Commissaries acting as pay master. A
military escort followed his remains to the train, and in the procession
his horse was led. He is interred in the City Ceme-tery, Vicksburg, in
his father's family lot. Services were conducted by Rev. Henry H.
Sansom of Christ's Church, in Holy Trinity Church. The choir sang,
:Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me". The pall bearers were his
playmates when a child: Percy Cowen, E. C. Carroll, W. A. Luckett, Alex
Fitzhugh, Harris Dickson, N. M. Nicholson, Walter Flowree, and A. G.
Russell. The casket and grave were covered with lovely flowers from
friends. Amidst these lay his sword, belt, cap, and spurs (all that
remained to remind loved ones of his previous occupation). He was
educated at Bellevue High School near Lynchburg, VA, Rev. Dr. Abbott,
Principal, and at St. John's Episcopal Military School, near
Alexandria, VA, and the University of VA. He studied Law and was for
years with the U. S. Geological Survey in different states. He was
universally informed and read French and German as readily as English.
His mind was strong and clear. He baptized in St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Brandon, Miss. in 1871 by Rev. Duncan C. Green, son of Bishop
Green. His disposition was affectionate and generous. Physically, he
was very handsome. Grief stricken parents mourn his early death. His
brigade was in Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's 7th Army Corps.

Oliver Whitehead Catchings, another Son of T. C. Catchings, was born in
Vicksburg, Miss., September 20, 1872. He was educated at the public
school., Washington, DC; St. John's Military School, Alexandria, VA; and
the University of VA. He graduated in Law from the University and
practiced his profession, first in Washington, DC and afterwards wit his
father in Vicksburg. He was bap-tized in infancy in Vicksburg by Bishop
Adams and was confirmed in Alexandria. He married on April 28, 1898,
Miss Grace Maupin Wendling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Wendling of
Washington, DC, the ceremony by Bishop Adams, then of Easton, Md. They
took a bridal trip north. He was quite tall and handsome and has a
vigorous mind and high character. He is cultivated in a superior way
and is a fine lawyer.

Josephine Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Catchings, was born July 13,
1899, at Maplehurst, Charleston, WV. summer some of her grandparents
Wendling, and was baptized in Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg by Rev. Dr.
Noel Logan. She is being educated in Vicksburg in the private school of
Raworth, and stands at the head of her class and receives a medal each
year, and is taught thoroughly at night by her grandfather Catchings,
who was nicknamed by her when an infant "Bompoo".

Mary Elizabeth Clendenin, daughter of Robert Clendenin and his wife Mary
El-len Myers, was born in Yorkville, SC in the home of her parents, died
October 12, 1853, in the 25th year of her age, in her home near Helena,
Ark., and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. She was
exquisitely beautiful and of a brilliant mind. A lovely oil portrait of
her, owned by her grandnephew, James C. Baird of Baird, Miss. is admired
by all for the soft amiable expression of her black eyes, beautiful
mouth and sweet face. Her hair was also black and abundant. Her father
died in 1830. After the death of her mother in 1843, her
brother-in-law, Dr. T. C. Catchings became her guardian. She attended
school in Jackson, Miss., and at Mr. Chapman's school in Vicksburg. At
this latter school, she was crowned Queen of May. She was then sent to
the "Institute", Rector Smith's School for girls at Columbia, Tenn.
here she was also crowned Queen of May with very elaborate, expensive
ceremonies. She as an accomplished performer on the harp, piano, and
guitar, and possessed an unusually fine voice which has been highly
cultivated. She graduated about 1845. In 1846 she married Allen Jones
Polk, son of Dr. William Polk of Columbia, Tenn., and a cousin of
President J. K. Polk. Dr. Polk was a half-brother to Bishop Leonidas
Polk. They were mar-ried at "Fleetwood", the plantation home of her
sister, Mrs. Catchings, the cere-mony being performed by Rev. Dr.
Patterson of Christ's Church, Vicksburg. They lived, first on her
plantation in Hinds County, but they afterwards bought in Co-lumbia,
Tenn., moving from there to their plantation near Helena, Ark. She was
always gentle, amiable and beloved, and was much sought after during her
brief youngladyhood. Their children were: William Clendenin Polk (who
died in in-fancy and is buried beside his mother), and Mary C. Polk,
born about 1852 and reared by her grandmother, Mrs. Dr. Polk of
Columbia, Tenn., as a little princess and who was always known as "Pet"
to her family and friends. She married Mr. Frank Hemphill of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., but who was then an Editor in Columbia, Tenn. His
family in Ala. was among the vest. Their children were: Miss Frankie
Hemphill, Allen Polk Hemphill, and Polk Hemphill.

Mary Ellen Myers Clendenin's second husband was Dr. William Hemmingway,
who she married about 1834 in SC. In 1829, they moved to her plantation
in Hinds County, Miss., four miles from Bolton Depot. The Negroes had
already been sent two or three year previous in order to clear the
ground, build houses, etc. A large two story residence was erected in
readiness for the family, who ar-rived December 24, 1839. The trip was
make in the family coach, a massive car-riage with great wheels and a
high box seat for the driver. The carriage was handsomely trimmed with
broadcloth and heavy fringe. The footman, who rode behind, opened the
door and let down the carpet steps for parties getting in and our, then
replaced them and closed the door. By this last marriage two children
were born: William (who died in infancy), and David Myers Hemmingway,
born 1835, and died January 25, 1884 at his home in Newport, Miss. He
was a very handsome man, with black eyes and a fine figure; was fond of
music and per-formed well on the violin. He make a brave Confederate
soldier, remaining at his post throughout the war. He inherited a
plantation near Camden, Miss., from his mother. On May 23, 1861, he
married Mary A. Catchings, niece of Dr. T. J. Catchings, her guarding
after the death of her mother, and with whom she re-sided and attended
the private school in his family. She afterwards went to the Nashville
Female Academy, where she graduated June 1860. They made an ex-tended
trip North and East when they married. She has always kelp up a deep
interest in music, being a fine performer on the piano. Her three
daughters also perform well. He left with the first troops and remained
on duty in the ranks till peace was declared. She spent much time at
his father's home in Kirkwood, Miss. Returning from the Army, he bought
a home in Newport, his plantation being in that vicinity. Their
children were: Nannie, Mamie, Kate McWillie. Thomas Catchings, David
Myers, Jr. and Catchings who died in infancy.

Nannie Hemmingway, a very handsome brunette, with a tall fine figure,
pos-sesses unusual business characteristics and had reared a lovely
family. Her hus-band, Mr. Savage, died several years ago. She and her
children live in Mon-ticello, Ark. The children are: Louise, Prentiss,
and Harry.

Mamie Hemmingway married Mr. D. M. Albin of Memphis, Tenn. He is a
suc-cessful business man of exceptionally good moral traits. She is a
stylish blond, quite tall. Their children are: Belle, Evelyn and
Robert Hemmingway Albin.

Kate McWillie Hemmingway is also a beautiful brunette. She married Mr.
Harry Landrum of Attala County. They live in Kosciusko, Miss. Their
children are: Harry Catchings, Ruth Mills, Percy Menville, and Mary
Niles Landrum.

Thomas Catchings Hemmingway is a tall handsome man. In 1908, he married
Miss Luzetta Alexander of Herrodsburg, KY, a very cultured, accomplished
and highly educated lady. They live on their plantation near Durant,
Miss.

David Myers Hemmingway, Jr. is very handsome with black eyes and fine
fea-tures. He is unmarried.



CHAPTER XII

The descendants of Claiborne Clifton Myers, son of Col. David Myers and
his wife, Phalby Mills:
Col. Claiborne Clifton Myers was a large p[planter in Antanga County,
Ala., near Montgomery. His colonial residence was elegant and
abundantly equipped with fine servants. The plantation home was call
"Fleetwood". (Ruth Cooper's note in margin: this home was called
Millwood). His first wife was Rebecca Augustine of SC. Their children
were: David Rudolph, Rebecca Augustine, William, Eliza, and Sallie. The
last two died in infancy.

David Rudolph Myers was born in SC and died July 2, 1909. He married
Mary Chalmers DeJarnette. Their children were: Rebecca Ashe, Kate
Eliza, Walter M., Mary Mims, David Rudolph, Jr., Claiborne Clifton, II.
and John DeJarnette Myers (who died unmarried). Rebecca Ashe Myers
married Charles J. Croninger. No children. Kate Eliza married Judge B.
Burchhalter of Ind. Territory. Their children were: Rebecca Elizabeth,
Adeline Bell, and James Dee Four Burchhalter. Walter M. Myers married
Bertie McCollak ,( Ruth Cooper's note: McCullough). They have about
five children.

Mary Mims Myers (Ruth Cooper's note: Walter's sister) married Rev.
Samuel An-thony Caldwell, Presbyterian. Their children are: Kate M.,
Samuel A., Jr., Mary Eleanor, and Marguerite Lucy Caldwell.

D. Rudolph Myers, Jr. married Julia Agnes Tarleton. (This goes on &
lists the children of Walter M. Myers and Bertie McCullough as being
theirs. Ruth Coo-per's note in the margin says that they had no
children).

Claiborne Clifton Myers, II married Kate DeJarnette. Their children
were: David DeJarnette Myers, and Mary Owen Myers, who married Dr. Edgar
Marion Scott. They have two sons, Edgar Marion Scott, Jr. and Owen.

Rebecca Augustine, daughter of Col. Claiborne C. Myers, was born in SC
and died in Ennis, Texas, February 11, 1910. She married her first
husband, Capt. John Grange Ashe, in 1861. He was a captain in the
Confederate Army. Their chil-dren were: William S. Ashe (who married
Lizzie Montgomery), and John Grange Ashe, Jr. (who married Irene Harris.
Both the above have children.

Rebecca A. Myers' second husband was Edward Robertson Neal of Ennis,
Texas (Ruth Cooper's note says: Portland, Maine). Their children are:
Edward W. Neal (deceased), Frederick W. Neal (who married Jane Agnes
Loader), Claiborne Myers Neal (who married Florence Myers), Mary Alden
Neal (who married Wil-liam Jack Loader), Harry Mexia Neal (deceased),
Isabelle Robertson Neal, and Eva Hutchings Neal.

Col. Claiborne C. Myers' second wife was Georgiana O'Bannon of SC, a
cousin of John C. Calhoun of SC, the Statesman. She was a handsome,
magnificent woman. The Pierce family into which his (Col. C. C. Myers)
daughter married was related to Pres. Pierce. Col. Myers died on board
a ship returning from Europe, where he went for his health. His widow
married her cousin, Mr. Cal-houn. After his death, Gov. Watts of Ala.,
became guardian of Col. Myers who daughters, Sallie and Kate and sent
them to New York to be educated. The were both accomplished women and
fine in music. They have an oil portrait of their father.

The children of Col. C. C. Myers and his second wife were: Laurens O'
Bannon, Sallie Jennings, Mary Katherine, and C. C. Myers, Jr.

Sallie J. Myers first husband was May. Junius J. Pierce of the
Confederate Army.
Their children were: Junius J. Pierce, Jr. (Lieut. in the Spanish
American War), Walter Hubbell, and Pauline Clifton Pierce (who married
Isaac Harvey Vincent. Their son is Farley Vincent.

Sallie J. Myers second husband was Ernest L. Alley. Their son is Ernest
L. Alley, Jr.

Mary Katherine Myers married Mr. Hubbell Pierce, brother of Maj. J. J.
Pierce. Their children were: Junius J. Pierce, II, Georgiana O'Bannon,
Parmela Watt, and Laurens W. Pierce. Junius J. Pierce, II married
Caroline Jones and their two children were: William Hubbell and Junius
J. Pierce, III.




CHAPTER XIII

Descendants of Robert Clendenin Myers, son of Col. David Myers and his
wife Phalby Mills:

Col. Robert C Myers was born in SC September 10, 1820. He moved to Ala.
and bought a plantation near Montgomery. In 1857 he moved to his
plantation near Delhi, LA. In 1863 he went to Texas and first settled
in Robertson County. He, afterwards, moved to Millican, Brazos County,
where he died May 25, 1871. He was very neat in his dress. His valet,
who was named Jack, took charge of Col. Myers' large New Foundland dog
and taught him tricks. Col. Myers first wife was Miss Chloe Watson of
SC. Their children were: Mary Ann, David Watson, and Robert Allen (who
died young).

Mary Ann Myers married Col. John C. Cameron of Memphis. Their children
were: Allen Myers Cameron, Kate Fraser Cameron (who died in
young-lady-hood), John Fraser, Jr., Chloe Ann Watson Cameron (who
married Oscar A. Know [or could it be Knox??-LSW], a graduate of Harvard
and who is a mining engi-neer), Mary Belle Cameron (who married Rt. Rev.
Charles M. Beckwith, Bishop), Nancy Louise Cameron (who married Dr.
Julien R. Beckwith, Petersburg, VA, a nephew of Bishop C. M. Beckwith).
They had three or four children.

Col. C. C. Myers' second wife was Mary Harrison of SC who was born
November 25, 1831 and died December 20, 1873. The following are their
children: Nancy Allen Myers, Lucy Reeves Myers (who married Mr.
McLemore), John Harrison Myers, Joseph Allen, Robert Clendenin,
Cornelius Robinson, Bessie , and William Mills Myers.

Nancy A. Myers' first husband was Benjamin F. Boldridge, from which
marriage there was one child born, William Clendenin Boldridge. He was
born March 22, 1872 in Millican, Brazos County, Texas. After his mother
's death, he was kept awhile by Mrs. Rebecca Neal of Ennis, Texas. He
was then adopted by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Robertson of Houston, Texas.
They educated him at Sewanee, Tenn., the University of New York, and
traveled him abroad. He selected the ministry as his live work, and is
Rector of Christ' Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. February 1, 1899, he
married Laura Lea, who was born in Nashville, Tenn., December 21, 1870.
She was the daughter of Overton Lea and his wife Ella Cocke of
Nashville, Tenn. Her brother, Luke Lea, was US Senator from Tenn.

William Clendenin Boldridge took the name of his adopted parents
Robertson. The children of William and Laura Robertson are Eva
Robertson (born September 6, 1900), Ella Lea (born October 11, 1901),
Arthur Clendenin (born May 13, 1905), and Laura Lea (born 1909).

Nancy Allen Myers' second husband was Mr. Newby. They had one child,
Nita, who married Mr. Norvill. They have two or three children.

Col. Myers' second wife, Mary Harrison, was the daughter of John
Harrison and his wife Lucy Reeves. John Harrison was the son of Reuben
Harrison of SC who was related to Pres. Harrison. Pres. William Henry
Harrison, when on a visit among the relatives in SC, gave a ring to one
of John Harrison's family. A por-trait of Lucy Reeves, done at Brady's
in New York City, is owned by her grand-son, J. A. Myers of Bryan,
Texas.

Robert C., son of Col. R. C. Myers, married first Cassie Park. Their
children were: Arthur and Mattie. His second wife was Ola, and they
have two children.

Cornelius Robertson, son of Col. R. C. Myers, married Florence Gammil.
Their children are: Cornelius, Adolph, Robert Clanton, and Myrtle (who
married Henry Hill of San Angelo, Texas and they have two children).

Bessie Myers, daughter of Col. T. C. Myers, was born July 1871. She
married H. H. Holt in 1891. Her two children died in infancy.

William Mills, Con of Col. R. C. Myers and his wife Mary Harrison, was
born in Montgomery, Ala., April 13., 1855. When two years of age, his
father moved to Dallas, Madison Parish, LA. where he resided until 1863.
He then moved to Mt. Lebanon, LA. where he lived till he made
arrangement to refugee to Texas. In the fall of 1863, he moved via
Shreveport to Robertson County, Texas, near what is now known as Sutton.
In the fall of 1865, he moved from there to Millican, Brazos County
where he, Joseph Allen, lived until August 1872. On May 17, 1871, Col.
R. C. Myers died. After the death of his father, J. A. Allen moved to
Hearne, where he lived until December 1, 1875 when he moved to Bryan.
On Oc-tober 5, 1875 he married Laura Erwin of Bryan, Texas. Soon after
his marriage he was employed by R. T. Boyle, a grocer. In August 1878
he began working for T. J. McQueen & Co. grocers, where he worked for
four year. On October 1, 1882, he was appointed Post Master of Bryan by
Pres. Arthur and served a little more than three year, when he was
removed by Grover Cleveland, a Democratic Presi-dent. After losing the
Post Office, he worked for the T. C. McQueen estate, spe-cial provisions
having been made in Maj. McQueen's will, that "should J. A. Myers want a
position in his store, it should be given him." This Position he held
until the following June, when at the solicitation of his friends, both
Republicans and Democrats, he made the race for county Clerk of Brazos
County and was elected. He served as County Clerk two years and was
then re-elected without opposition. When Pres. Harrison was elected, he
was again appointed Postmaster of Bryan, serving four year, at the same
time being one of the firm of Myers and Haswell, book and stationary
business. Grover Cleveland, having been reelected again, he lost the
Post Office. In May 1894, he embarked in the hardware busi-ness with A.
B. Carr as partner. In 1895 he sold his interest in this business to
Mr. Carr and bought the Koppe Hardware business, which he built up till
it was one of the largest retain hardware houses in Central Texas. In
1903, he was again appointed Post master by Pres. Roosevelt, this
position being entirely un-solicited by him. He was unaware that his
name was even being considered until the state papers announced that
Pres. Roosevelt had sent his name to the Senate for confirmation, then
serves twelve successive years, having served two years under Wilson.
In 1913 he sold his hardware business and the next year was made
president of the Myers Hardware Co., a stock company. The first
position held by Mr. Myers when he first went out into the world to work
for himself, was that of the butcher-boy on the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad. He tells many amusing incidents connected with this
part of his life. The first fire-proof building in Bryan was built by
him. It contained the first electric elevator in the town.

The children of J. A. Myers and his wife Laura Erwin are: Frank Adams,
Alice Erwin, Robert Rudolph, and William Hudson. Five other children
died in in-fancy.

Frank Adams Myers was born in Bryan, April 29, 1882, and was educated in
he public school of Bran and at Randolph, Macon, VA. He also took a
business course at Poughkeepsie, NY. He is now (1917), assistant
manager of the Myers Hardware Co. of Bryan. On May 25, 1905, he married
Nita Cook of Waco, Texas. They have one Child Lollie Louise, born in
Bryan March 29, 1909.

Alice Erwin Myers was born in Bryan, August 16, 1894, and educated in
the pub-lic school of Bryan at Miss Stuart's school in Washington, DC.
On December 21, 1904, she married Edwin Jackson Kyle, who was at that an
instructor at the A&M College of Texas. Mr. Kyle has had either a
promotion or an increase of salary (and sometimes both) nearly every
year since he was elected to a position at A&M. He graduated at A&M in
1899 and was Valedictorian of his class. He then entered Cornell
University, where he spent three years, graduating with a BS degree in
Horticulture. He is now Prof. of Horticulture and Dean of the School of
Agriculture of the Texas A&M College. He is a cousin of Hon. A. S.
Burleson, Postmaster General. Alice Myers Kyle had one child, Lily
Elizabeth Kyle, born at College Station, Texas, June 26, 1907. She is
called Lily Bess.

Robert Rudolph Myers (called Rudolph) was born in Bryan, October 8<
1888. On December 24, 1907, he married Mary Nicol of Bryan. They are
now (1917) living in Houston, where he will soon open a store of
general merchandise.

William Hudson Myers (called Hudson) was born in Bryan, August 20, 1890,
and was educated in Bryan and at "Bingham" in Asheville, NC. On July
10, 1910, he married Lessie McWhinney of Bryan. He now (1917) has a
position in Houston, Texas.

J. A. Myers' second wife was Mrs. Emma Erwin Bone, a sister of his first
wife. She lived only a short while after their marriage.

J. A. Myers' third wife was Lillie D. Stillwell of Bryan, whom he
married June 7, 1896. She was born June 11, 1861 near Keechi, Leon
County, Texas, and moved to Bryan in February 1868. She was educated at
the Bryan Remake Seminary and other private schools of Bryan, there
being no public schools in Texas at that time. While attending the
Seminary, she received a gold medal for ranking high-est at attendance,
deportment, and scholarship. In 1882, she graduated at the Sam Houston
Normal at Huntsville, Texas, receiving a teacher's life certificate.
She taught 13 years in the public schools of Bryan. The children of J.
A. Myers and his wife Lillie D. are J. A. Myers, Jr. and Charley
Stillwell Myers.

J. A. Myers, Jr. was born in Bryan, May 21, 1898. He attended the Bryan
High School until he was ready to enter the 9th grade, when he entered
"Allen Acad-emy" of Bryan, where he graduated May 23, 1916. When he
graduated, he had never been tardy one time during his school life. On
October 9, 1916, he entered Cornell University. His entrance there was
the means of affiliating Allen Acad-emy with Cornell. He hopes to
graduate from Cornell in 1920 with a BS degree in Agriculture

Charley Stillwell Myers was born in Bryan, December 6, 1899. He is now
(1917) attending Bryan High School and hopes to graduate from there June
1918.






HISTORY OF THE MYERS FAMILY


CHAPTER I


The greater part of the information in the following history was
obtained from a family chart belonging to Mrs. M. C. Torrey, one of the
Myers descendants.

The following letter was received by Mrs. Torrey from John Austin Myers:

I obtained my knowledge of the Myers history when a boy from a package
of very ancient German Manuscripts, most of it being on parchment.
Uncle William Myers had an educated German employed painting his house
in Columbia, SC before the Civil War, who translated these old papers
for me. My Uncle had put these away, directing me to take them, after
his death, and return to the old country, to the family there. The was
came on, the documents were lost.

I found from the package that Rudolph Myers came from Zurich,
Switzerland, that he bore the title of Baron and that he was a
legitimate and recognized relation of the family of Hapsburg, the
ruling family of Austria. In religion, he was a Catholic; one of the
family, John Myers, had been a Roman Catholic Bishop.

Rudolph came to America early in the last century. His brother, Conrad
settled on the Hudson River near Troy or Albany, NY. Rudolph came to
South Carolina. I do not know the name of Rudolph's wife, nor where she
was buried. Rudolph brought with him from Switzerland, one or two
hundred of the German tenants, who rendered him service as in the old
country. This feudal relation existed, gradually declining, until the
death of his grandson, David, in 1835.

John Jacob, son of Rudolph, was sent back to Europe and was educated at
the Universities of Heidelberg and Gottengen, where he studied Law.
Before he re-turned to this country, he married Catherine Enfinger, or
Von Enfinger. She was a lady of good birth and family, was light
haired, blue-eyed and of small statue. John Jacob Myers was a judge in
Colonial times, in SC and after the Revolution-ary War. He was a Whig
and held a commission in the Army, serving alternately with Marion and
Sumpter. He was with Sumpter at Fishing Creek when he was surprised and
his command badly used up and scattered by Tarleton. John Jacob was
also at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA.
He was buried as an old Continental soldier (1804) with military honors,
in Lex-ington County, SC where he owned a large body of land and where
he made his summer home. The old German books, Harpsichord and Swiss
clock were in Un-cle William's home, but since his death have been
destroyed.

Forty years ago when I attended the law school at Harvard, I met a
descendant of Conrad Myers, who was also a student there, by the name of
Cyrus Myers, then residing in Pennsylvania. William, son of Conrad,
never married; died in 1835 of 1836, leaving a fine estate to the
children of his brother Henry Myers. Henry died in 1866 or 1867 at
about 90 years of age. He often talked about the Conti-nental Soldiers.
He remembered John Jacob Myers and frequently told me that John Jacob
ranked as Major.

The Office of County Commissioner held by John Jacob Myers was a
judicial of-fice. He was judge of the County Court and was a Whig.
The name was origi-nally Myer.

The sons of John Jacob Myers were John and David. David was a small man
with fine black eyes. He was very energetic and intelligent and made a
great deal of money. He and his wife kept open house like all the
wealthy people of their day. They had good servants and plenty of money
with which to entertain lav-ishly. Housekeepers had only to give
directions to head servants. David Myers was a Whig. He married Phalby
Mills of North Carolina.

(Ruth Cooper's notes in margins: John Jacob Myers born in NY in 1740;
John Ja-cob's son, John, never married and died at 25 years of age.
LSW)



CHAPTER II

The Morrises & Mills


The Morrises of England were Cavaliers. Robert and William Morris,
brothers, came to America. William Morris moved from Pennsylvania to
James River, VA.
The Morris family were all opposed to England. The two sons of William
Morris, Robert and Patrick, fought bravely in Colonial ranks. William
Morris married Esther Phalby of VA. Their children were Robert, Patrick
and Eleanor.

Eleanor Morris married Major William Mills. She was born 1740 on James
River, VA, near the town of Williamsburg. Her father afterwards moved
to South Caro-lina. She was married October 12, 1765, being 22 and
Major Mills 19. She died in the Spring of 1833 at their home on Mills
Creek in NC. She and her husband lie side by side in the cemetery near
Hendersonville.

William Mills came from England and settled in Maryland. His two sons
were Ambrose and William Henry. All were loyal crown subject. Col.
Ambrose and his son, Maj. William Mills, were commissioned officers in
the Cornwallis army and fought with the Royalists for the crown.

Col. Ambrose Mills was born in England in 1722. When quite young his
father brought him to America, settling in Maryland. Arriving at
Manhood, he moved to the Colony of South Carolina on the Wateree River.
After leaving Maryland,m and before going to SC, he lived a short while
on the James River, VA. Col. Am-brose Mills married Mourning Stone, of
Maryland, who was murdered by the In-dians in the Indian War of 1756-61.
They had one son, Maj. William Mills.

Colonel Ambrose Mills' second wife was a daughter of Col. Brown of
Chester. SC, who was closely related to Gov. Albert G. Brown of
Mississippi. By his marriage with Miss Brown, he had three sons and
three daughters, vis - William Mills, who married Eliza Durant, daughter
of Edmund Durant; Jane Mills; Amanda Mill who married Adolphus Mills;
and another son _______________ Mills, whose first wife was Honor Moor.
From this marriage there was one son. Nancy Jones of VA was the second
wife of the last named son of Col. Ambrose Mills.

The children of Eleanor Morris and Maj. William Mills were Sarah Mills,
Eleanor Mills, John Mills, Marville Mills, Elizabeth Mills, Mourning
Mills, and Phalby Mills. (Mr. Myers' Grandmother.)

Major William Mills and Eleanor Morris were married by the service of
the Church of England. In the ring was engraved "Let love abide till
death divide."



CHAPTER III

The descendants of Eleanor Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Eleanor Mills was married in 1793 to Rev. Samuel Edney (Methodist), who
was born 1768 in NC, and preached 50 year. He was buried in Edneyville,
NC which was named for him and his brother Asa. He died September 17,
1844.

General Bales Mills Edney, son of Eleanor Mills and Rev. Samuel Edney, a
dis-tinguished lawyer was consul to Palermo, Sicily in 1851 and 1853. A
history of NC says that he was charge d'affaires to Guatemala, appointed
September 14, 1852 from NC, and he equipped, at his own expense, a
Confederate company of which he was Captain. He was murdered by
deserters at Edneyville. He never married. When at Palermo, his office
was near Mt. Etna. Some of the family have brooches he made from stones
there. His military suit trimmed with gold buttons and lace was burned
in Charleston, SC. He was very handsome, elegant and refined. The
family has a beautiful miniature of him painted in Washington, DC.
Judge Bynum of Charlotte, NC was a law partner of Gen. Bales Edney.

James Edney, another son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney and author of
a history of "Western North Carolina," was a merchant of New York. His
history was printed in 1858. He was a natural musician and dealt in all
kinds of musical instruments. He was buried in New York City, where his
family continued to re-side. He married Miss Turner. They had the
following children: James Edney, Jr., a civil engineer in NY; Mrs. Sue
Neal of Sumpter, VA; Mrs. Francis Craft of Brooklyn, NY; and Mrs. James
Francis of New Jersey. James Edney, Sr. had a wholesale store of
musical instruments and one of dry goods, both in New York City.

John Morris Edney, another son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney,
married Miss Falls of Augusta, GA and was buried in Mobile, Alabama in
January 1824. He was a very handsome man. His sister, Elizabeth Jones
Edney was a portrait of him. His only daughter, Amanda, Married Mr.
Gardner of Selma, Alabama. They had three daughters and one son:
Lizzie Gardner, who died quite young unmarried; Belle Gardner, who
married a Mr. Human of New York City; and Emma Gardner, who married a
Mr. Browning. Her remains were brought to Selma for burial. The son of
Amanda Edney Gardner married and lived in Ala-bama. Amanda Edney
Gardner died in New York. Her daughters were all styl-ish girls.

Winston Edney, a fourth son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, married
______________. He died in Augusta, GA and was buried in Edneyville,
NC. He had two sons and three daughter, one of whom was named Laura.
They were all very handsome.

Allison Mills Edney, a fifth son of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, was
a mer-chant. He never married. He died in Hendersonville and was
buried in Ed-neyville, September 1842.

Thomas Edney, a sixth son, was an artist. He never married. He died in
Asheville and was buried in Edneyville.

Frank Edney, a seventh son, was buried in Haywood, Tennessee. He was a
planter in West Tennessee.

William Edney, an eighth son, died young and was buried in Edneyville.

Rufus Edney, ninth son, married twice. He was buried in Edneyville. He
was a planter. Mary Kelley Edney,
daughter of Eleanor Mills and Samuel Edney, married Isaac B. Sawyer of
NC. Their children were: Mary Sawyer of Asheville NC; Eleanor Sawyer,
who had many admirers and when young was the prettiest girl in Asheville
( She died in 1902 in the hospital at Morgantown, NC and was buried in
Asheville); James B. Sawyer, a banker in Asheville and wealthy, has
several children.

Elizabeth Jones Edney, daughter of Eleanor and Samuel Edney, married her
third Cousin, Col. Leavenworth Edney of Nashville, Tennessee., a
Methodist minister. There is an Edney Chapel now in Nashville. They
had five daughters and four sons. Mrs. Louisa Eleanor Benson, of
Charlotte, NC, one of the three now living, has two daughters, Lillie
and Nellie. Nellie Benson is organist in the Episcopal Church. Mrs.
Benson's son is a dispatcher in the Southern Railway of-fice in
Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Benson's oldest sister, Mrs. Edney, was very
beauti-ful, and was called the belle of NC. The Edneys were extravagant
livers and left little behind them. Robert Edney, ancestor of Rev.
Samuel and Asa Edney, mar-ried a sister of Sir Isaac Newton.

Most of the genealogy of Samuel Edney and Eleanor Mills was furnished by
Mrs. Louisa Eleanor Benson, Charlotte, NC.



CHAPTER IV

The descendants of John Mills, son of Eleanor Morris and Major William
Mills:

Col. John Mills of Rutherford, NC married Sallie Robertson of SC.

William Mills, first child of Col. John Mills, married Betsy Miller.

Goven Mills, second child of Col. John Mills, married Nancy Raglin
Thomson of Spartenburg, SC.

Dr. Columbus Mills, third child of Col. John Mills, married Susan
Thomson, of Spartenburg, SC. He was a surgeon of a VA regiment C.S.A.
Susan Thomson Mills died in the spring of 1901 in Atlanta, GA at the
home of her niece, Mrs. Benton. Dr. Mills began to practice medicine
about 1840.

Elizabeth Ellen Mills, forth child of Col. John Mills, married H. J.
Dean, attor-ney-at-law, of Spartenburg. She was born July 11, 1806,
Spartenburg District, SC, married 1834 and died 1838, leaving one child
John Mills Dean.

Harriet Mills, fifth child of Col. John Mills, married Joe Camp of GA.
Their chil-dren were: John Croel Camp of Rutherford, NC and Louisa Camp,
who married Dr. Mooney of Greenville, SC.

George Mills was the sixth child.

Rufus Mills, seventh child, married a lady in GA.




CHAPTER V

The descendants of Marville Mills, son of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Marville Mills of NC married Polly Chambliss. Their children were:
John Mills of NC; Dr. Otis Mills; William Mills; Dr. Ladson Mills;
Penelope Eliza Mills; Ad-olphus Mills; and George Mills.

John Mills, son of Marville, married Eliza C. Graham of NC. Their
children were: Mary, who died young; Jane, who married Mr. Love; Otis
P., and two others whose names could not be learned. Capt. Otis P.
Mills married Susan C. Gower of Greenville, SC. Capt. Mills commanded a
company in the Confederate army. After the Civil War, he amassed a
large fortune in SC. Their children were: An-nie M.; Jane G.; Otis P.
Arthur L.; and Cordelia Mills.

Dr. Otis Mills, second child of Marville and Polly Mills, married Miss
Carson of SC (Rutherford). Their children were: Margaret, Mary, and
Amanda. Amanda married Mr. Williams of SC. Margaret married Jos.
Carson of Atlanta, GA.; their children were: Otis Mills, Frank Tench,
Kathleen and Matilda Carson. Mary Mills married Col. Frank Coxe of
Philadelphia and Nashville; their children were : Otis Mills, Frank
Tench, Daisy, and Maude. Col. Frank Coxe, who died in the Summer of
1903, was buried in the family vault in Rutherford, NC. Otis Mills Coxe
married Miss Mary Connelley of Asheville, NC in 1893. They had one
child, Tench Francis, born 1894. In August 1903, Otis M. Coxe married
his sec-ond wife, Miss Gertrude Jones of Asheville, NC. Tench Coxe
married Eliza Potter of Wilmington, NC. Daisy Coxe married Mr. Wright
of Philadelphia. William Mills married Miss Gafney. Dr. Ladson Mills
married Miss Hamilton. Penelope Eliza married Paul Hamilton Young of NC
; their only child, Eliza Penelope Young, was born 1843 in Flat Rock,
NC and married 1867 at Water Valley, Miss. to Baird Reed Godwin who was
born 1837 in Texas. Sophia married John Caruth. Adolphus married
Amanda Mills. George married Ella
Boytston, and later married Eliza Mills. (This George has to be George
W. Jones, see below - LSW)




CHAPTER VI

Descendants of Elizabeth Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj.
William Mills:

Elizabeth Mills married George W. Jones of NC. Their children were:
William F., E. Caroline, Louise Eleanor, George Washington, Ervin
Patterson, Dr. Edmund Randolph, Thomas L., John Mills, and Mary Harriet
Jones.

William F. Jones was born in Lenoir, NC and was Capt. Co. A First
Regiment CSA. He married Sarah L. Jones of NC, his first cousin. Their
children were: Mattie, who married Willoughby Avery of NC, Colonel of a
NC Regiment CSA; Annie, who married James Gaither Hall; Gertrude,
married Mr. Clinard of NC.

E. Caroline Jones married Dr. Robert Maxwell Young of SC. Their
children were: George William Young, who was a surgeon of a VA Regiment
CSA, married Vir-ginia Lanier of Georgia. Their children were:
Lafayette Lamar Young of Texas, George Robert Young of Arkansas, and
Sarah Caroline Young of Georgia Col. Robert R. Young married Josephine
Hill of Georgia. Their child, Ida, married J. Wortham of Texas. Louisa
Young married Thomas F. Jones of Cartersville, GA.

Erwin Patterson Jones was born in Greenville, SC and married Georgiana
Earle of SC. Their children were Florence G. and Thomas Erwin Jones,
who married Eliza Mills.

Thomas Laurens Jones of KY, Col. of a NC Regiment, CSA, was a member of
Congress and Married Mary K. Taylor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Their children
were: James Taylor, Elizabeth Mills and Thomas Jones.

John Mills Jones of Greenville, SC married Eliza Thompson, daughter of
Waddy T. Thompson, US Minister of South America. Their children were:
Emmala B. and Elizabeth Mills.

Mary Harriet Jones of NC married Col. William Butler Thompson, son of
Waddy Thompson (see above). They lived in Georgia many years and then
moved to White Oak, NC. Their children were: Dr. Waddy, Elizabeth
Jones and Jones Thompson. Dr. Waddy Thompson married Loula Butler of
SC; their child was Loula Thompson.




CHAPTER VII

The descendants of Mourning Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Major
Wil-liam Mills:

Mourning Mills married Henry Graves Lewis of Albermarle County, VA in
1791, and settled near Hendersonville, NC, where he died in 1815. Their
children were: William Jones, Sarah Myra, Marville Franklin, Phalby
Caroline, Richard Talifero, Sophia Melinda, Eliza Eleanor, John D.
Lafayette, James Madison, Dr. George Walton and Henry Rufus Lewis.

William Jones Lewis was born 1792 and about 1829 married Celia Wilson.
Their children were: Rufus Henry; Louisa Mourning, who married J. B.
Woodfin; Oscar Marville, and Mary Eliza.

Sarah Myra Lewis married Rev. David Hilliard, for many year a Methodist
preacher, but later joined the Baptist Church. Their children were:
William Lewis, Ann Eliza, Sarah Maud, Mary Jane, Sophia Melinda, and
James Henry.
William Lewis Hilliard married Margaret Love of NC and resided at
Asheville; their children were: James Robert, Dr. William David, Sam
Haywood (who mar-ried Mary Justin), Sarah Maud (who married Fred Hull).
Dr. Chas. Eugene (who married Mary Craig of Louisville, KY), Margaret
Josephine (who married Jack Campbell of Asheville), Ida Love, and
Howard. Sophia Melinda Hilliard married William Brem. Her one child,
Mamie Louisa, married Mr. Sheriden of Sparten-burg, SC; Their children
were Lynn, William, and Hilliard.

Marville Franklin Lewis was a merchant in Greenville, SC; died in route
to Cuba in 1833.

Phalby Caroline Lewis married Rev. Thomas Craven and resided at
Cave Spring, GA. Their children were: Dr. Lewis McKendrick, Sophia
Mary (who married Rufus Baker), John Henry (who married Nancy Logan),
William Mills (who married Sarah Dobbins), Caroline Menirva (who married
James W. P. Ware), Louisa Orilla (who married Dr. A. M. Turner), and
Thomas Augusta.

Richard Tarver Lewis married Elizabeth Case.

Sophia Melinda Lewis married Gen. Philip Brittain, soldier of the War of
1812, and represented Baucombe County in the House in 1819, 1811, 1816,
1817, 1818 and as Senator in 1823-24. Their children were: Philip,
Stanhope, Mourning Mills (who married Dr. Jos. Blackstock), Atilla
Delila (who married William Henry), James, Benjamin, Laura H. (who
married Goodson Carrie), Emma Eugenia (who married Morris Allison),
Rebecca (who married Millard G. Jones), Willard Gaston (who married
Cornelia Pamelia McDowell).

Eliza Eleanor Lewis married Dr. Marville Mills Edney, her cousin. They
had twelve children: Lucian, Henry (who married Harriet Rogers), Rosa
Ann (who married George J. Nix), Sophia A., Eliza T. (who married John
A. Burgess), John C. (who married Rosa Ann Parlin), Emma R., Mourning
S., Marville, Lewis M., William Mills and Edmund Randolph.

John D. Lafayette Lewis died , single, in 1857.

James Madison Lewis married Leander Perdue of Miss. Their two children
were: Mary P., and Bancombe.

Dr. William Walton Lewis married Lucy H. Welborn. Their children were:
Mar-tha Octavia and Mary George.

Rufus Henry Lewis married Nancy Goodbred.

"Copied from GENEALOGY OF THE LEWIS FAMILY IN AMERICA by William Tyrall
Lewis."


CHAPTER VIII

Descendants of Phalby Mills and Col. David Myers:

Phalby Mills, daughter of Eleanor Morris and Maj. William Mills, married
Col. David Myers, son of John Jacob Myers, and grandson of Rudolph
Myers.

Phalby Mills Myers was born September 24, 1782, and died July 26, 1854
at Fort Marion, 12 miles below Columbia, SC, and was buried beside her
husband in the family cemetery two miles from Fr. Marion. Her son,
William Mills Myers, and other are buried there. Ft. Marion, the
ancestral home, was named for Gen. Francis Marion, who had his
headquarters there. This house of Col. and Mrs. Myers was built about
1810, of brick made on his plantation. Some say it was built prior to
the Revolutionary War. It is still owned by one of his grandsons, John
Austin Myers. Ft. Marion was burned in the winter of 1903; it caught
fire by sparks from the chimney falling on the shingles which were very
old and dry. It burned in the day time.

Col. David Myers was born November 28, 1768 and died March 3, 1835.
Col. Myers owned plantation on the Congaree and Wateree Rivers. He
represented his country for many years in the legislature, both in the
Senate and the lower House. He was a Col. of a regiment of the War of
1812 and was a wan of great influence and wonderful energy. He was a
Whig. He married Phalby Mills on December 24, 1798. Their home, Ft.
Marion, was the center of great hospitality. Many of the most prominent
men and families were entertained there and lav-ishly, as will trained
servant were plentiful. David Myers' father, John Jacob Myers, died
March 29, 1804 in his summer home called "Safe Gotha" near Platte
Spring, Lexington District, SC. He served as Lieutenant, afterwards as
Major in the Revolutionary War. He owned much land in different
districts and married Catherine Von Enfinger of Saxony in 1764.

The children of Col. and Mrs. David Myers were: John Jacob Myers II,
Mary El-len, Claiborne Clifton, Elizabeth, David F., William Mills,
Sarah A. C., Caroline L., Nancy Louise, Catherine Hayne, and Robert.




CHAPTER IX

Children of Col. David Myers and his wife Phalby Mills who left no
descendants:

William Mills Myers was born Marcy 7, 1804 in SC and died August 7, 1869
at his home in Columbia, SC. He was a lawyer by profession and lived in
a magnifi-cent residence, which was burned. His first wife was Miss
McLemore of SC. His second wife was Miss Laura Watson of SC. After his
death she married a gen-tleman much younger than herself. William Mills
Myers left no children.

Elizabeth Myers was born in SC in 1810 and married May. O'Houlon, a
wealthy cotton and rice planter. They had no children.

David Frank Myers was born in SC on December 31, 1810. He married
Martha Adams, sister of Gov. Adams of SC. After the marriage, they
lived in Montgom-ery, Ala. Both died after the Civil War, leaving no
children.

Sarah C. Myers was very beautiful. She married Mr. Woodward of SC. The
Woodward's were from fine old Revolutionary stock. No better in Sc.
They had no children

Nancy Louisa Myers was born 1816 at Ft. Marion, SC and died 1882 at her
home in Barnwell, SC. She was very amiable, benevolent and lovely in
character. She married Capt. Joseph Duncan Allen of SC who was in the
Mexican War. Both inherited large fortunes and lived lavishly in their
elegant home in Barnwell. He was a politician. They had no children,
but kept several nieces and nephews with them constantly. They are
buried in the Baptist Church Yard in Barnwell.




CHAPTER X

The Descendants of John Jacob Myers, the second son of Col. David Myers
and his wife Phalby Mills: (Note of Ruth Cooper in the margin: he was
born 1 year, 1 month, and 20 days after his parents were married - so
instead of second son, should it not read "eldest" son?)

Dr. John Jacob Myers was born in SC on January 29, 1800 and married on
June 9, 1825, Sarah English Peay, daughter of Col. Austin G. Peay of SC.
Dr. Myers was assistant surgeon of a Regiment which escorted Gen.
Lafayette from the NC line to Columbia, SC. He graduated in medicine in
Baltimore, Md. and was rich in inheritance from his father and
father-in-law. He resided in Winnsboro, SC. The children of John Jacob
Myers: Nicholas Peay (born November 25, 1841), Franklin (born June 4,
1838), William Robert, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Eliza, Eugene Phalby,
Sarah L., Dr. Marion Mills, and John Austin Myers.

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Myers was born August 9, 1826 in Fla. and married
Carry Perry of SC on October 12, 1852; she died 1854. The had one
child, Carrie Myers, who married John Lee of Fla.; they had one son,
John Lee, Jr. He married three times; September 20, 1894 he married a
French widow. Dr. Thos. Jefferson Myers was wounded in battle during
the Mexican War, from which he suffered the remainder of his life. He
died about 1908 in Fla. He was so a Major in the Civil War, in the
command of General Forrest.

Mary Eliza was born June 5, 1828, and married Dr. Jos. G. Jenkins of SC
Janu-ary 5, 1845. Their children were Nicholas Austin, Jos. G., Sarah
English (who married Stanmore Watson of Columbia, SC), Thomas Bracy,
Eugenia, John, Eng-lish, James, Benjamin Edward, Margaret Cattrell, and
Jefferson Myers. Vaugh-ville was the old plantation Post Office of the
Jenkins family.

Eugene Phalby was born November 9, 1829 and died June 1914. Her first
hus-band was Thomas Bracy and her second Dr. Nicholas Alexander Talley,
whom she married on February 26, 1852. Their children were: Eugenia Amy
(who mar-ried Preston Cunningham and whose daughter Celeste, is par
excellence in mu-sic), Celeste, Dr. Alexander N.( a very distinguished
physician of Columbia), and Lawson Clay Talley.

Sarah L. was born May 10, 1831, married July 31, 1848 to Edward L
Patterson of Barnwell, SC. Their children were: Dr. Abner Bethume,
Jos., Allen, Nicholas, Al-fred Alrich, Nannie, Sarah English, Edward
Hannah, Frizzell, Isabella, David Myers and James Patterson.

Dr. Marion Mills Myers was born February 1, 1840, married and lived in
Texas.

John Austin Myers was born 1832 and died June 1905, at Ft. Marion, SC.
He married Mary English Peay of SC. Their children were: William
Rudolph, Holmes, Nicholas, and John.

(Ruth Cooper's notes: Isabelle C. Patterson married James Marville
Patterson
Sarah Louise Myers married Edward Lawrence Patterson
Angus Bethume Patterson married Matilda Tillinghast
from Sophia Tillinghast Patterson).




CHAPTER XI

The descendants of Mary Ellen Myers, daughter of Col. David Myers and
his wife Phalby Mills:

Mary Ellen Myers was born May 29, 1802 at Ft. Marion, her father's Home,
and died November 14, 1843 in Miss., and was buried in the City Cemetery
at Vicksburg. She married Robert Clendenin about 1819, an eminent
lawyer and state politician of Yorkville, SC. She was a superb beauty
with a wealth of auburn hair and large handsome black eyes, as shown in
an oil portrait made when she was young. This is owned by her grandson,
T. C. Catchings of Vicksburg, Miss. She was devoted to fashions and
elegant society - was educated at the old Moravian School, Salem, SC.
She danced at a ball given in honor of Gen. Lafayette in Columbia, SC
when he visited America, and she word white satin slippers with a
picture upon each, of Gen. Lafayette. While at Salem, she did some
pretty pictures in water colors. Two of these are still owned by her
grandchildren, one a basket of fruit and the other a basket of flowers.
They also have cards of her friends painted by her, with their names
and a flower, cornuco-pia or other design.

Hon. Robert Clendenin was admitted to the bar in Columbia, SC on June
11, 1813. He died August 29, 1830, in his 47th year. Their children
were: Nancy McNess (born July 4th, 1820 and died June 23, 1891),
Catherine (born 1822, who died young), Phalby (born December 25, 1823,
who died young), Robert, Jr. (born December 3, 1825, who died young),
Mary Elizabeth( who died October 12, 1853).

Nancy McNess Clendenin (always called Nannie) was born in the home of
her fa-ther at Yorkville, SC and died at Lithia Springs, GA to which
resort she had gone for her health, and was buried in the family lot,
Vicksburg, Miss. beside her hus-band. She was educated in Columbia, SC,
in the school of Mr. Marks and in Bal-timore, Md. She spoke in
recollection of her childhood and of the beautiful little twin daughters
of Mr. Marks, one being a blond and the other a brunette. She had a
strong, vigorous mind, was cultivated and well read, a fluent
conversation-alist, was mirthful and appreciative of humor and wit. Her
voice, when young was superb. She sang with pathos and expression "The
Blind Boy", "The Irish Emigrant's Lament", "A Life on the Ocean Wave",
"A Poor Cracovian Maid" and other song popular at that time. She was
devoted to her church and did much for it's welfare, and was especially
active in parochial work in Brandon, Miss., and toward building St. Luke
's Episcopal Church there, also St. Paul's Chapel at Johnsville, Miss.
She possessed great personal beauty and socially wonderful magnetism,
was charitable to the faults of others. Her father being a patriotic
Whig, named her Nancy McNess Independence Clendenin, as the 4th of July
was her birthday. The young lady's card case and gold thimble were
thus inscribed. Being only 19 years of age when her mother moved to
Miss.,, she became a reigning Belle in Canton, Jackson, and other
sections of the state. Most of her admirers were in after years,
distinguished professional men and in politics. On February 14, 1843,
she married Dr. Thomas Jefferson Catchings of Canton, Miss.
Her mother presented her with "Fleetwood", the plantation home in Hinds
County, four miles from Bolton Depot, Miss. Here they reared and
educated their children, employing private tutors. The residence was a
large two story, spacious building and the surrounding grounds were a
marvel of beauty by nature and cultivation. On each side was a lawn of
oaks and other forest trees. In the inner side of the carriage circle
were massive cedars, trimmed sugar loaf shape. The outside of this was
a hedge of Cape Jasmines. Flowers and roses of every variety brightened
the grounds. Magnolia trees were on each side of the avenue from the
house to the gate. The flower beds on both sides of the avenue were
bordered with dwarf box. There was not a more beautiful, highly
cultivated grounds in the state than "Fleetwood".

Dr. Catchings was a very influential man, politically and socially. He
and his wife entertained in old fashioned style and with hospitality.
They were married in "Fleetwood", then the home of her mother. It was
built in 1838 in readiness for the family when they moved to SC. When
the cannonading of Sherman began in Vicksburg, Dr. Catchings sold
"Fleetwood" to Mr. Jos. E. Davis; his brother, President Jefferson Davis
buying the adjoining plantation. Dr. Catchings then moved with his
family and Negroes to "Refuge", his plantation in Sunflower County.
Immediately after the surrender he sold "Refuge" and bought a home in
Brandon, Miss., where he resided six years and then returned to
Sunflower County. Here he practiced his profession till his death, May
12, 1883. He was born September 17, 1806, and frequently served in both
houses of the Legisla-ture. he was nominated in 1839 on the
Anti-Jackson ticket for Congress, but de-clined on account of his
profession. His literary attainments were unusual and varied, the Bible
being his favorite study. "Fleetwood" was burned by the Fed-eral
troops, who raided the homes of the two Davises. The china, cut glass,
two pianos, books and other valuables left in the care of Mrs. Davis by
Mrs. Catchings were destroyed by the Yankees. It was said that these
things were shipped north by them. Several years after the war, the
large family Bible was advertised in _____________________ . A friend
of Dr. Catchings living there procured and sent it to Dr. Catchings.
This substantiated the fate of the balance. Their daughter Nannie,
(Mrs. J. R. Baird), has the oil Portrait of her father and mother
painted about 1848. The children of Nancy M. Clendenin and her husband
Thomas J. Catchings were: Mary Clendenin Catchings (born February 4,
1844, at "Fleet-wood" the home of her parents), Nannie Clendenin
Catchings (born October 14, 1845 at "Fleetwood"), and Thomas Clendenin
Catchings (born January 11, 1847).

Mary C. Catching, daughter of Nancy M. Clendenin and Dr. T. J. Catchings
(who collected most of the data of this family history) was educated in
the private school at home and one year at the Nashville Female Academy,
Nashville, Tenn., Dr. C. D. Elliott, Principal. She graduated in June
1861. It was intended that she and her sister, Nannie, were to take a
post graduate course in New Orleans in music, French, art, etc., but
tocsin of war sounded and all further plans for lit-erary pursuits were
abandoned. She married Thomas Harding Torrey, son of Maj. and Mrs.
George Torrey of Fayette, Jefferson Co., Miss. He fought through the
Civil War, enlisting at the age of 15 years. After peace was declared
he took a commercial course in Memphis, Tenn., then studied Law. He was
a representa-tive in the Legislature in 1879 and 1880 and was treasurer
of Sunflower Co., where he also practiced his profession till his death,
April 14, 1881. There were no children.

Nannie Clendenin Catchings was educated in the private schools at home
and one year at the Nashville Female Academy graduating in June 1861.
She was the youngest of her class, being only 14 years when she received
her diploma, and made a sensation by having "Yankee Doodle" as the
subject of her essay. Her fa-ther who was a Whig and opposed to
secession selected this caption for her. She was a clear, strong
intellect, with great force of character. She founded the first
Episcopal Sunday School in Sunflower Co. ;in 1873 and succeeded in
erecting St. Paul's Chapel at Johnsville, then the county site. When
the court house was moved to Indianola, she had the Chapel taken on
rollers to Baird, a mile distant. She is a great reader. On April 26,
1866 in Brandon, Miss., in her parents home, she married John Rupert
Baird, son of Dr. and Mrs. James M. Baird. He served through the Civil
War, leaving Bethany College, VA to enlist. He is a very influ-ential
citizen, successful cotton planter and business man. He was a member of
the Constitutional Convention of Miss. in 1890. Their children were:
Thomas Catchings Baird (born August 4, 1872) and James Catchings Baird
(born Novem-ber 12, 1877).

Thomas C. Baird was baptized and confirmed by Rt. Rev. William Mercer
Green, in St. Paul's Chapel, Johnsville, Miss. in 1882. His governess
and tutor at home were Miss Mattie Blount of Clinton, Miss. and Mr. T.
E. L. Tullis of St. Joseph, LA. He was four years at the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, VA, gradu-ating June 1891, receiving the
Speakership Medal. He then went to Yale and af-terwards took a course
in Medicine at Swanee, Tenn., and Atlanta, GA, later do-ing
post-graduate work in eye, nose and ear in New York. On October 4,
1900, he married Elvira Greenwood Terrell, of Miss. Their children are:
Dorothy Terrell Baird (born July 16, 1901), Nancy Clendenin Baird (born
February 19, 1903), Thomas Catchings Baird, Jr. (born November 19,
1905), Anna Hamilton Baird (born March 17, 1907).

James Catchings Baird, born November 12, 1877, in the home of his
parents, Johnsville, Miss., was baptized in 1882 by Rt. Rev. William
Green. He was con-firmed by Rt. Rev. H. M. Thompson at St. Peter's
Church, Oxford, Miss., in 1889. His governess and tutor at home were
Miss Mattie Blount of Clinton, Miss. and Mr. R. E. L. Tullis of St.
Joseph, LA. He afterwards attended the school of Mrs. Lancaster,
Oxford, remaining several years. Then he spent one year at Swanee,
Tenn., the Episcopal University of the South. He then entered the
Sophomore Class at the Virginia Military Institute and graduated June
1897 as Valedicto-rian of his class, was President of the Dialectic
Society and received the Speaker-ship Medal. During the same summer, he
took a course in bookkeeping at Poughkeepsie,, NY. On July 30, 1902, he
married Miss Mary Elizabeth Long at Memphis, Tenn. in St. Mary's
Cathedral, Bishop Thomas F. Gailor officiating, as-sisted by Rev.
Charles Morris. His residence, one mile from Baird, called "River-view"
is situated on the Sunflower River. Their children are: John Rupert
Baird, II (born June 28, 1903 in the home of his parents and baptized by
Rt. Rev. Tho-mas F. Gailor of Tenn. in Memphis in the parlor of his
grandparents Long), James Catching Baird, Jr. (born September 12, 1904
in the home of his parents and baptized by Arch-deacon R. E. G. Craig,
in the parlor of his grandparents),
and Henry Long Baird (born November 30, 1906 at "Riverview" and baptized
by Arch-deacon Craig at the home of his uncle, Dr. T. C. Baird of Baird,
Miss.).

Thomas Clendenin Catchings, son of Nancy M. Clendenin Catchings and Dr.
T. J. Catchings, was born January 11, 1847 at "Fleetwood", the
plantation home of his parents, in Hinds County, Miss. He was educated
by private teachers at home till September 1860, when he entered the
Freshman class of the State University at Oxford. The following year he
entered Oakland College near Rodney, Miss., and was Sophomore Speaker in
1862, Miss. Regt. of Infantry, at fourteen years of age, Capt. Edward
Fontain's Co. The latter part of the Civil War, he was a member of
Capt. James Buford's Cavalry, Col. Muldrow's Regt. After the
surrender, he was one of Pres. Jefferson Davis' body guards, or escorts.
Returning home, he studied law in the office of Gen. Robert Lowey, in
Brandon, Miss., and was a state Sena-tor. He was Attorney General eight
years, but resigned and was elected to Con-gress in 1884. He was
re-elected every succeeding term till he resigned in 1900. He then
formed a partnership with his son Oliver, and resumed the practice of
Law in Vicksburg. He married Miss Florence Olivia Shearer of Raymond,
Miss., March 4, 1870 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Raymond, Rev. Dr.
William W. Lord of Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg, officiating. The
attendants were: Mary C. Catchings with William Pittman,
attorney-at-law; Letty Dabney of Raymond with W. K. Ingersoll, law
partner of T. S. Catchings; and Miss Johnie Jenkins with Mr. G.
Berckett, attorney-at-law, Vicksburg.

Thomas C. Catchings, Jr. was born March 6, 1871, in Raymond in the home
of his grandparents, Shearer, and died July 28. 1898 at Pablo Beach, 20
miles from Jacksonville, Fla. to which health resort he had gone on sick
leave. He ranked as Capt. on Gen. A. S. Burt's Staff in the Spanish
American War. and was chief of Commissaries acting as pay master. A
military escort followed his remains to the train, and in the procession
his horse was led. He is interred in the City Ceme-tery, Vicksburg, in
his father's family lot. Services were conducted by Rev. Henry H.
Sansom of Christ's Church, in Holy Trinity Church. The choir sang,
:Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me". The pall bearers were his
playmates when a child: Percy Cowen, E. C. Carroll, W. A. Luckett, Alex
Fitzhugh, Harris Dickson, N. M. Nicholson, Walter Flowree, and A. G.
Russell. The casket and grave were covered with lovely flowers from
friends. Amidst these lay his sword, belt, cap, and spurs (all that
remained to remind loved ones of his previous occupation). He was
educated at Bellevue High School near Lynchburg, VA, Rev. Dr. Abbott,
Principal, and at St. John's Episcopal Military School, near
Alexandria, VA, and the University of VA. He studied Law and was for
years with the U. S. Geological Survey in different states. He was
universally informed and read French and German as readily as English.
His mind was strong and clear. He baptized in St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Brandon, Miss. in 1871 by Rev. Duncan C. Green, son of Bishop
Green. His disposition was affectionate and generous. Physically, he
was very handsome. Grief stricken parents mourn his early death. His
brigade was in Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's 7th Army Corps.

Oliver Whitehead Catchings, another Son of T. C. Catchings, was born in
Vicksburg, Miss., September 20, 1872. He was educated at the public
school., Washington, DC; St. John's Military School, Alexandria, VA; and
the University of VA. He graduated in Law from the University and
practiced his profession, first in Washington, DC and afterwards wit his
father in Vicksburg. He was bap-tized in infancy in Vicksburg by Bishop
Adams and was confirmed in Alexandria. He married on April 28, 1898,
Miss Grace Maupin Wendling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Wendling of
Washington, DC, the ceremony by Bishop Adams, then of Easton, Md. They
took a bridal trip north. He was quite tall and handsome and has a
vigorous mind and high character. He is cultivated in a superior way
and is a fine lawyer.

Josephine Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Catchings, was born July 13,
1899, at Maplehurst, Charleston, WV. summer some of her grandparents
Wendling, and was baptized in Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg by Rev. Dr.
Noel Logan. She is being educated in Vicksburg in the private school of
Raworth, and stands at the head of her class and receives a medal each
year, and is taught thoroughly at night by her grandfather Catchings,
who was nicknamed by her when an infant "Bompoo".

Mary Elizabeth Clendenin, daughter of Robert Clendenin and his wife Mary
El-len Myers, was born in Yorkville, SC in the home of her parents, died
October 12, 1853, in the 25th year of her age, in her home near Helena,
Ark., and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. She was
exquisitely beautiful and of a brilliant mind. A lovely oil portrait of
her, owned by her grandnephew, James C. Baird of Baird, Miss. is admired
by all for the soft amiable expression of her black eyes, beautiful
mouth and sweet face. Her hair was also black and abundant. Her father
died in 1830. After the death of her mother in 1843, her
brother-in-law, Dr. T. C. Catchings became her guardian. She attended
school in Jackson, Miss., and at Mr. Chapman's school in Vicksburg. At
this latter school, she was crowned Queen of May. She was then sent to
the "Institute", Rector Smith's School for girls at Columbia, Tenn.
here she was also crowned Queen of May with very elaborate, expensive
ceremonies. She as an accomplished performer on the harp, piano, and
guitar, and possessed an unusually fine voice which has been highly
cultivated. She graduated about 1845. In 1846 she married Allen Jones
Polk, son of Dr. William Polk of Columbia, Tenn., and a cousin of
President J. K. Polk. Dr. Polk was a half-brother to Bishop Leonidas
Polk. They were mar-ried at "Fleetwood", the plantation home of her
sister, Mrs. Catchings, the cere-mony being performed by Rev. Dr.
Patterson of Christ's Church, Vicksburg. They lived, first on her
plantation in Hinds County, but they afterwards bought in Co-lumbia,
Tenn., moving from there to their plantation near Helena, Ark. She was
always gentle, amiable and beloved, and was much sought after during her
brief youngladyhood. Their children were: William Clendenin Polk (who
died in in-fancy and is buried beside his mother), and Mary C. Polk,
born about 1852 and reared by her grandmother, Mrs. Dr. Polk of
Columbia, Tenn., as a little princess and who was always known as "Pet"
to her family and friends. She married Mr. Frank Hemphill of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., but who was then an Editor in Columbia, Tenn. His
family in Ala. was among the vest. Their children were: Miss Frankie
Hemphill, Allen Polk Hemphill, and Polk Hemphill.

Mary Ellen Myers Clendenin's second husband was Dr. William Hemmingway,
who she married about 1834 in SC. In 1829, they moved to her plantation
in Hinds County, Miss., four miles from Bolton Depot. The Negroes had
already been sent two or three year previous in order to clear the
ground, build houses, etc. A large two story residence was erected in
readiness for the family, who ar-rived December 24, 1839. The trip was
make in the family coach, a massive car-riage with great wheels and a
high box seat for the driver. The carriage was handsomely trimmed with
broadcloth and heavy fringe. The footman, who rode behind, opened the
door and let down the carpet steps for parties getting in and our, then
replaced them and closed the door. By this last marriage two children
were born: William (who died in infancy), and David Myers Hemmingway,
born 1835, and died January 25, 1884 at his home in Newport, Miss. He
was a very handsome man, with black eyes and a fine figure; was fond of
music and per-formed well on the violin. He make a brave Confederate
soldier, remaining at his post throughout the war. He inherited a
plantation near Camden, Miss., from his mother. On May 23, 1861, he
married Mary A. Catchings, niece of Dr. T. J. Catchings, her guarding
after the death of her mother, and with whom she re-sided and attended
the private school in his family. She afterwards went to the Nashville
Female Academy, where she graduated June 1860. They made an ex-tended
trip North and East when they married. She has always kelp up a deep
interest in music, being a fine performer on the piano. Her three
daughters also perform well. He left with the first troops and remained
on duty in the ranks till peace was declared. She spent much time at
his father's home in Kirkwood, Miss. Returning from the Army, he bought
a home in Newport, his plantation being in that vicinity. Their
children were: Nannie, Mamie, Kate McWillie. Thomas Catchings, David
Myers, Jr. and Catchings who died in infancy.

Nannie Hemmingway, a very handsome brunette, with a tall fine figure,
pos-sesses unusual business characteristics and had reared a lovely
family. Her hus-band, Mr. Savage, died several years ago. She and her
children live in Mon-ticello, Ark. The children are: Louise, Prentiss,
and Harry.

Mamie Hemmingway married Mr. D. M. Albin of Memphis, Tenn. He is a
suc-cessful business man of exceptionally good moral traits. She is a
stylish blond, quite tall. Their children are: Belle, Evelyn and
Robert Hemmingway Albin.

Kate McWillie Hemmingway is also a beautiful brunette. She married Mr.
Harry Landrum of Attala County. They live in Kosciusko, Miss. Their
children are: Harry Catchings, Ruth Mills, Percy Menville, and Mary
Niles Landrum.

Thomas Catchings Hemmingway is a tall handsome man. In 1908, he married
Miss Luzetta Alexander of Herrodsburg, KY, a very cultured, accomplished
and highly educated lady. They live on their plantation near Durant,
Miss.

David Myers Hemmingway, Jr. is very handsome with black eyes and fine
fea-tures. He is unmarried.



CHAPTER XII

The descendants of Claiborne Clifton Myers, son of Col. David Myers and
his wife, Phalby Mills:
Col. Claiborne Clifton Myers was a large p[planter in Antanga County,
Ala., near Montgomery. His colonial residence was elegant and
abundantly equipped with fine servants. The plantation home was call
"Fleetwood". (Ruth Cooper's note in margin: this home was called
Millwood). His first wife was Rebecca Augustine of SC. Their children
were: David Rudolph, Rebecca Augustine, William, Eliza, and Sallie. The
last two died in infancy.

David Rudolph Myers was born in SC and died July 2, 1909. He married
Mary Chalmers DeJarnette. Their children were: Rebecca Ashe, Kate
Eliza, Walter M., Mary Mims, David Rudolph, Jr., Claiborne Clifton, II.
and John DeJarnette Myers (who died unmarried). Rebecca Ashe Myers
married Charles J. Croninger. No children. Kate Eliza married Judge B.
Burchhalter of Ind. Territory. Their children were: Rebecca Elizabeth,
Adeline Bell, and James Dee Four Burchhalter. Walter M. Myers married
Bertie McCollak ,( Ruth Cooper's note: McCullough). They have about
five children.

Mary Mims Myers (Ruth Cooper's note: Walter's sister) married Rev.
Samuel An-thony Caldwell, Presbyterian. Their children are: Kate M.,
Samuel A., Jr., Mary Eleanor, and Marguerite Lucy Caldwell.

D. Rudolph Myers, Jr. married Julia Agnes Tarleton. (This goes on &
lists the children of Walter M. Myers and Bertie McCullough as being
theirs. Ruth Coo-per's note in the margin says that they had no
children).

Claiborne Clifton Myers, II married Kate DeJarnette. Their children
were: David DeJarnette Myers, and Mary Owen Myers, who married Dr. Edgar
Marion Scott. They have two sons, Edgar Marion Scott, Jr. and Owen.

Rebecca Augustine, daughter of Col. Claiborne C. Myers, was born in SC
and died in Ennis, Texas, February 11, 1910. She married her first
husband, Capt. John Grange Ashe, in 1861. He was a captain in the
Confederate Army. Their chil-dren were: William S. Ashe (who married
Lizzie Montgomery), and John Grange Ashe, Jr. (who married Irene Harris.
Both the above have children.

Rebecca A. Myers' second husband was Edward Robertson Neal of Ennis,
Texas (Ruth Cooper's note says: Portland, Maine). Their children are:
Edward W. Neal (deceased), Frederick W. Neal (who married Jane Agnes
Loader), Claiborne Myers Neal (who married Florence Myers), Mary Alden
Neal (who married Wil-liam Jack Loader), Harry Mexia Neal (deceased),
Isabelle Robertson Neal, and Eva Hutchings Neal.

Col. Claiborne C. Myers' second wife was Georgiana O'Bannon of SC, a
cousin of John C. Calhoun of SC, the Statesman. She was a handsome,
magnificent woman. The Pierce family into which his (Col. C. C. Myers)
daughter married was related to Pres. Pierce. Col. Myers died on board
a ship returning from Europe, where he went for his health. His widow
married her cousin, Mr. Cal-houn. After his death, Gov. Watts of Ala.,
became guardian of Col. Myers who daughters, Sallie and Kate and sent
them to New York to be educated. The were both accomplished women and
fine in music. They have an oil portrait of their father.

The children of Col. C. C. Myers and his second wife were: Laurens O'
Bannon, Sallie Jennings, Mary Katherine, and C. C. Myers, Jr.

Sallie J. Myers first husband was May. Junius J. Pierce of the
Confederate Army.
Their children were: Junius J. Pierce, Jr. (Lieut. in the Spanish
American War), Walter Hubbell, and Pauline Clifton Pierce (who married
Isaac Harvey Vincent. Their son is Farley Vincent.

Sallie J. Myers second husband was Ernest L. Alley. Their son is Ernest
L. Alley, Jr.

Mary Katherine Myers married Mr. Hubbell Pierce, brother of Maj. J. J.
Pierce. Their children were: Junius J. Pierce, II, Georgiana O'Bannon,
Parmela Watt, and Laurens W. Pierce. Junius J. Pierce, II married
Caroline Jones and their two children were: William Hubbell and Junius
J. Pierce, III.




CHAPTER XIII

Descendants of Robert Clendenin Myers, son of Col. David Myers and his
wife Phalby Mills:

Col. Robert C Myers was born in SC September 10, 1820. He moved to Ala.
and bought a plantation near Montgomery. In 1857 he moved to his
plantation near Delhi, LA. In 1863 he went to Texas and first settled
in Robertson County. He, afterwards, moved to Millican, Brazos County,
where he died May 25, 1871. He was very neat in his dress. His valet,
who was named Jack, took charge of Col. Myers' large New Foundland dog
and taught him tricks. Col. Myers first wife was Miss Chloe Watson of
SC. Their children were: Mary Ann, David Watson, and Robert Allen (who
died young).

Mary Ann Myers married Col. John C. Cameron of Memphis. Their children
were: Allen Myers Cameron, Kate Fraser Cameron (who died in
young-lady-hood), John Fraser, Jr., Chloe Ann Watson Cameron (who
married Oscar A. Know [or could it be Knox??-LSW], a graduate of Harvard
and who is a mining engi-neer), Mary Belle Cameron (who married Rt. Rev.
Charles M. Beckwith, Bishop), Nancy Louise Cameron (who married Dr.
Julien R. Beckwith, Petersburg, VA, a nephew of Bishop C. M. Beckwith).
They had three or four children.

Col. C. C. Myers' second wife was Mary Harrison of SC who was born
November 25, 1831 and died December 20, 1873. The following are their
children: Nancy Allen Myers, Lucy Reeves Myers (who married Mr.
McLemore), John Harrison Myers, Joseph Allen, Robert Clendenin,
Cornelius Robinson, Bessie , and William Mills Myers.

Nancy A. Myers' first husband was Benjamin F. Boldridge, from which
marriage there was one child born, William Clendenin Boldridge. He was
born March 22, 1872 in Millican, Brazos County, Texas. After his mother
's death, he was kept awhile by Mrs. Rebecca Neal of Ennis, Texas. He
was then adopted by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Robertson of Houston, Texas.
They educated him at Sewanee, Tenn., the University of New York, and
traveled him abroad. He selected the ministry as his live work, and is
Rector of Christ' Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. February 1, 1899, he
married Laura Lea, who was born in Nashville, Tenn., December 21, 1870.
She was the daughter of Overton Lea and his wife Ella Cocke of
Nashville, Tenn. Her brother, Luke Lea, was US Senator from Tenn.

William Clendenin Boldridge took the name of his adopted parents
Robertson. The children of William and Laura Robertson are Eva
Robertson (born September 6, 1900), Ella Lea (born October 11, 1901),
Arthur Clendenin (born May 13, 1905), and Laura Lea (born 1909).

Nancy Allen Myers' second husband was Mr. Newby. They had one child,
Nita, who married Mr. Norvill. They have two or three children.

Col. Myers' second wife, Mary Harrison, was the daughter of John
Harrison and his wife Lucy Reeves. John Harrison was the son of Reuben
Harrison of SC who was related to Pres. Harrison. Pres. William Henry
Harrison, when on a visit among the relatives in SC, gave a ring to one
of John Harrison's family. A por-trait of Lucy Reeves, done at Brady's
in New York City, is owned by her grand-son, J. A. Myers of Bryan,
Texas.

Robert C., son of Col. R. C. Myers, married first Cassie Park. Their
children were: Arthur and Mattie. His second wife was Ola, and they
have two children.

Cornelius Robertson, son of Col. R. C. Myers, married Florence Gammil.
Their children are: Cornelius, Adolph, Robert Clanton, and Myrtle (who
married Henry Hill of San Angelo, Texas and they have two children).

Bessie Myers, daughter of Col. T. C. Myers, was born July 1871. She
married H. H. Holt in 1891. Her two children died in infancy.

William Mills, Con of Col. R. C. Myers and his wife Mary Harrison, was
born in Montgomery, Ala., April 13., 1855. When two years of age, his
father moved to Dallas, Madison Parish, LA. where he resided until 1863.
He then moved to Mt. Lebanon, LA. where he lived till he made
arrangement to refugee to Texas. In the fall of 1863, he moved via
Shreveport to Robertson County, Texas, near what is now known as Sutton.
In the fall of 1865, he moved from there to Millican, Brazos County
where he, Joseph Allen, lived until August 1872. On May 17, 1871, Col.
R. C. Myers died. After the death of his father, J. A. Allen moved to
Hearne, where he lived until December 1, 1875 when he moved to Bryan.
On Oc-tober 5, 1875 he married Laura Erwin of Bryan, Texas. Soon after
his marriage he was employed by R. T. Boyle, a grocer. In August 1878
he began working for T. J. McQueen & Co. grocers, where he worked for
four year. On October 1, 1882, he was appointed Post Master of Bryan by
Pres. Arthur and served a little more than three year, when he was
removed by Grover Cleveland, a Democratic Presi-dent. After losing the
Post Office, he worked for the T. C. McQueen estate, spe-cial provisions
having been made in Maj. McQueen's will, that "should J. A. Myers want a
position in his store, it should be given him." This Position he held
until the following June, when at the solicitation of his friends, both
Republicans and Democrats, he made the race for county Clerk of Brazos
County and was elected. He served as County Clerk two years and was
then re-elected without opposition. When Pres. Harrison was elected, he
was again appointed Postmaster of Bryan, serving four year, at the same
time being one of the firm of Myers and Haswell, book and stationary
business. Grover Cleveland, having been reelected again, he lost the
Post Office. In May 1894, he embarked in the hardware busi-ness with A.
B. Carr as partner. In 1895 he sold his interest in this business to
Mr. Carr and bought the Koppe Hardware business, which he built up till
it was one of the largest retain hardware houses in Central Texas. In
1903, he was again appointed Post master by Pres. Roosevelt, this
position being entirely un-solicited by him. He was unaware that his
name was even being considered until the state papers announced that
Pres. Roosevelt had sent his name to the Senate for confirmation, then
serves twelve successive years, having served two years under Wilson.
In 1913 he sold his hardware business and the next year was made
president of the Myers Hardware Co., a stock company. The first
position held by Mr. Myers when he first went out into the world to work
for himself, was that of the butcher-boy on the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad. He tells many amusing incidents connected with this
part of his life. The first fire-proof building in Bryan was built by
him. It contained the first electric elevator in the town.

The children of J. A. Myers and his wife Laura Erwin are: Frank Adams,
Alice Erwin, Robert Rudolph, and William Hudson. Five other children
died in in-fancy.

Frank Adams Myers was born in Bryan, April 29, 1882, and was educated in
he public school of Bran and at Randolph, Macon, VA. He also took a
business course at Poughkeepsie, NY. He is now (1917), assistant
manager of the Myers Hardware Co. of Bryan. On May 25, 1905, he married
Nita Cook of Waco, Texas. They have one Child Lollie Louise, born in
Bryan March 29, 1909.

Alice Erwin Myers was born in Bryan, August 16, 1894, and educated in
the pub-lic school of Bryan at Miss Stuart's school in Washington, DC.
On December 21, 1904, she married Edwin Jackson Kyle, who was at that an
instructor at the A&M College of Texas. Mr. Kyle has had either a
promotion or an increase of salary (and sometimes both) nearly every
year since he was elected to a position at A&M. He graduated at A&M in
1899 and was Valedictorian of his class. He then entered Cornell
University, where he spent three years, graduating with a BS degree in
Horticulture. He is now Prof. of Horticulture and Dean of the School of
Agriculture of the Texas A&M College. He is a cousin of Hon. A. S.
Burleson, Postmaster General. Alice Myers Kyle had one child, Lily
Elizabeth Kyle, born at College Station, Texas, June 26, 1907. She is
called Lily Bess.

Robert Rudolph Myers (called Rudolph) was born in Bryan, October 8<
1888. On December 24, 1907, he married Mary Nicol of Bryan. They are
now (1917) living in Houston, where he will soon open a store of
general merchandise.

William Hudson Myers (called Hudson) was born in Bryan, August 20, 1890,
and was educated in Bryan and at "Bingham" in Asheville, NC. On July
10, 1910, he married Lessie McWhinney of Bryan. He now (1917) has a
position in Houston, Texas.

J. A. Myers' second wife was Mrs. Emma Erwin Bone, a sister of his first
wife. She lived only a short while after their marriage.

J. A. Myers' third wife was Lillie D. Stillwell of Bryan, whom he
married June 7, 1896. She was born June 11, 1861 near Keechi, Leon
County, Texas, and moved to Bryan in February 1868. She was educated at
the Bryan Remake Seminary and other private schools of Bryan, there
being no public schools in Texas at that time. While attending the
Seminary, she received a gold medal for ranking high-est at attendance,
deportment, and scholarship. In 1882, she graduated at the Sam Houston
Normal at Huntsville, Texas, receiving a teacher's life certificate.
She taught 13 years in the public schools of Bryan. The children of J.
A. Myers and his wife Lillie D. are J. A. Myers, Jr. and Charley
Stillwell Myers.

J. A. Myers, Jr. was born in Bryan, May 21, 1898. He attended the Bryan
High School until he was ready to enter the 9th grade, when he entered
"Allen Acad-emy" of Bryan, where he graduated May 23, 1916. When he
graduated, he had never been tardy one time during his school life. On
October 9, 1916, he entered Cornell University. His entrance there was
the means of affiliating Allen Acad-emy with Cornell. He hopes to
graduate from Cornell in 1920 with a BS degree in Agriculture

Charley Stillwell Myers was born in Bryan, December 6, 1899. He is now
(1917) attending Bryan High School and hopes to graduate from there June
1918.